Sentences with phrase «preventive tail docking»

Therapeutic docking for the treatment of injury or disease to the tail is fairly self - explanatory, but prophylactic or preventive tail docking is more difficult to define.

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Many veterinarians are opposed to tail docking, regardless of breed standards, and will perform tail docking only for therapeutic or preventive reasons.

I'll let Mr. Coren answer this one: «I accept the «preventive safety» reasons for tail docking, but worry that the communication deficit, which seems to be a consequence, is significant.»