Sentences with phrase «tail docking because»

The milk producers federation, the Humane Society of the United States, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and others have come out against tail docking because research has found it doesn't make milk or workers safer.

Certain breeds of working dog like the German Shorthaired Pointer have long been subjected to tail docking because a long tail posed a potential hazard — the dog could be seized by the tail in a fight or the tail could be injured while the dog chases its quarry through the underbrush.

Mixed breed shelter puppies rarely if ever have their ears cropped or tails docked because they don't have breed specific standards by which they are measured.

Not exact matches

She had her tailed docked previously because of a case of happy tail.

Procedures such as ear cropping, tail docking, or debarking in dogs, or declawing in cats are unacceptable because of the suffering and disfigurement they cause an animal are not offset by any benefits to the animal.

Although docking ears and tails were the standard for centuries because of the dog's roll as a ratter, it is now less fashionable, and in some countries, illegal.

The reason why you might see some with docked tails is because ranchers that own these dogs didn't want them to get infected from foxtails and other brush ailments.

Tail docking also effects the dog's balance and gait: «Because of its docked tail, the Cocker Spaniel resorts to a spread stance for static balance.&raTail docking also effects the dog's balance and gait: «Because of its docked tail, the Cocker Spaniel resorts to a spread stance for static balance.&ratail, the Cocker Spaniel resorts to a spread stance for static balance.»

Because of the international nature of the survey and the fact that many countries have instituted docking bans, the survey committee decided a section on tail conformation would help breeders in those countries determine what type of tail is typical in the Australian Shepherd.

The vet figures it is because whoever the breeder was, they docked her tail way toi short, leaving nothing but a small stub.

Because dogs have not been shown to derive self - esteem or pride in appearance from having their tails docked... there is no obvious benefit to our patients in performing this procedure.»