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KDOGG331 said:
Yeah, that’s what I figured but I wasn’t sure. Seems pretty stupid to me. I think they look better with their natural ears. Of course, I think they look better with natural tails too but that one I can understand a little bit more, even though dogs use their tails to communicate so much, some dogs are born without tails, or the tails get in the way so I get that one.



I’ve been around or had some dogs without dew claws and some dogs with but most with. Gator, Libby, and Franklin all have their dew claws. Our last two dogs before Gator did not.
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'Naturally' docked breeds are the result of a particular gene being bred into dogs. It's a naturally occurring gene present in many dog breeds. It's recessive and breeding two 'bob tailed' parents results in reduced litter sizes as it's a lethal gene. It started when docking was becoming illegal. I looked it up because my sisters French Bulldog has this. The end of his 'tail' has a weird little twist in it, so he doesn't have the prettiest stump. Give me a table clearing duster any day of the week.

It's actually pretty rare that dogs do injure a dew claw. I think it was 1 in 500 that I read somewhere. If you look at a dog running in slow motion the dew claw does contact the ground.
http://www.sugarfactoryvetclinicmt.com/resources/medical-articles/do-the-dew-claws/
 
JaeG said:
'Naturally' docked breeds are the result of a particular gene being bred into dogs. It's a naturally occurring gene present in many dog breeds. It's recessive and breeding two 'bob tailed' parents results in reduced litter sizes as it's a lethal gene. It started when docking was becoming illegal. I looked it up because my sisters French Bulldog has this. The end of his 'tail' has a weird little twist in it, so he doesn't have the prettiest stump. Give me a table clearing duster any day of the week.

It's actually pretty rare that dogs do injure a dew claw. I think it was 1 in 500 that I read somewhere. If you look at a dog running in slow motion the dew claw does contact the ground.
http://www.sugarfactoryvetclinicmt.com/resources/medical-articles/do-the-dew-claws/
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It’s not simply the running that does it, Jae - as they run the can snag them on tangled brush, logs, and branches and rip them partially off. Bleed like nobody’s business. It’s not as rare as one would think. We did surgical dewclaw extractions and removals, and wound care in the leg from having to surgically remove the embedded dews, as well as repair ripped or partially ripped dews many, many times. We even lost one little Papillon who had to have one repaired when he got it caught in his owner’s bedspread. He just couldn’t tolerate the anesthesia.
 
JaeG said:
'Naturally' docked breeds are the result of a particular gene being bred into dogs. It's a naturally occurring gene present in many dog breeds. It's recessive and breeding two 'bob tailed' parents results in reduced litter sizes as it's a lethal gene. It started when docking was becoming illegal. I looked it up because my sisters French Bulldog has this. The end of his 'tail' has a weird little twist in it, so he doesn't have the prettiest stump. Give me a table clearing duster any day of the week.

It's actually pretty rare that dogs do injure a dew claw. I think it was 1 in 500 that I read somewhere. If you look at a dog running in slow motion the dew claw does contact the ground.
http://www.sugarfactoryvetclinicmt.com/resources/medical-articles/do-the-dew-claws/
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Hopefully no one is purposely breeding two bob tailed parents together then! It sounds similar to double merle. But I much prefer tails too. I’ve seen videos and pictures of a few Aussies that had their tails and they were gorgeous!! I don’t think there are any here or at least not very many, these ones were from foreign countries.

And that is a very interesting article, thanks!! Saw it referenced in a few other articles but hadn’t read it yet, didn’t realize it was so short aha but it definitely makes a very compelling case for keeping them!

Blooie said:
It’s not simply the running that does it, Jae - as they run the can snag them on tangled brush, logs, and branches and rip them partially off. Bleed like nobody’s business. It’s not as rare as one would think. We did surgical dewclaw extractions and removals, and wound care in the leg from having to surgically remove the embedded dews, as well as repair ripped or partially ripped dews many, many times. We even lost one little Papillon who had to have one repaired when he got it caught in his owner’s bedspread. He just couldn’t tolerate the anesthesia.
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That sounds terrible! And that poor little Papillon :( :hit

The injuries do seem like they would be very painful!!
 
KDOGG331 said:
I want snow :hit
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Come and get it!
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