Q: Our Rottweiler has a docked tail, as do many dogs in the U.S. While watching a British dog show on television, I noticed that all the show dogs had natural, undocked tails. Why? A: Many countries ...

Italian Spinoni, like Achilles, often have their tails docked as they are used as gun dogs in Italy, where they flush birds out of hedges A dog owner who adopted her pets from Italy via a rescue ...

At one time, dogs weren’t pets. Instead, they had jobs and consequently had a docked tail. Dogs worked on farms and in the military and helped with hunting, fighting, ratting, and baiting. That’s not ...

Q: Our Rottweiler has a docked tail, as do many dogs in the U.S. While watching a British dog show on television, I noticed that all the show dogs had natural, undocked tails. Why? A: Many countries ...

Ear and tail docking involve surgically removing part of a dog’s ears or tail. This practice, which has been around for centuries, originally aimed to prevent injuries in hunting and working dogs.

Dogs that have undergone medical procedures to alter the shape of their ears or the length of their tails seem to acquire a certain combative appearance and there is some new data which suggests that ...

A grandmother who allowed her 10-year-old grandson to dock the tail of a puppy avoided a ban on keeping dogs but was fined £200, ordered to pay a £15 surcharge and £300 costs. Sign up for the top news ...

So you're not a "10" in every which way. But you're probably pretty spectacular in some way, and definitely good enough in most areas of life. If ever there were a time to stop beating yourself up for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Q: I recently adopted a cat who has a docked tail. I've noticed that sometimes he doesn't seem to run or jump right. Could the ...