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Title: docking tails Post by: catmando on March 14, 2014, 11:48:13 am Whats the best way and best time to dock pups tails.They were born on 12th and 13th
Title: Re: docking tails Post by: charles on March 14, 2014, 12:20:51 pm I use castration bands and do it no more than a wk after birth.
Title: Re: docking tails Post by: halfbreed on March 14, 2014, 01:26:49 pm a good pair of sharp scissors and @ 3 days old . quick , clean and how just about everybody with short tailed dogs does it .
Title: Re: docking tails Post by: hillbilly on March 14, 2014, 03:11:01 pm i always used dog toenail clippers at 3 days old. It will slide right over the tail and snip
Title: Re: docking tails Post by: Reuben on March 14, 2014, 05:33:18 pm between 3 and 7 days...
Title: Re: docking tails Post by: J. Tallina on March 14, 2014, 07:23:00 pm Don't have to worry about bleeding or anything when u cut them?
Title: Re: docking tails Post by: Reuben on March 14, 2014, 07:49:23 pm Don't have to worry about bleeding or anything when u cut them? I put and old steak knife with a wooden handle on the stove burner until red hot towards the pointed end about 1 inch... I have a sharp kitchen knife and a cutting board on the bar by the stove... I also have a tube of antibiotic ointment then I grab a pup and squeeze the tail on the side of the pup that won't be cut off...this I do to keep the pup from bleeding I set the pup on the cutting board and 1 stroke down and forward and the tail is cut off... I then cauterize the pups tail so it will not bleed with the old steak knife...only do it for a few seconds...been using the same steak knife for more than a few years... rub ointment on tail... repeat the process with the other pups... Title: Re: docking tails Post by: charles on March 14, 2014, 08:10:18 pm Castration band requires no ointment, no bleeding, carterizing. Just slip it where u want it, release the tool n slip the band off the tool prongs.
Title: Re: docking tails Post by: southtexasff on March 14, 2014, 08:48:13 pm What's the oldest you can cut your own dogs tail? I got a dog that wags his tail so hard the tip stay cut and when he wags it he flings blood everywhere. I took him out of his kennel and chained him up and it still cut.
Title: Re: docking tails Post by: thegroundskeeper on March 15, 2014, 04:27:29 am Is there a benefit to docking tails or is this done just for looks?
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: docking tails Post by: J. Tallina on March 15, 2014, 05:34:26 am Is there a benefit to docking tails or is this done just for looks? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I got one that beats his tail on everything including the box the whole time your huntin makes me wish all their tails were docked Title: Re: docking tails Post by: charles on March 15, 2014, 07:43:07 am Is there a benefit to docking tails or is this done just for looks? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Beatin the tail against the dog box, beating the tip against the kennel n flinging blood everywhere n a couple other reason Title: Re: docking tails Post by: halfbreed on March 15, 2014, 08:09:01 am lol you boys make too much work out of it . just snip the tail where you want it at 3 days old and throw them back in the box . momma will do the rest . there is hardly any feeling or bleeding at this age . heck they don't even yelp. I do the dew claws at the same time .
Title: Re: docking tails Post by: UNDERDOG on March 15, 2014, 12:08:25 pm lol you boys make too much work out of it . just snip the tail where you want it at 3 days old and throw them back in the box . momma will do the rest . there is hardly any feeling or bleeding at this age . heck they don't even yelp. I do the dew claws at the same time . X 2 |