The vet doing it is the proper way lah..... Tie the tail with a band is more.... painful in a way. You imagine someone tie your finger with a rubber band tightly... do you like that feeling? In a few days, your finger will die, become black and shriveled... then the tissue dries up and snaps off. Many people have stopped doing that since sometimes it can lead to infection.....

Cutting the tail and sewing the wound is the normal procedure done by vets. It will take a few days to heal but it is not as horrible as rubber band....

Why do you want to dock? If you are not gonna show them, or register under MKA, there is no need to dock. In fact, in Europe, they have banned docking. All MS there got tails.

poodle's tails also dock, if not mistaken.

only bulldogs have very short tails. Sometimes the local street dogs are born with short stubby tails. But most pure breeds have long tails that are sometimes docked.

http://thepoodleanddogblog.typepad.com/the...ng_off_poo.html

Hey, I realize MS comes in a few other colours.... but I don't think recognize in breed standards ah....

Anyway, that white pup with patches, that's a parti coloured MS.







http://www.lisasminiatureschnauzers.com/PASTPUPS.html

http://www.amherstacres.com/pippaspuppies.html

http://www.amherstacres.com/pewterspuppies.html

Something special, but we shouldn't be spoiling the standard colour by breeding more parti coloured ones.

Hope you keep the parti coloured one, don't sell. Unique puppy.

This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Jan 12 2008, 01:09 AM

Are you gonna keep Yoda? I hope you are coz people may wanna exploit and use him for breeding if he happens to become a breeder dog....

Yer, all the pups so cute. Wish I got a MS too hahaha.

Australia? We already got our labs here.... do blood test, results will be out in 3 days wan. Why we do blood test on our dogs? Well, sometimes not all sellers are truthful about the health of the pup. A blood test can tell if your dog is suffering from a sickness or disease that is carried in the blood. Some vets would also recommend heartworm test for older dogs that have never taken heart worm prevention meds like heartguard, then got thyroid test also....

Why do you wanna buy socks for dogs? Dogs actually hate having things on their paws. It also causes them to walk weirdly.

NZX... was thinking of going there but do you know how to go there by public transport? Like which bus? Or if drive there, which road to use and what is the main landmarks?

Thanks, hopefully I can find ahahha...

On and off I read bits of pieces here and there loh. Hard to keep up with so many threads hahaha.

But 1st time I heard NZX is pet friendly, so it interested me.