Man's Best Friend

[Catherine]

Lately I have been seeing breeds that traditionally had their tails docked, walking around with a full tail. They look beautiful. Poodle tails are great. Corgi tails really do look right on the corgi. Mother nature knows best.
I have also being seeing dogs with uncropped ears. I think they look better than the human adjusted version.

I can understand clipping fur/hair. Sometimes it is just too hot for a dog. I clip my guinea pig in the summer. I don't even mind some of the more cosmetic grooming. We all like a good hair cut now and then.

Docking a tail is actually amputating part of the spine. Do we really know how that affects a dog. Maybe we cause them pain they cannot tell us about.