Cropping and docking illegal in New York

[smkie]

IT is hard to understand when you have worked with field dogs and have gone to field trials for more than a decade plus have taken my dogs to the woods on a weekly basis without ever having a tail injury. But abscense of proof is not proof of abscense (sp?) so I am not going to say it doesn't happen. The only tail injuries I ever saw where when someone was rough housing with their dog and knocked the dog back in a way he would never do on his own, or the wagging of a tail in a chain link run that is narrow.

I have seperated my share of fights and have a hard time seeing someone being attacked grabbing ahold of a tail..especially when wearing the teeth on the other end..maybe someone else runs up and grabs the tail? Grabbing an ear? Maybe. Usually your pounding on them to make them let go..i think it would be wiser to go for an eye than an ear if i was being attacked.

I would still love to see the statistics of injuries in a country (that doesnt' have the trees of Africa...i can't remember how to spell anything today) so that we could compare. I keep looking on line but I haven't found anything yet.

I am glad this thread has been able to be bounced back and forth and so many people have put in their opinions. THat is what it is suppose to be all about.