How to dock the tails of a litter of cocker spaniel puppies

I had the job of docking the tails of a litter of puppies, and the only reason I did this was because I wanted to know how to do it myself, since I figure I should know as much about my dogs as I can, and I knew a vet I was going to do this, and they charge money for this, and I wanted to know how to do it myself.

Well, lucky for me, I know a lady who breeds dogs and has a 1 hour show on Animal Planet, and she’s been breeding and breeding dogs for years, and lucky for me, I know her!

Now I don’t recommend this to the novice or the person who can’t handle it. In some countries, it is illegal to dock a dog’s tail. In some countries, like the United States, they still do and recommend it, because the Cocker Spaniel dog’s tail gets so thick that it picks up all sorts of things and becomes a big mess pretty quickly. This is the main reason why tails are docked.

There are different ways to dock dogs’ tails. One way is with a band, which you put on the tail of the pups, and it will eventually cause the tail to fall off. Some vets will tell you different times for tail docking, if you ask 5 different vets you may get several different time frames. Usually 2-3 days is normal, but you should always check with your vet first and let them know what you are doing.

When we did that, we also removed the extra claws that dogs have, which they don’t use, and you don’t want it to catch on anything, while playing or jumping.

Some of the items we needed to cut the tails would be sterilized scissors, a soldering iron or soldering iron, one with a small tip that gets red hot. Some isopropyl alcohol, cotton swabs, and fresh clean towels.

She taught me that you put a tight rubber band on puppies’ tails, and the reason you want to do it early in life is that they can’t feel it, at least that’s what people say, and when I did, it was is like anything, they realize, but they are not scared by it.

After the tail is docked in the right place, you can ask your vet or look it up online. I remember when I took my litter of puppies to the vet a long time ago, he didn’t seem to know much about tail docking, and he asked me where he should dock tails, luckily I already knew, and he’s the vet.

After docking the tails I would take the warming iron and place it right where you just clipped it off, this sounds like the brutal part but it is necessary so the pup doesn’t have any bleeding. Just for a second, harden the newly cut cut, and the iron will burn it and make it stop bleeding. You would use the isopropyl alcohol to sterilize everything and clean the puppies’ tails.

I asked my friend who raises dogs to teach me how to dock tails myself, and she was very experienced and she does all the dog shows, she loves to show off her dogs, and she had a TV show about it that I saw. The second time I made a litter of puppies, I asked my 18 year old son to help me make them. He helped me make them, then when he finished, he told me he never wanted to do it again, he felt like he was going to faint, he told me, and it’s not for everyone for sure.

Those were the only 2 litters of puppies I ever made myself, and I went back to have the vet do them, and even for that, check, I found a different vet who was much more experienced, and charged about half what the first vet was charging me. I wanted the experience of doing it myself, because I just needed to know.