Please Don't Eat Our Best Friends

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11 minutes ago, AlienSlof said:

Apparently their sense of smell is enhanced because of it.

For sure, apparently. Hah! I'm guessing their sense of smell is at least twice that of an average dog!

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Another rare British dog breed is the Bedlington Terrier:

Normally their wool is trimmed to look very lamb-like. I've only ever met one and she was lovely. The back isn't actually as arched as this looks, it's done through trimming the fur in this way to look more extreme.

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Interesting find. The terrier breed has to be the most diverse. It has so many variants ranging from small dogs like Jack Russells or the Cairns, medium sized like the Bull Terrier and larger ones like the American Staffordshire. 

And then there's this one, the Manchester Terrier, which looks remarkably similar to the Doberman. Which, as I just read on Wikipedia, can claim lineage from the Manchester. The Doberman is alleged to have been bred in the 1880's by mixing the breeds, Beauceron, German Pinscher, Rottweiler and Weimaraner. But there are two that have been confirmed by documentation; one is the Greyhound and the other is the Manchester Terrier, which was originally bred in Manchester, England. So, another British dog.

And I'm so pleased to see that it's ears and tail are intact, undocked, by the way.

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[AlienSlof]

Tail docking and ear cropping are illegal in the UK - thankfully. Likewise declawing cats. Horrible practises that should be stopped. Some dogs, like French Bulldogs are often born tailless though.

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1 minute ago, AlienSlof said:

Some dogs, like French Bulldogs are often born tailless though.

And Corgis! Or is it it pronounced Cor-guy, for more than one? Anyways, I like those. They always look so happy.

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I understand why the tails get cropped..... not that I agree with the practice, those things are deadly weapons if you have a happy doggy in close proximity.

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True. There is a practical reason. I'm uncertain but it could be that the ears are cropped to enhance hearing. They were bred to be guard/attack dogs. I have to admit that I'm guilty of doing it for less than practical reasons. In my defense, I was a teenager and thought it was the thing to do with Dobermans. Dumb kid. I could sure teach that kid a thing or three.

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10 hours ago, UsernameWithA9 said:

True. There is a practical reason. I'm uncertain but it could be that the ears are cropped to enhance hearing. They were bred to be guard/attack dogs. I have to admit that I'm guilty of doing it for less than practical reasons. In my defense, I was a teenager and thought it was the thing to do with Dobermans. Dumb kid. I could sure teach that kid a thing or three.

Neither of my pits had anything cropped. Those tails are frigging deadly weapons though. Daisy can draw blood with hers.

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Good for you and your dogs. Whenever docking is done to pits, it's for the wrong reasons. People do it so the other dog can't grab onto yours in the fight pit. I've seen some pits with docked ears and it looks like the person just took a pair of scissors and cut straight across the ear without regard. Horrible.

I'd like to amend what I said in the post above yours because it sounds like I did that to my Doberman. It was done by a veterinarian. Poor pup had to wear one of those plastic cones around it's neck for about two weeks after until they healed enough. Like I said, whether it was me or I authorized someone else, it was still a dumb kid move.

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52 minutes ago, UsernameWithA9 said:

Good for you and your dogs. Whenever docking is done to pits, it's for the wrong reasons. People do it so the other dog can't grab onto yours in the fight pit. I've seen some pits with docked ears and it looks like the person just took a pair of scissors and cut straight across the ear without regard. Horrible.

I'd like to amend what I said in the post above yours because it sounds like I did that to my Doberman. It was done by a veterinarian. Poor pup had to wear one of those plastic cones around it's neck for about two weeks after until they healed enough. Like I said, whether it was me or I authorized someone else, it was still a dumb kid move.

Ah, the cone of shame. Kia, (rest her gentle soul) would lick her leg when she was bored... To the point that she had an open would there..... (it would seep a bit of blood, but, it looked a lot worse than it really was...) The Vets solution? Put her in the cone, to break her of the habit, and let the leg heal. Yeah, that worked well..... Oh wait! No it didn't, the cone lasted for the ride home.... by the time we got home, it was little bits of plastic in the back of the van. So much for that though. She carried that wound until the day she died. Never seemed to bother her. I would try and discourage her from licking her leg when I caught her at it, but, I would just get "The Look".... and she would go right back to it.