Docking is the removal of portions of an animal's tail. While docking and bobbing are more commonly used to refer to removal of the tail, the term cropping...

long history of docking the tails of dogs. It is understood to date at least to Ancient Greece. The most popular reason for docking dog breeds is to prevent...

Look up docking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Docking may refer to: Docking and berthing of spacecraft, the process of joining one spacecraft or...

and environments. The practice of docking began primarily as a preventive measure for injury among working dogs. Docking is now primarily performed for purely...

docked (resulting in a panda bear–like rear end), but tailed Old English sheepdogs are now common, as many countries have outlawed cosmetic docking....

Veterinary Medical Association. "Ear Cropping and Tail Docking of Dogs". "The Boxer and Tail Docking". www.pedigree.com. Retrieved 2018-10-19. Sheila Schmutz:...

result of docking, a procedure in which the majority of the tail is surgically removed shortly after birth.[citation needed] The practice of docking has been...

The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from extinct...

cropping and tail docking from breed standards". In 2009, veterinary chain Banfield Pet Hospital announced they would no longer do tail docking, ear cropping...

breeding or docking. Historically, the Pembroke was a breed with a natural bobtail (a very short tail). Due to the advent of tail docking in dogs, the...

docked tail or a natural tail; this accommodates laws in England & Wales and in Scotland which outlaw docking for cosmetic reasons but exempt docking...

needed] Tail docking is illegal, except in special circumstances, in all states and territories of Australia. The Australian Cattle Dog shares ancestry...

and tail docking could have been done for practical reasons, avoiding accidental amputations in the course of work, or to indicate the dog was working...

The Hmong bobtail dog (Vietnamese: Chó H'Mông Cộc đuôi) is an ancient medium size spitz dog breed and one of Vietnam's Four Great National Dogs (Vietnamese:...

undocked tails are not a fault in conformation showing if the dog was bred in a non-docking country. The head should be strong and carried with elegance...

Havanese, a bichon-type dog, is the national dog of Cuba, developed from the now extinct Blanquito de la Habana ("little white dog of Havana"). The Blanquito...

found good or excellent results in 83% of cases. Rump (croup) Docking (animal) Docking (dog) Coccyx List of surgeries by type Foye PM (2007). "Reasons to...

Dock jumping, also known as dock diving, is a dog sport in which dogs compete in jumping for distance or height from a dock into a body of water. There...

Hunting Dock jumping, also known as dock diving Dog surfing, sometimes also used to describe dogs standup paddleboarding. Water Rescue Agility Disc dog Flyball...

restricting or preventing docking, natural bobtails are growing in popularity among the dog fancy for some traditionally docked breeds. For example, one...

tails docked between 2–5 days old due to historical tradition or to conform to the Breed Standard. Artificial docking was not needed for the dog to do...

A police dog, also known as a K-9, is a dog that is trained to assist police and other law enforcement officers. Their duties may include searching for...

to "Airedale"), also called Bingley Terrier and Waterside Terrier, is a dog breed of the terrier type that originated in the valley (dale) of the River...

Yorkie, is a British breed of toy dog of terrier type. It is among the smallest of the terriers and indeed of all dog breeds, with a weight of no more...

long tailed dogs had their tails docked, although some countries outside of the United States do not allow docking and so some long tailed and partial...

generally docked closer to the body.[citation needed] Docking is now illegal in Australia and South Africa.[citation needed] In England and Wales, docking can...

Boy and His Dog is a cycle of narratives by author Harlan Ellison. The cycle tells the story of an amoral boy (Vic) and his telepathic dog (Blood), who...

Russian: Лайка, IPA: [ˈlajkə]; c. 1954 – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth...

from the original on 2020-02-26, retrieved 2020-02-26 "Docking worldwide". Council of Docked Breeds. Archived from the original on 2022-08-18. Retrieved...

eventually started a breed registry with a dog called Otto, the foundation dog of the family's breeding operation. The dog's name has occasionally been used as...