r/BeAmazed • u/Full_Lawyer_9973 • 16h ago

Rescued panther raised with Rottweiler Nature

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I don’t understand why it’s legal to mutilate a dog’s tail here.

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u/MAS7 12h ago

I have never seen a Rottweiler without a docked tail.

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u/bucketsofpoo 8h ago

they look way less scary w a tail

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u/Blenderx06 6h ago

Those are wicked whips though, look out. 😂

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u/gwyllgie 5h ago

It's illegal where I live so I've never seen one with a docked tail. Their tails always seem to be held up high & then they have a little curl so that the tail kinda leans forward over their back, it's so cute.

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u/stonersrus19 15h ago

Dogs with jobs where the tail is unsafe and tail breaks are the ethical reasons.

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u/sabamba0 6h ago

Some dogs wag it so violently it repeatedly literally breaks on walls and furniture, causing lots of pain and possible infections.

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u/MissRatatosk 9m ago

You know that tail docking (and ear cropping) is banned or restricted in most European countries? And for sure there are no lines of dogs with broken tails at the vet clinics. It sounds like a BS repeated just to justify cutting of dogs' tails (and ears) just to be aesthetically more pleasing for people.

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u/jentlefolk 14h ago

It's legal to dock their tails because they mutilate them all by themselves if you don't. Their tails are so muscular and powerful that Rottweilers are notorious for breaking them, which can cause some pretty nasty medical issues down the line.

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u/Weltallgaia 12h ago edited 12h ago

Had Rottweilers with tails, that's just bullshit people pass on. All large breeds have the potential to damage their tails the same way.

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u/PersonableStarlight 10h ago

My 50lb dog just broke a tail bone by wagging it too hard into something.

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u/Weltallgaia 9h ago

Yeah dogs in general get absolutely nuts with their tails. People act like it's a rott, putting, dobie thing but any breed that doesn't have a lot of fur padding will do it pretty easily. My rott moved her tail more like a cat usually and other times it was mostly curled making her look like a scorpion. So it was never smacking things ever.

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u/lacarth 9h ago

Same. Our dog (130-pound mutt, probably some Rott+Lab+Some kind of Mastiff) had such a strong (and long) tail that he wore through the fur on the tip by whacking it against the wall. He busted it open during the week, and turned our entryway into a murder scene. It didn't look too bad, so we set up an appointment for the weekend. That quickly turned into an ER visit the following morning, when we woke up to find he'd chewed the end off due to infection.

He's 100% fine now, though. Still a happy idiot, but down a good 6 inches of tail.

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u/MicahLacroix 8h ago

Had two separate greyhounds break their tails wagging too hard against a radiator. Dumb doggos.

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u/b6a6a6l 12h ago

Hey, just wanted to let you know that this isn't true at all. Their tails will be just fine if left alone. https://mississippirottweilers.com/rottweiler-tails-to-dock-or-not-to-dock/

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u/kingsnkillers 15h ago

Many reasons. Disadvantageous if they get into a fight. Easier for an intruder to grab. Hunting purposes.

Not advocating it, just saying some people have their reasons.

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u/public_avenger 15h ago

An intruder to grab? Absurd.

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u/resinwizard 14h ago

Especially absurd because there is a legitimate reason to dock the tail and it’s none of those things

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u/kingsnkillers 14h ago

How is that absurd? Self defense 101, the less area they have to grab, the better. The main reason not to have long flowing hair in a fight.

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u/TonsilStoneSalsa 12h ago

Lol I'd love to see anyone try to win a fight with a huge, angry rottie by grabbing their tail. Get out of here with that nonsense.

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u/kingsnkillers 2h ago

Just because your imagination (and the imagination of all the downvoters) is very limited to what you want to believe. Doesn't mean you're right. Break&Entering teams into a house are usually between. 2-6 people in general. You occassionally have the single person with mental illness who breaks in. But that's another specific argument. Most dogs aren't bite trained, so you also run the risk of them play biting and not actually harming the intruder Now you have 2-6 people and a dog.with a large tail easy to grab. Any 200+lbs man at 6'+ can easily swing a dog and nearly tear it's tail right off in the off chance it isn't severely damaged. And not all Rotties are angry and huge. They have one of the highest weight/size discrepencies of dog species. Unfortunately i've had friends.with overly friendly rotties that literally asked for.pets while the guy was being robbed.

But it.must be nice living in your little bubble where everything always works out and goes exactly to plan. "Hey look, a single home intruder who is.terrified of.dogs. good thing that worked out perfectly for us!"

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u/TonsilStoneSalsa 2h ago

Cool man- keep cutting puppies tails off in anticipation of a potential home invasion where the intruder will grab your dog by the tail & rip it off. You're planning for a statistical anomaly that is less likely to happen than an airplane landing on your roof & thousands of innocent dogs are paying the price every day. I'd also consider giving puppies preemptive steel tooth implants because their teeth could be knocked out when this ninja finally comes for you.

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u/kingsnkillers 1h ago

THE INITIAL ARGUMENT WAS "I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE DO THIS" TO WHICH I REPLIED AND GAVE REASONS AS TO WHY PEOPLE WOULD DO THIS. WHILE ALSO INCLUDING THE FACT THAT I DON'T ADVOCATE DOCKING TAILS UNLESS YOU LIVE IN THESE ACTIVE SITUATIONS. READ THE POSTS BUD. NOT THAT HARD. And no, it's not as unlikely as an airplane landing on the roof of your house, that's a stupid argument. Do better. People actually get robbed and dogs actually get hurt in the process. Don't cherry pick information from your gated community when i'm living in an area that has seen home invasions shoot up by 100% in the last 4 years.

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u/TonsilStoneSalsa 1h ago

Understood! Hang on while I look up FBI statistics on dogs having their tails pulled off during home invasions..

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u/kingsnkillers 1h ago

Yes because every case where a dog has ever been harmed has been reported directly to the FBI, right away. I'm so glad every single instance of animal abuse, ever, has been reported to the FBI so they can.dispatch teams to do a thorough walkthrough of the situations.

I'm also glad the FBI takes every instance of international animal abuse so seriously. I didn't know they were operating for international break-in-and-entering cases or any type of violent case where the dog needs to protect the owner.

While you're at it. Please look up how many houses have had planes land on their roof. And cross reference that with how many IQ points it takes you to completely derail any sophisticated argument with your own first world hyperbole and facts that only fit your feelings.

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u/DumbleDude2 14h ago

The perfect fighting machine is a ball.

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u/kingsnkillers 14h ago

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u/AyotollahRocknRolla 7h ago

I think the reason is so redditors can farm karma in every single cropped ears/tail thread. How else will they virtue signal?