Should I dock my ROTTWEILER's tail and if so the how? Can i maybe do it myself any websites?

Question

I prefer doing it myself as it would save me alot of money, my dog is only 6 weeks old, still a pup. the vet told me $300. is there a website that would explain to me how i can do it, if it is toooo hard then i will pay the 300.

Answer 1

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DOCK YOUR DOG'S TAIL YOURSELF!! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!
You can only be upset with yourself that you bought a Rott without a docked tail. Any breeder breeding quality animals will breed them to standard. Standard is a docked tail and they will do it when the pups are a few days old if they know what they're doing and actually are breeding animals of quality. The reason your vet is going to charge you $300 is because at this point its not a docking, its an amputation. You really need to consider whether you want to put your dog through this or not. If it really was that important to you, you would've held out to find a better breeder with pups whose tails were already done. Your vet may even want to wait awhile, as 6 weeks is awfully young to be anesthetizing a pup.
DON'T TRY TO DO THE TAIL YOURSELF. YOU WILL MORE THAN LIKELY KILL YOUR PUP. Suck it up, pay the money, it was your screw-up.

p.s. If these reasons didn't convince you, think about going to jail for animal cruelty and practicing veterinary medicine without a license.

Answer 2

technically, it is too late for the docking of the tail. Usually, almost always, dockings are done at a VERY young age, a couple days old. Six weeks is a little late and the dog will notice a difference in their body. At this age, it is also painful for the dog after the surgery. My suggestion, leave it alone. The surgery would make it easier on teh dog but pain will still be there. It is also a pain that comes with a HIGH risk of infection at this age. If you'd like, go online and look up some pictures of European Rotts. They are now required by law to leave the tails alone at any age. When they get older, it doesn't look too bad just thick.

Answer 3

docked tails always look pretty sad on a dog. I can't understand why people like it. It is of course a standard procedure for certain breeds.

Anyways - I think your dog looks much prettier with it's whole tail.

Furthermore if you try to do this yourself you will probably inflict serious pain to it. And very likely it will get an infection and then it will either die or you have to go to the vet anyways. And then - besides the money they take they will sue you for animal cruelty.

So - no do it yourself.

And as I think - better not doing it at all.

A happy dog is the most beautiful dog and the best friend you can get on this planet. A dog which never experience pain will be a very happy dog.

Oh - one more thing - if you are the one to inflict pain to the dog he will dislike and fear you his whole life long. The psychological damage you do to the dog comes on top of all the trouble.

So - don't go there.

Answer 4

It is advisable not to attenot this yourself as it is against the law.A dogs tail should be docked before it reaches 5 days old,and if done after this time the bone in the tail has already started to develope along with nerves.If your pup is 6 wks. old then it will require surgery amputation and need to be put to sleep to do this by a vet.It would be inhumane to do this yourself at this age,as you would probably loose your dog from the amount of pain you would inflect when docking the tail.See your vet and please don't attempt.

Answer 5

My parent's had a litter of rat terriers and dock their tails but they started the process when the pups were only a few days old. The breeder they got their male and female from came and dock the tails for them. I would suggest going to the vet since the puppy is 6 weeks old.

For the future, all the breeder did was put little rubber bands on their tails, which cut of the blood supply with minimal pain (because they were so small) and their tails eventually fell off.

Answer 6

You have to dock tails between 3 and 5 days old. Do not attempt to do this yourself. At this age it will be very painful for your dog even if the vet does it. I had a litter of Boxer puppies and the vet did the tails and dew claws and it was less than $50.00 total for all 4 of them.

Answer 7

Well the reason the vet quoted you such a high price is that tail docking is normally done a 3 days old.

Now at your pups age the bone is forming and this is a major surgery requiring general anesthesia.

Sorry, this isn't a procedure that you can do now on your kitchen table. Shop around, vet vary in prices.

Answer 8

6 weeks is too old for performing this procedure. If it was going to be done, it should have been when the puppy was just a few days old.
DO NOT attempt this procedure yourself. We're talking about removing some of this puppy's vertebrae. There are nerves and blood vessels in there and you could do severe damage. If you insist on this procedure, let a professional handle it. Otherwise, you'll have to live with the long tail.
Changing your dog's tail won't make it a better pet.

Answer 9

Whatever you do DO NOT do it yourself, you could possible kill the dog via infection or bloodlose!!! We have Brittany Spaniels and used to raise them, normally you dock the tails when they are only 2-3 days old! If you seriously want the tail docked take it to the vet, if you're not real worried about it then leave it be!

Answer 10

Not a good thing to do yourself. You dog needs to have his tail surgically amputated at this age. Tail docking is usually performed when a puppy is 2-5 DAYS old. This is before the vertabrae in the tail harden to bone and the deficit made by docking is very small- about 1/4 inch. At 6 weeks of age, your puppy has hardened vertabrae and well developed nerve endings. This procedure will be VERY painful, sometimes with lasting "ghost"pain. This can cause tail-chasing and other undesirable behavioral problems. I am sorry you are having to deal with this. This is truely the breeder's responsibilty well before you ever recieved the dog. PLEASE do not try cutting or putting a rubber band around your dog's tail. I have had to help our doctors repair the devistating outcome of "self-tail dockers" and it can become life-threatening.