User talk:Lottadogs

Puppy page wrong use of terms crop and dock and wrong info on nail removal
Docking refers only to the removal of portions or all of a tail. Cropping refers only to the removal of portions of the ear. The article uses the terms incorrectly referring to tail docking as cropping. Docking is typically done before the age when the nerves finish knitting to the brain in the pup. Cropping is typically done with a pup under anesthesia sometime between the ages of 9-12 weeks. Dogs are never declawed. Front or rear dewclaws (or all) are removed in some breeds and not in others particularly when they hang useless as vestigial appendages that can cause serious harm to a dog's leg if they get injured or torn off later in life. Some breeds of dogs are required to have dewclaws present when the dog is shown. Lottadogs (talk) 16:59, 5 September 2018 (UTC)