Originally Posted by Magik

Never seen a boxer with a tail yet... but in a few years that's all you'll see.

P.s - you spennd far to much time in the arcade - champion!!

Originally Posted by loe

sorry plummo i don,t agree, boxers look a right state wiv their tails, my mate has 2 wiv tails and looking at his older ones wiv no tails, i have to say the docked tails look way way better.

i know the looks of a docked tail on a dog don't mean it should'nt be banned tho, but im just saying i think the dogs that are meant to have dcked tails look way better.
again if it is done properly by a professional and the pup aint in pain, i really don't see a problem.

ps. im not saying your boxer is not nice looking tho, coz he really is sweet and cute, but i still think he would looked original and better docked

Originally Posted by colacooler

It is true at this moment in time i would never buy a pup in the UK as it will have a tail due to the fact that Boxer tails are mental, some can curve up higher than it's body, some off to the side etc

Also they smash and hit things and get damaged as they are thick and very strong.And I don't want to go through A)the healing process of a damaged tail, trying to stop the dog from licking the tail and B) Possible amputation...a friend has had to have her boxer who's 6months old docked by a vet due to damage.

And to top it all, it looks plain wrong and awful for a boxer to have a tail.
For all those people who think it hurts, they put an elastic band basically on the tail. It stays on for about a day or two, the blood supply stops and it just falls off. It most definitely does not hurt,the dog will not whimper and the dog will not stop feeding! A sure sign of pain is the inability to eat!