But not everybody's goal when choosing a large breed dog is to watch it grow to 200lbs. Especially for the fact the Corso is the smaller of the mastiffs if not smallest...this is not my reasoning for keeping the tail it's just my personal preference. I want my dogs tail to wag and slap me in the legs when I walk in the door..
.I want him all natural except for the dew claws removed...his dad is 140, he's goona be big regardless. You sound like what you are saying is that the breed is not big enough and we should share our secrets on how to influence and achieve maximum Growth...
I didnt think this notion was that out of this world...unwanted stress on a body can easily stunt growth as we see it with young
teenagers weightlifting before their growth plates are closed...I wouldn't start to train my dog to pull weight until he is fully developed.
If the body needs to use it's resources to repair then muscle it can't possibly give the bones enough nutrients to grow at their normal rate. Same deal with cropping a tail and the healing process....and we're not talking about exponential difference here either, maybe a couple pounds during the time his tail would normally be banded.[/QUOTE
1) remove the dewclaws= already not natural 2) the tail is not a muscle
You won't be loving that tail so much when it starts whipping around stuff (besides your leg, which will only cause prob bruises) and breaking everything it comes in contact with
A dog's tail is actually not made of cartilage, but of bone. It consists of the extension of the caudal vertebrae. As humans, we do not have that extension, and in place have a coccyx. Because a dog's tail is made of bone, it is susceptible to the same injuries as other bones.