Possible Clues:

• Cut short
• In short, the dog has been docked
• Boxers no longer get shortened like this
• Reduced
• In the end made short work of the brute
• Clipped two dogs (last two of breed)
• Scoundrel followed and cut down
• Limited the last batsmen?
• In short, that's not done so much to dogs roday
• Cut short down the order