Can I boot a pulled hard drive from a Mac Pro on an external dock?

I have a 2008ish Mac Pro that has a dead video card and a few other problems. Luckily, the hard drive is still functioning. Is it possible to pull the drive and boot it using an external dock in order to image the drive so I can use it on another computer?

Yes.
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag
it to the Destination entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means an external drive. Source means the docked drive.

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