tail docking

shirley c · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:03 am Post subject:

When my mum bred the schnauzers, the vet she had at the time didnt agree to the practice but it wasnt illegal so he did it, but he made her hold the pup and tail while he snipped with snipper things. I think he thought she wouldnt do it if she had to hold the tail but my mum isnt easily put off.

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Sheryl · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:35 am Post subject:

My mum and dads dog Meg has been docked and it makes no difference to her as she is a pet and not a working dog but the woman we got meg from tied an elastic band round the tail and it feel off due to no circulation!!
When meg was a puppy my sis and I would try and stretch her tail to make it grow back.....it never worked

p.s we did not pull it hard we would only pretent, so please no harsh comments Laughing

Meg liked it! Very Happy

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Stephanie · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject:

Im with Kendal tooooo Laughing

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I am glad ban has happened, keep them the way they were born,,,,,,

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Suzanne H · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject:

Otto's tail is docked, but it was done by the vet when he was a puppy along with the removal of his dew claw. I wouldn't have bothered one way or the other if it was left on, but the breeder had it done just before the ban came in.

Still, means we can leave bottles of beer on the coffee table without them being whacked off.

Enid · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject:

I would not have bought docked puppies.

I think the practice is deplorable.
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Enid · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:19 pm Post subject:

Suzanne H · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject:

Don't worry, wasn't offended.

I don't agree with docking either - just that when we got him, it was just before the ban and the breeder didn't give us a choice as she shows hers. By then, we were so looking forward to getting a puppy, we just went with it. He was very young when it was done and we saw him just after and he was none the worse.

Janis · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject:

from what i know it is now illegal to dock in Scotland but they can still legally dock south of the border! however in saying that if a scots breeder takes a litter across the border to have an English breeder dock his litter he could be prosecuted!

i have always loved the docked breeds and i know it is just what we have been used to!

many many years ago i met a lady frequently down at cumbernauld fields who had a male cavalier king charlies spaniel! he was gorgeous and with full fan tail as the breed depicts! off hand i cannot remember his name! anyhow by sheer accident in the house while visitors were present someone caught his tail in the door and subsequently it required surgery and removal of the tail! now going back some 23 years insurance wasn't as popular for pets as it is now! it was an expense the owners could have done without but the vet commented that he was very much in favour of docking most breeds as he was sorry to have to perform this type of surgery when it occurred and it seemed to occur from car doors to incidents in the home!

having to amputate the tail was more difficult that if it had been simply docked as a young whelping pup! i will be sorry to see the ban come into force completely and i agree with marcella i think doogle has the perfect bum wagging tail! i have yet to meet a docked dog who couldn't communicate with their docked tail! i'm sure there are some i just have not met them in all the years i have been around dogs!

yet again it is a personal opinion such as children/babies having their ears pierced! i am against this as having worked in a jewellers and pierced ears i know what damage can be done!

from personal views when you pierce a baby's ear you place the earring in the centre of the ear! when that child grows the piercing is no longer central! so much so i once had a customer who was in her early 60's and could only wear clip on earrings as her piercing as a baby and completely grown out leaving her with almost a W shaped ear!

she had wished her mother had not had her ears done until she was much older!

Susan · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject:

I am really against it...I think its cruel and totally unnecessary, even for working dogs. I mean look at hunting hounds, they are not docked and if they don't need it then I don't really see why any other breed needs it!

My uncle has Rufus's half sister, from the litter before Rufus. She was docked, so one of the last pups to be legally docked in England. I thought that she looked good with the docked tail (even although I disagreed with the practice) and couldn't imagine how Rufus would look. But I love Rufus's tail, it is so cute, and so lovely to see it flapping around!

Dew claws I don't mind coming out, they have no real use to the dog (that I know of)



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