Docking Dogs' Tails

[Rod Paradise]

I know this is banned totally in Scotland & with only a few exceptions in England/Wales.

My parents have just bought a Border Terrier/Patterdale Terrier cross, from a guy who breeds them as working dogs - problem is the tail's been docked. Anyone know the potential penalty for owning a docked dog if you didn't dock it (and probably wouldn't have had it done as the pup won't be hunted).

[RED-DOG]

I know this is banned totally in Scotland & with only a few exceptions in England/Wales.

My parents have just bought a Border Terrier/Patterdale Terrier cross, from a guy who breeds them as working dogs - problem is the tail's been docked. Anyone know the potential penalty for owning a docked dog if you didn't dock it (and probably wouldn't have had it done as the pup won't be hunted).

Don't worry about it.

1: You didn't dock it, it was done when you bought it.

2: For all you (or anyone else) knows, it may have been docked because of disease or injury.

For the record. If a dog is going to be used to hunt thick cover, i.e. blackthorn/bramble etc, a long wagging tail will soon be ripped to shreds. It is much kinder to dock it.

[kinboshi]

I agree with what you're saying Tom, but more often than not, docking is done for aesthetic purposes rather than any practical reason.

How many boxer dogs that you see day to day are used for hunting purposes? 

[AlexMartin]

I agree with what you're saying Tom, but more often than not, docking is done for aesthetic purposes rather than any practical reason.

How many boxer dogs that you see day to day are used for hunting purposes? 

I saw a spaniel in her 1st season out working the other day with a non-docked tail. Poor thing got strung up on a barbed wire fence and the yelping she made had us all saying what a ridiculous law this is. I agree with you that most docking is for (sadly) aesthetic purposes kinboshi, but i doubt a blanket law is the answer.

[Rod Paradise]

I agree with what you're saying Tom, but more often than not, docking is done for aesthetic purposes rather than any practical reason.

How many boxer dogs that you see day to day are used for hunting purposes? 

Boxers weren't working dogs AFAIK - they were fighters - there's even less reason for docking them now.

[Rod Paradise]

I know this is banned totally in Scotland & with only a few exceptions in England/Wales.

My parents have just bought a Border Terrier/Patterdale Terrier cross, from a guy who breeds them as working dogs - problem is the tail's been docked. Anyone know the potential penalty for owning a docked dog if you didn't dock it (and probably wouldn't have had it done as the pup won't be hunted).

Don't worry about it.

1: You didn't dock it, it was done when you bought it.

2: For all you (or anyone else) knows, it may have been docked because of disease or injury.

For the record. If a dog is going to be used to hunt thick cover, i.e. blackthorn/bramble etc, a long wagging tail will soon be ripped to shreds. It is much kinder to dock it.

Cheers Tom, that's pretty much the feedback my Dad got from the vets as well.

[snoopy1239]

What does 'docking' mean?

[The_duke]

Its when the shuttle maneuvers into position with the space station..

In dogs it means cutting off the tail close to the body

intersting articlehttp://www.vets4docking.org.uk/statement.htm

[snoopy1239]

Its when the shuttle maneuvers into position with the space station..

In dogs it means cutting off the tail close to the body

Gulp. I guess I get to keep my testicles at least.

[AndrewT]

Its when the shuttle maneuvers into position with the space station..

In dogs it means cutting off the tail close to the body

Gulp. I guess I get to keep my testicles at least.

I would have thought after you knocking her out of the tournament the other week Dana would be wearing them as earrings by now.

[The_duke]

The Dog Strikes back -- that'll teach him to dock my tail

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7068549.stm

[Laxie]

Its when the shuttle maneuvers into position with the space station..

In dogs it means cutting off the tail close to the body

Gulp. I guess I get to keep my testicles at least.

I would have thought after you knocking her out of the tournament the other week Dana would be wearing them as earrings by now.

  That's my laugh for today sorted...cheers!

[Rod Paradise]

Its when the shuttle maneuvers into position with the space station..

In dogs it means cutting off the tail close to the body

Gulp. I guess I get to keep my testicles at least.

Be glad you're not a male lamb - they remove the tail & testicles by rubber-banding them - fitting a strong tight rubberband around the base & letting the 'unwanted' appendage(s) wither and fall off.

[byronkincaid]

Its when the shuttle maneuvers into position with the space station..

In dogs it means cutting off the tail close to the body

Gulp. I guess I get to keep my testicles at least.

Be glad you're not a male lamb - they remove the tail & testicles by rubber-banding them - fitting a strong tight rubberband around the base & letting the 'unwanted' appendage(s) wither and fall off.

HU for Sacks?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=10937528&page=0&fpart=all&vc=1

[ChipRich]

Its when the shuttle maneuvers into position with the space station..

In dogs it means cutting off the tail close to the body

Gulp. I guess I get to keep my testicles at least.

Be glad you're not a male lamb - they remove the tail & testicles by rubber-banding them - fitting a strong tight rubberband around the base & letting the 'unwanted' appendage(s) wither and fall off.

HU for Sacks?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=10937528&page=0&fpart=all&vc=1

Is it weird for me to want to do this?