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Originally Posted by marion..d
i have no idea why there tails are docked, all i have been told is they should be docked quite short so if they get stuck in rabbit hole a man can grab tail to pull them out..
mine isnt a working patterdale. she just a pet, and yes, her tail is docked.
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Yeah I have heard that too, that sounds right to me
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Originally Posted by DoubleTrouble
Think that is springers a patterdale tail is not quite the same! and it that theory is correct why arn't labs docked?
I have had had three docked and one undocked by the way! I cannot imagine mine with a tail ever getting caught in undergrowth and she goes in plenty
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Yeah I was thinking about springers, for patterdales its what Marion said so you can pull them from a hole.
I have two patterdales btw one docked and one undocked