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Originally Posted by vixenelite
I dont believe that the large percentage of breeders out there who have their litters docked are cruel, I think they love their pets and just do what they think is right by their pets.
However there is a small minority of people who do not do tail docking the right way and the pups suffer it is these people who should be targeted and held accountable by law.
My friend went to see a litter of rotties and they were not in a very good way and their stumps were infected she reported them and the pups were confiscated but they did not face charges as there was not enough evidence and they are still breeding.
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Yes you always get the idiots who have no regard for the welfare of the pups they produce and then give all breeders a bad name. I once had someone approach me after the docking by lay persons was banned and asked me to dock a litter of pups for them . I refused and gave him the no of the council of docked breeds who would give him the name of a vet prepared to dock. I later discovered that he had tried to do it himself with a razor blade and all 10 pups died! I was heartbroken, I regreted saying no because if I had done it for him at least they would not have suffered and died.
He was reported and prosecuted but just received a fine and a 12 month ban not much of a deterent and no where near the correct punishment for taking the lives of those poor innocent pups.