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Re: tail docking pups
So they are docked to prevent the tails from being bitten I assume! don't think this is quite what the vets would view as 'working' dogs with a valid reason to dock myself.
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mine isnt a working patterdale. she just a pet, and yes, her tail is docked.
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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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I have two patterdales btw one docked and one undocked |
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The only dogs that can be pulled out are westies and cairns, not jacks or patterdales like people think
you can damage their tails that way. (I was told this by a vet and a guy who works and owns patts)Springers are thinner flicky type tails where as labradors have long strong and thick tails plus the fur is shorter so barbs don't get stuck like they do with springers. I know of a guy who owns a few working pats and 3 of his 5 all have tails, he told me that it truth it is rare that terriers injure their tails, springers bounce around in brambles and go here there and everywhere. Ratting dogs often go underground or across open fields rather than woodland area, so in truth they really don't need their tails docked.
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Spot on!! DT |
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