I guessed it would be done that young, thanks for the info!

With things like ear cropping - i feel that although admittedly some people may feel it looks nice, I personally think that they should just leave the ears as they are unless there is a specific medical reason for doing so (which is very rare).

Concerning tail docking- my initial responceused to be... no way!
I still agree with that if it is for " fashion" reasons that the tail is docked. However I have since read an article about working dogs and the importance of tail docking for certain working breeds- so i ok with that...
Basically
fashion- no way- unnecesary & cruel
working- yes so long as the dog is a working dog that is intended to be worked and that it benefits the dog medically.

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And my arguement is Not every dog in a certain litter will work,the same as dogs bred for showing,not all will make it.

How the hell at 3 days old can you tell which dogs in a litter will work and which wont?
Answer you can't,some may well be gun shy etc....

I did also notice the registratons dropping in some of the breeds that were tradionally docked but now can't be.

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And that is the reason that this litter of mine were none of them docked at 3 days old it is impossible to pick out the ones that are going to work and your show quality ones that if docked cannot go to Crufts!!!!!!

Also depending on how old ladywiccana's puppy is it may have been legally docked as the docking didnt come into force until April of this year - so as Jo P says do some research into your polls first!!!

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Very true, but then if there was a total ban you would end up with a lot more injuries to working dogs because they weren't docked. I think it's one of those things where unfortunatly there isn't a perfect answer.

my name is jennie and thanks for the info. think i had a blond moment?

Awww thats better - nice to meet ya Jennie

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you too. i think i definately had a blond moment back there must not have been properly awak when i wrote the message about OP, duh!

don't worry we all do sometimes!
don't even get me started on why tail docking should be legal!

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Yep I agree,I think it's important for dogs that are going to be worked to be docked,especially breeds like the ESS,that work in the undergrowth and through bracken flushing game.

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