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Worldwide website dedicated to ending the practice
of removing puppy tails (docking)
(and also ear cropping in those countries where it is still practised)
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Go to this link for full list
List of docked breeds

1788 picture of undocked
King Charles Spaniel 
DOCKING IS SHOCKING
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The act of docking a puppy
is causing it an injury -
an injury it may
never get in its lifetime.
An injury which may have
long term effects.
Docked tails can also get injured.
Dogs more often suffer other injuries - frequently to legs.
Breeds which harbour von Willebrands
in their gene pool could lose litters when pups are docked through blood loss.
see breed pages and health issues.
A dog's tail is the continution of its spine
and is comprised of caudal coccygeal vertebrae which narrow towards the tip. The length varies in breeds but tails are shorter than their evolutionary counterparts. Foxes' tails, when domesticated, curl upwards and become shorter (National eographic)
Tails also have a major artery and nerves, all are enclosed by a very versatile muscalature.
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Jezebel - undocked Old English Sheepdog
Non KC recognised breeds
Jack Russells, Patterdales, mongrels, crossbreeds
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see these links for BREED details
within the following groups
GUNDOG GROUP
Brittany, Bracco Italiano, Cane Corso, German Pointers, Hungarian Vizslas, Italian Spinone, Large and Small Munsterlander, Spaniels, Weimaraner
PASTORAL and TOY GROUPS
Pastoral - Australian Shepherd, Old English Sheepdog, Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Pyrenean Sheepdog, Swedish Vallhund, Welsh Pemproke Corgi
TOY - Affenpinscher,
Australian Silky Terrier,
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels,
Griffon Bruxellois, King Charles Spaniel, Miniature Pinscher, Yorkshire Terrier
UTILITY and "WORKING" GROUPS
Poodles, Schnauzer Miniature & Standard, Schipperke, Schnauzer
Bouvier des Flandres, Boxer, Dobermann, Schnauzer Giant, Mastiff Neapolitan, Pinscher German, Rottweiler,
Russian Black Terrier
TERRIER & TOY
TERRIER - Airedale; Australian, Wire/Smooth Fox. Glen of Imaal, Irish, Jack Russell, Kerry, Lakelnd, Norfokl, Norwich, Parson Rusell, Patterdale, Sealyham, Soft Coated Wheaten, Welsh
TOY - Affenpinscher, Australian Silky Terrier, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Griffon Bruxellois, King Charles Spaniel, Miniature Pinscher, Yorkshire Terrier
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A recent Royal Veterinary College Study indicates that 500 puppies 'would
have to be docked in order to prevent ONE tail injury'
(ANY breed) see Newspage
How many legs are amputated as a result of leg injury?
Breeders should be paying attention to tail lengths, set, carriage and movement
in their
breeding programmes as they do in Scandinavia -
If a dog has been bred as 'FIT FOR FUNCTION' then it
should not need to have prophylactic "alteration" to do
the "work" for that function.
Working dogs have a high incidence of leg injuries
especially to cruciate ligaments
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Choose UNDOCKED from a reputable breeder
if you live in a country where dogs are still being docked
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This Welsh Springer is worked and shown
(photo by permission of Gill Tully).
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undocked English Springer Spaniel
Both field and show bred Springer Spaniels have been docked
prior to 2006 UK legislation.
The difference between the two was that the field bred dogs' tail was docked longer.
'.....The reason
for this is that the tail is an important hunting tool;
it acts as an alert signal for the hunter. ....'
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A dog that is being given the description
"Fit for function"
should not mean that a tail needs to be docked
for that dog to be able to function!
Breed for better tail sets, carriage, length and movement
S. African Painted "Dogs" breed and hunt in thorn bush.
Wolves and foxes have tails. Hounds are not prophylactically docked.
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