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11-03-2011, 12:00 PM
Originally Posted by smokeybear 
Look at the gundog agility league, amazing how many docked dogs manage to have sufficient balance to negotiate all those obstacles!
if one of these dogs did have an accident like my boy did they would defo be compromised.
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11-03-2011, 12:05 PM
Originally Posted by smokeybear
If ifs and ands were pots and pans beggars would ride on horses.............
still.... working dogs are docked for something that may or may not happen.
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11-03-2011, 01:03 PM
Originally Posted by magpye
Nope... I still don't think that mutilating an entire litter of puppies is a worthwhile or good way to ensure none if them 'might' need their tail amputated as adults. That's a ridiculous argument...
You can't hack off a limb because some people hurt them... That would be like saying all babies should have surgeries to remove their appendixes and tonsils because some will grow up to have appendicitis or tonsillitis.
If a dog can't do the job it was bred for because it's tail gets in the way, then maybe it's not the right dog for the job. Don't just hack off bits till it will do! That's a very Victorian way of looking at the world... Dog must do it's job and if it can't we'll just keep cutting bits off until it can! Bloomin ridiculous argument!
Bloody well said!!
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11-03-2011, 02:26 PM
Originally Posted by magpye
Nope... I still don't think that mutilating an entire litter of puppies is a worthwhile or good way to ensure none if them 'might' need their tail amputated as adults. That's a ridiculous argument...
You can't hack off a limb because some people hurt them... That would be like saying all babies should have surgeries to remove their appendixes and tonsils because some will grow up to have appendicitis or tonsillitis.
If a dog can't do the job it was bred for because it's tail gets in the way, then maybe it's not the right dog for the job. Don't just hack off bits till it will do! That's a very Victorian way of looking at the world... Dog must do it's job and if it can't we'll just keep cutting bits off until it can! Bloomin ridiculous argument!
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11-03-2011, 02:33 PM
Originally Posted by smokeybear
Look at the gundog agility league, amazing how many docked dogs manage to have sufficient balance to negotiate all those obstacles!
What about the Spaniels, the HPR's etc.. that can actually swim unaided and manage to go the way they intent to aswell!!
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