I agree with a 100%.

It may be banned here, but somehow it's still been done with pet and show dogs.
In USA and I believe in Australia they still crop Briards EARS and then glue the together to make them stand up. Thankfully France where the Briard originally comes from the practice has now been banned.
It's something I find hard to understand why anyone would want to cut a dogs ears.

I would like to ask our members what they think of the practice of docking dogs tails.

My own conception of this dubious practice is that it is historic for some inconceivable reason and continued to this very day for purely cosmetic purposes.

If Mother Nature gave dogs a tail, it was for a very good reason. A dogs tail is allied to balance and information transfer to other animals.

To chop off a dogs tail for cosmetic, aesthetic or personal reasons is paramount to cruelty to animals and should be a criminal prosecution matter.

If the tail is subject to problems such as damage due to "happy" tail or the dog biting it then OK some kind of limited amputation is justifried.

I am not concerned with fighting dogs, since that disgusting practice should have been outlawed decades ago and the persons involved jailed for a very long time.

But for people whoever they are to chop a dogs tail off just because it is a Rottweiler, Dobermann or Boxer etc, for aesthetic, cosmetic or historic reasons is a barbaric and utterly selfish practice that under present day attitudes and legislation should be banned.

I have unfortunately come across people who have their dogs tails chopped off simply because THEY like the dog that way. People like that should be banned from owning a dog.

I would appreciate your comments on this matter
John Bull

Both of mine still have their tails, they are just docked.

And I agree, the law makes no sense, when dockign has been made illegal, yet taking of dew claws is still very much a practice.. and if the thruth be told, far more painful than docking a puppies tail

Both of mine still have their tails, they are just docked.

And I agree, the law makes no sense, when dockign has been made illegal, yet taking of dew claws is still very much a practice.. and if the thruth be told, far more painful than docking a puppies tail

Have you ever seen a puppy's tail be docked before?

I agree with a 100%.

It may be banned here, but somehow it's still been done with pet and show dogs.

In USA and I believe in Australia they still crop Briards EARS and then glue the together to make them stand up. Thankfully France where the Briard originally comes from the practice has now been banned.
It's something I find hard to understand why anyone would want to cut a dogs ears.

My boy had his tail off but not his dew claws (his breeder raw fed and said they need them to hang onto carcasses etc whilst feeding). I personally think that dobes look better docked thats my personal preference. But would i buy a puppy from ireland just cause it is docked? No. If i was in a position to have another one in the near future I would take on a rescue that was docked. In the future if thre was a line that was producing straight tails I might have a puppy. Failing that I wont have another B&T.