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28-11-2010, 09:30 AM
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28-11-2010, 09:38 AM
Originally Posted by boredinstroud 
@Rune - there are TWO springer litters currently advertised in my local paper; both are docked, one states 'from working lines', the other states 'suitable for pet or working homes'. I would have thought that if they are advertising in local paper they are more likely to get pet buyers...
It'll stop as the demand stops---if people ring up and don't buy because they are docked it'll have a knock on effect. It'll take a while I expect.
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28-11-2010, 09:40 AM
Originally Posted by rune
The docking arguement is obviously linked to the showing one----if the dogs weren't docked they could be shown no problems!
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28-11-2010, 09:41 AM
Originally Posted by Brierley
I can't read the link - it won't open for me, but ............
Isn't the question, 'fit for whose function'?
I can never understand why people think it's wrong to breed to excess for cosmetics to satisfy those who prefer noses so squat that they impede breathing function, backs so long that spinal injuries occur, heads so flat that the brain has no room to grow and yet think it's ok to lop bits of a dog to satisfy their needs.
Taking it further, every human has a useless appendix that runs the risk of causing pain later in life and may need to be removed. The tail docking arguments could apply to this useless bit of kit so should people have to have their appendix removed during the first few days of life? I think not, neither do I believe that a dog should have bits removed 'just in case'
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28-11-2010, 09:55 AM
Originally Posted by Borderdawn
Try telling that to thousands of Vets and rescues!
Docking is nothing but mutilation to satisfy the whims of people. If a dog isn't considered fit to do a job unless it has an amputation then the job is wrong, not the dog
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28-11-2010, 09:59 AM
Originally Posted by Brierley
I do
Docking is nothing but mutilation to satisfy the whims of people. If a dog isn't considered fit to do a job unless it has an amputation then the job is wrong, not the dog
Nobody's answered my point about the thousands upon thousands of animals bred for the table that are altered to prevent injury/illness, so we can eat them. I'm sorry, but we change our domesticated animals in many ways to fit in with our life styles. And yet injury prevention is frowned upon
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28-11-2010, 10:02 AM
Originally Posted by Brierley
I do
Docking is nothing but mutilation to satisfy the whims of people. If a dog isn't considered fit to do a job unless it has an amputation then the job is wrong, not the dog
As your argument is ....
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28-11-2010, 10:10 AM
Originally Posted by Tarimoor
So apart from the fact that it's been bred to hunt, point, retrieve, flush, etc, and does that all perfectly, we should give up on the many years of breeding because it's tail is too long?
Nobody's answered my point about the thousands upon thousands of animals bred for the table that are altered to prevent injury/illness, so we can eat them. I'm sorry, but we change our domesticated animals in many ways to fit in with our life styles. And yet injury prevention is frowned upon
No body here has yet to come up with a good reason to support the restriction.
Again for those who are not reading the article,
Its not about whether or not you agree with docking, but the lunacy of not being able to show docked dogs (from 07) at some shows , yet you can at others!
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28-11-2010, 10:12 AM
Originally Posted by Brierley
I do
Docking is nothing but mutilation to satisfy the whims of people. If a dog isn't considered fit to do a job unless it has an amputation then the job is wrong, not the dog
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