British Columbia and soon Alberta have banned tail docking. Most people seem to be happy about it. As for me, I LOVE THE STUB! I wish I still had the choice, but alas...
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This breeder in the East Temnessee area is trying to get away from docking tails.
She imported Sirius Von Kelemen from Germany when he was around ten months, I think. He had his tail in tact -- he won an international championship within days of coming to the U.S. That tells me natural tails are being accepted in the show ring these days.
Scroll down a ways to see Sirius with his tail clearly in tact
Our Family
A Sirius daughter was rehomed to me last December, at 19 months. Her tail is in tact. She is not my first Rottie but is my first with a tail. I find that tail very handsome
Given that docked tails have been prt of the Rottweiler dress code since their beginning, I'm not sure docking should be banned. IMHO, however, the breed standard should be revised to allow in tact tails.
If Sirius won a championship with his tail in tact, there IS a message there
She imported Sirius Von Kelemen from Germany when he was around ten months, I think. He had his tail in tact -- he won an international championship within days of coming to the U.S. That tells me natural tails are being accepted in the show ring these days.
Scroll down a ways to see Sirius with his tail clearly in tact
Our Family
A Sirius daughter was rehomed to me last December, at 19 months. Her tail is in tact. She is not my first Rottie but is my first with a tail. I find that tail very handsome
Given that docked tails have been prt of the Rottweiler dress code since their beginning, I'm not sure docking should be banned. IMHO, however, the breed standard should be revised to allow in tact tails.
If Sirius won a championship with his tail in tact, there IS a message there
In Canada both docked and natural tails are allowed to be shown in CKC conformation. It's too bad they could not have left things the way they are. Many old time breeders did the docking of their own puppies at 1-3 days of age...with no problems. Now, what will happen is the BYB's will try to do home docking...and home cropping! That is going to be cruel. I don't mind the look of the tail...and if it helps the breed...I'm all for it.
it's my understanding that North American shows will be switching to the ADRK rules, which mandate that the dog must have a tail in order to be entered into a show, if born after a certain date. I looked up their breed standard and it has not been officially changed, but somebody supposedly in-the-know told me that they will be changing it.
It seems that since the advent of anti-biotics there is much less reason to dock tails.
Working dogs 100 or more years ago could have died from an injury and resulting infection to a wounded tail, this would happen rarely now.
So the original practical reason to remove the tail is less relevant these days.
I like to take a practical view, if it benefits the dog in their work to remove it at the correct age then this has a purpose, if just for aesthetic reasons then one would consider the benefits of keeping the tail, such as to allow other dogs to know what they are thinking from a distance or to use as a rudder when turning at speed.
The odd thing is we had docked tails for a century with less and less reason to do so but we have bred dogs with floppy puppy-like ears, unnatural in wild dogs and often dogs with pendant ears can suffer persistent ear infections from the warm damp conditions this creates but we do not crop the ear as is still done with Dobes, Dane and APTs.
I am not making any particular point save to say that if something it to be done to remove a part of an animals anatomy it should be gain a practical benefit rather than address an aesthetic want.
Working dogs 100 or more years ago could have died from an injury and resulting infection to a wounded tail, this would happen rarely now.
So the original practical reason to remove the tail is less relevant these days.
I like to take a practical view, if it benefits the dog in their work to remove it at the correct age then this has a purpose, if just for aesthetic reasons then one would consider the benefits of keeping the tail, such as to allow other dogs to know what they are thinking from a distance or to use as a rudder when turning at speed.
The odd thing is we had docked tails for a century with less and less reason to do so but we have bred dogs with floppy puppy-like ears, unnatural in wild dogs and often dogs with pendant ears can suffer persistent ear infections from the warm damp conditions this creates but we do not crop the ear as is still done with Dobes, Dane and APTs.
I am not making any particular point save to say that if something it to be done to remove a part of an animals anatomy it should be gain a practical benefit rather than address an aesthetic want.
Interesting A13. I never even knew there was a reason for docking the tail other than the way they look. All mine had nubs and all loved to have the nub rubbed.
Frieda, your dogs are beautiful. The block of 12 photos under the words "under construction" the middle row, that one looks exactly like my Rocky. Always seemed to be smiling.
I like the tails too.
Frieda, your dogs are beautiful. The block of 12 photos under the words "under construction" the middle row, that one looks exactly like my Rocky. Always seemed to be smiling.
I like the tails too.
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