Thread: Time to submit against tail docking and dew claw removal ban (they never give in )

Originally Posted by gsp follower

but is your gsp like mine was wildman a tiger in every cover blackberry gorse boxthorn??
i would hated to see his tail after scrambling thru some of that crap if it had been long.
plus the old timers didnt do these things for fun or as an asthetic touch.
it was is done for the welfare of the breed in the job that they do.

I am passionate that historically docked breeds should remain so...there are many mamby pamby people out there who, by virtue of their lack of knowledge of the working dog, see it as some sort of mutilation...far from it, just as the points you guys have given...the Pointer for instance would not have historically been docked as he was a grouse/moors dog...not like the spaniels breeds, Epagneul Breton and the terriers etc...saw a Rottie at the show a few weeks ago who had a long tail ... he did not look right, at all...!!!!!!!! I laugh when I read that the shortening of the tail undermines the dogs communicative skills and balance...what a joke!!! There is no damage to the musculature in the rear end as some rabid ignorami attest...!!! Breeds such as the Smithfield (the real one!!), anoure (tailless or bobbed) Epagneul Breton, and others do just fine...