"I would like to add support to the campaign to ban tail docking. There is no need for such mutilations. Sadly 99% of puppies of 'traditionally docked breeds' still come to the surgery with their tails mysteriously absent, often with stump infections due to their incompetently performed procedure. The general public are still mostly unaware that this should not have been done, although most would have preferred a pup with a tail to express itself.
Until the Kennel Club take a stand and ban docked animals from the showring, I fear that this practice will continue underground unless high profile prosecutions are made.

My parents have a Standard Poodle who enjoys her long tail to the full. For 11 years so far, we have had to explain to various members of the public that she IS a poodle and not an Irish Water Spaniel just because the public are so used to this breed having only 1/3rd of what nature intended."

Carol Mason BVM&S MRCVS
Colin S Mason Bsc BVM&S Cert CHP MRCVS

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