Chet Dennis wrote 04/19/2006 06:45 PM Docking the tail- Police and Service Dogs #104551 - 04/19/2006 06:45 PM
Chet Dennis Webboard User Reg: 08-25-2003 Posts: 142 Loc: Washington Offline	I was wondering if anyone docks the tails of your GSD puppies for future police or service dogs. If yes, why? What are some opinions on having the tail docked, Pros and Cons.
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Robert VanCamp wrote 04/19/2006 06:58 PM Re: Docking the tail- Police and Service Dogs [Re: Chet Dennis ] #104552 - 04/19/2006 06:58 PM
Robert VanCamp Webboard User Reg: 11-28-2001 Posts: 3916 Loc: Offline	The only time I've ever heard of/seen tails docked on GSDs is when they have injured them for whatever reasons.
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Howard Young wrote 04/20/2006 08:04 AM Re: Docking the tail- Police and Service Dogs [Re: Robert VanCamp ] #104553 - 04/20/2006 08:04 AM
Howard Young Webboard User Reg: 10-14-2002 Posts: 82 Loc: Offline	We've had two psd's with docked tails, both from accidents. One dog we purchased with about a third of a tail. Don't know why they didn't cut it shorter. He (mal) came from Holland. His tail looks like a little wisk broom. Pretty cool because when he's on a track it wiggles like crazy. Life's short bite hard
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Jennifer Ruzsa wrote 04/25/2006 09:46 AM Re: Docking the tail- Police and Service Dogs [Re: Howard Young ] #104554 - 04/25/2006 09:46 AM
Jennifer Ruzsa Webboard User Reg: 03-21-2006 Posts: 331 Loc: Offline	Quote: We've had two psd's with docked tails, both from accidents. One dog we purchased with about a third of a tail. Don't know why they didn't cut it shorter. He (mal) came from Holland. His tail looks like a little wisk broom. Pretty cool because when he's on a track it wiggles like crazy. That's funny... I had a malinois a while back with an unusually short tail as well. Once you got used to it, it was kinda cute. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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John Aiton wrote 04/25/2006 10:05 AM Re: Docking the tail- Police and Service Dogs [Re: Chet Dennis ] #104555 - 04/25/2006 10:05 AM
John Aiton Webboard User Reg: 09-23-2005 Posts: 331 Loc: Glasgow, Scotland Offline	As far as I remember the taildocking thing started in the UK mainly due to a tax on the Length of a dog and the requirement for a dog license. There are, I believe, valid reasons for docking tails without injury, mainly for the gundog/hunting breeds though I think, and this is in fact an injury prevention method. No reason to dock the tail of a GSD or Mal unless it's recieved an injury of some kind. John
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