Leave to 1 3 of length. You may have seen adult cocker spaniels particularly those that are at dog shows or from show related breeders that have very short stumps where you would normally expect to see a tail.

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The thing is that during the hunting the tail of a cocker spaniel would.

Cocker spaniel tail length. Leave 1 3 of length. Inch english cocker spaniel. I dock our tails but some breeders take their puppies to their vet to be docked.

English cocker spaniel english cocker spaniels. Leave 1 3 of length approx. Tails should be docked between the age of 3 and 5 days.

Information on recommended length of tail for more breeds not listed here is given in progress in canine practice 19671 anon 1968. This tradition begins upon the use of field working cocker spaniels in flushing games. He d been abandoned so we had no history on him.

The english cocker spaniel club of america breeders judges education link to breeders judges education website download illustrated standard pdf. English springer spaniel english toy spaniel german short haired pointer giant schnauzer irish terrier king charles spaniel. The breeding standard for cocker spaniels is to dock the tail.

I can t imagine ritz carlton without his beautiful tail. Photos for comparison certainly welcome. We adopted our undocked english cocker spaniel when he was 2 3 years old.

All cocker spaniels are born with tails. Because of its docked tail the cocker spaniel resorts to a spread stance for static balance it seems tail docking has behavioral effects on dogs as well. Tail docking guidelines how much tail to dock guidelines of tail cropping breed.

What s the standard tail length for a field springer and a field cocker. We love his long tail and think every non working cocker should have its tail left intact. Psychologist stanley coren states dogs with no tail are twice as likely to be involved in aggressive encounters than those with tails.

Tail docking also effects the dog s balance and gait. Docked tails a vital characteristic of cocker spaniels. The reason i ask is i see a variety of lengths from almost full to 3 4 s to 1 2 to stubs.

Keeping in mind the welfare of the cocker spaniel breed and the function it was bred to perform and as applies to all flushing spaniels the board of directors of the american spaniel club continues to support docked tails for cocker spaniels and all flushing spaniels as an important characteristic required by the breed s function as. Leave 1 3 of length. The main reason for tail docking in cocker spaniels some traditional cocker look that should be always adhered to spaniels with long tails don t look natural.

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