My dog has a docked tail but that s because. The first is to protect the dog from injury when he is working.

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Dogs with docked tails include cocker spaniels rottweilers and yorkshire terriers.

Working cocker spaniel with docked tail. 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. I dock our tails but some breeders take their puppies to their vet to be docked. All cocker spaniels are born with tails.

Tail docking is common in cocker spaniels and some of the other spaniel breeds and is generally carried out for two reasons. A large proportion of a spaniel s work is conducted in thick cover this can be anything from. It is for this reason that working cocker spaniels often have their tails docked and it s my understanding that vets still have the discretion to remove tails where the dogs are working.

Tails should be docked between the age of 3 and 5 days. Anyone that has seen a working cocker hunting for game will know just how vigorously they wag their tails. This tradition begins upon the use of field working cocker spaniels in flushing games.

Currently 62 breeds recognized by the akc have docked tails. The thing is that during the hunting the tail of a cocker. Some dogs such as the old english sheepdog and australian shepherd may appear to be docked but may have actually been born with a bobtail or naturally short tail.

The breeding standard for cocker spaniels is to dock the tail. Docked tails a vital characteristic of cocker spaniels. There are many cocker spaniels with full tails and personally i love the look although i wasn t sure at first.

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.

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