Spaniel Pups Tail

[Mark r 208]

Hi Iv bought a spaniel pup and they were advertised with docked tails I put a deposit down a few weeks before picking it up after picking one out. Any i got her home and I realised the tail hasn't been docked at all. at first I thought they had just taken the end off. But I don't even think they have done that. Iv got the paperwork from the vet for the docking. My question is what would you do? And if I wanted it so King how much would it cost. I hate spaniels and terriers with long tails

[monkey 449]

I had some done a few years ago they only took the end off they had about 3/4 of a tail, why don't you ring the vet that's on the paper work for the docking ask him if he has done them

[jangles 24]

Often a 1/3 is removed or sometimes the tails are measured to the hock then the excess is amputated .... the days when having only a stump are long gone.

 

Jangles

[the monkey 338]

Ring the vet that's on the docking certificate

[MENACE 35]

Lamb ring

[C.green 3,229]

Normally its 1/3rd off on a spaniel.

[Elchapo 3,166]

On 25/01/2019 at 13:11, MENACE said:

Lamb ring

I’ve heard of people doing this but never seen or known any one who did actually do it 

[socks 32,253]

It’s to old for a lamb ring now ... the tail will be very painful and will likely go narcrotic ........

[Born Hunter 17,763]

There seems to be a trend currently to hardly cut anything off the pups tail. Plenty of docked tails these days still having problems because of trialers wanting flashing looking style.

I like to see a nice short dock. I'd rather the minimum was left on than the minimum taken off.

[j j m 6,539]

agree with you mate

[The one 8,474]

There's a difference between a working dock and a show dock , show dock a lot mores left on , thats why your better with a knowledgeable vet and taking your shotgun cert and saying there going to working homes 

[two crows 3,342]

I left my last cocker pups a bit longer and thought I screwed up, but me and the bloke with the father both kept one and work some rely thick bramble, and have had no probs my bitch is small but has grown in to hers.

Edited January 29, 2019 by two crows