gnipper 6,643 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 I've the same problem. 17 months old and a tail like a mainsail. Cracking looking but for this. I also have lambs rings in the garage but just don't know. Wonder if we have a tame vet out there who would give proper advice? Jok. A vet won't/shouldn't do it for aesthetics, they will only do it if the dog is constantly injuring it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,399 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Hi geezer. Totally agree with your comment. Thing is, this little dog is our bushing dog and hits brambles, rose bushes, hawthorn and anything else hazardous the same as a flat green field. Now I know, from my previous spaniel, Sweep, exactly what it means to have blood and snot everywhere, and he was docked from birth. Goodness knows what it's going to be like in September when this little guy gets going. When they changed the rules on docking procedures I remember the furore in the shooting world which basically got us, precisely, nowhere. As I see it, the more you can look after your animals in terms of welfare in the field, the better the man (or woman) you are. I reckon to have him docked. Jok. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fox digger 1,086 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Hi geezer. Totally agree with your comment. Thing is, this little dog is our bushing dog and hits brambles, rose bushes, hawthorn and anything else hazardous the same as a flat green field. Now I know, from my previous spaniel, Sweep, exactly what it means to have blood and snot everywhere, and he was docked from birth. Goodness knows what it's going to be like in September when this little guy gets going. When they changed the rules on docking procedures I remember the furore in the shooting world which basically got us, precisely, nowhere. As I see it, the more you can look after your animals in terms of welfare in the field, the better the man (or woman) you are. I reckon to have him docked. Jok. put on the lamb ring, pull the hair out from under the ring when you put it on and leave the hair lie out over the ring. wont even know its there and after about 10 days it will be gone and the hair will be going over the end of the tail just like it was out over the ring. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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