| http://www.skylocke.com/tailbanding.htmlTHIS LINK TELLS U HOW TO DOCK A TAIL & WHO CHECKS THE RSPCA?
Seems like a rant more than a question, lol !!!
However, with regard to docking, I am against docking. We got our Weimaraner b*tch 5 years ago and she had already had to have another part of her tail amputated following an infection post docking. When we got her home our own vet was of the opinion that we might need to have the rest of the tail taken off so she would be completely tail-less. We managed to save what little tail she had left which is now about two inches long.
We have never docked any of our puppies even before the docking ban came into the UK. We have been told by people that because we live in a rural area and have a shotgun licence we will be able to dock our puppies as working dogs. They aren't sold as working dogs and I will not mutilate my puppies just to get a quick sale. I have no doubt that I could sell my puppies at a vastly inflated price if I were to dock them as working dogs but I would never do that.
There are cases for docking and against docking at every turn. Leaving the dogs as nature intended is surely the better option? After all, we don't hear of people in the UK complaining that ear pricking (don't know the technical term) should be done because it stops dogs getting ear infections. I believe that to dock every dog of a breed that is traditionally docked just incase it sustains a tail injury is morally wrong. There are more of these breeds used as pets than there are used as working dogs. More of these dogs within these breeds will never sustain a tail injury than will so why dock every dog because a minority may recieve an injury?
I love seeing my previous litter - some come to me for their 'holidays' and seeing them running through the fields with tail held high is a wonderful sight. | 
