A dog has an acute pain. Tails should be docked between the age of 3 and 5 days.

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The injured area is sensitive.

Cocker spaniel with tail. All cocker spaniels are born with tails. As any other dog a tail of a cocker spaniel performs an essential role in species communication. 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.

If i ever buy a cocker spaniel as opposed to adopt i will request that their tails not be docked. I loved both my dogs equally. Docked tails a vital characteristic of cocker spaniels.

By means of the tail a dog is able to show its mood cheerfulness aggression excitement for example. Cocker spaniel tail problems. I dock our tails but some breeders take their puppies to their vet to be docked.

You will also notice some swelling. Tell tail cocker spaniels has cocker spaniel puppies for sale in olmsted falls oh on akc puppyfinder. I have read the argument for the working cocker spaniels injuring their tail while hunting but it still seems cruel to intervene with nature.

Are cocker spaniels born with long tails if your cocker has a fracture the tail is usually droop right at the position of the break. The breeding standard for cocker spaniels is to dock the tail. I think that it is barbaric to dock a cocker spaniel s tail.

Also a tail helps to maintain the balance in the environment especially during swimming.

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