You go girl, make all those rotties with tails proud
!!!! Like frontierrots says SET is more important than length (I couldn't find the tail docking in the Australian standards, AKC must have different standards,unless ours have already been amended). Is it not prohibited in the UK as well now to dock tails?
You are going to see a lot of Australian CH Rotties with tails in the near future.... Like I said in another post somewhere :rolleye: In Victoria, where i live, it is now considered an OFFENCE and is PROHIBITED for an owner or person in charge to show or exhibit an animal or allow an animal to be shown or exhibited where an animal has had a prohibited procedure conducted on it (ie tail docking, debarking, ear cropping). Provisions have been built into this offence relating to when the procedure was done and where it was done (ie if the animal has been imported with the procedure already conducted - supporting paperwork must be submitted). I will not surprise me if this becomes Australia wide very soon, if it is not already.
The only tail docking permitted in Victoria is when it has been conducted by a vet for theraputic reasons (for the health or welfare of the animal).
Provided the docking was done prior to 12 December 2007 you will still be able to show
it. However for any dog born after the commencement of these amendments (12/12/07)
which is docked you will need to demonstrate that the docking was done legally if it is to be
shown.
If a dog has not previously resided in Victoria and is already docked, debarked or ear
cropped and then brought in from interstate or overseas, allowance has been made for the dog to be shown provided the procedure was done in accordance with the legislation of the
jurisdiction (country/state/territory) in which the procedure was carried out.
If the procedure was carried out on the dog in Australia, a veterinary certificate stating that the procedure was done in accordance with the law of the relevant jurisdiction will allow the animal to be shown. In relation to imported dogs, the importation or supporting documentation should show that the procedure had occurred prior to importation and that the procedure was done legally according to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the procedure was carried out.
Upon conviction, fines of up to $3,215 or 12 months imprisonment apply if a person (other
than a vet) docks a dog’s tail, or if a vet docks a tail where it is not considered reasonably
necessary for therapeutic purposes or for allowing a prohibited procedure to be done.
If a person intentionally damages a dog or a pup’s tail they would be committing an offence
under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986, and be liable for a fine of up to $6,429 or 24 months imprisonment.
If a person in Victoria shows or exhibits a dog that was illegally tail docked, a penalty up to
$2202 applies. These fines apply to any prohibited procedure that is carried out.