[Carol Burke]

"#5. The American Rottweiler club members shall dock tails on Rottweiler puppies within 7 days of birth whenever feasible. No member of the ARC shall dock any Rottweiler without proper veterinary, surgical and pain care after 7 days of birth"

This one I have a problem with. No I am a die hard docked Rottweiler fan and do not foresee having a tailed Rottweiler nor foresee that I will stop docking puppy tails. HOWEVER. This section reads like ALL ARC members MUST dock the tails of their Rottweilers. Also, It STILL allows for people who import tailed dogs to dock them.

A) If someone wants to have a tailed Rottweiler I see NO problem with it. IF they want to show a tailed Rott again no problem. IF they want to leave the tails on their pups, so what?

B) if you import a tailed dog then by God it should stay tailed. Docking after 7 days of age should be totally banned! If you want a docked dog then for God's sake buy a docked puppy/dog.

AMEN !!! AMEN !! AMEN !!!

Let me add my AMENs to this also. Basically they are requiring the membership to dock all puppies. Why can't this tail issue be put to rest instead of trying to sneak the docked requirement into everything.