Nope - dogs docked legally since the ban date(s) are allowed to be shown in the ring (beauty or otherwise) - if the public are not paying. There are plenty of cases of this happening without any issue. It also appears that in Scotland the paying issue is not relevant and they can be shown anywhere.
All the information about the laws etc can be found on the council for docked breeds site here
Council For Docked Breeds | QUOTE (selina @ August 10, 2008 07:23 am) |
Just to stray a little from the topic of fun dog shows, strange isn't it how I am still rehoming docked dogs (docked after the ban) from obviously pet only homes, there isn't a shadow of doubt that these dogs were never going to working homes of any kind ![mad.gif](http://3.<a href="http://www.forumer.com">forumer</a>.com/html/emoticons/mad.gif) |
Bella is only 7 months old and she came from a "puppy farm" that according to the people who bought her from it (although they didn't call it a puppy farm) had puppies from almost any breed of dog you could think of and were running it almost like a pet shop whereby members of the public walked around the kennels and chose one (presumably by the look rather than how appropriate it was for them). How do these people persuade a vet that they are breeding them to work?
| QUOTE (selina @ August 10, 2008 08:23 am) |
| I am still rehoming docked dogs (docked after the ban) from obviously pet only homes, there isn't a shadow of doubt that these dogs were never going to working homes of any kind |
So maybe moving further off topic, what about the adverts in newspapers that are clearly breaking the law by saying for example.
Springer puppies.
L/W, docked and D/C,
Would make good workers or pets,
Ready now
I believe that you need at least a shotgun licence to show that you intended to work puppies. Whilst this isn't the best proof - many beaters don't shoot themselves - but at least it was something the government could latch on to.