What happend to this topic?

The thread is still there.

Finally got a reply sayting that their issue is with anything causign pai to dogs,a dn that docking was a no no.  They recomend dew claws are removed under anasthetic during castration!

Hmm why didn't they suggest docking under anaesthetic then? 

What if dog isn't going to be neutered?  Won't the healing process be more problematic removing dew claws at 1-2+ yrs old?  Puppies aren't going anywhere but older dogs are running through all sorts of muck, mine does anyway :D

Edited to say - also querying whether removing dew claws at an older age as DT suggest won't leave noticable scars? Thinking of the shorthaired breeds.  Wouldn't matter to my dog but it would matter to me if she was being shown

My puppy has just had his rear dewclaws off at 7 months & he had to wear bandages for two days(with all that entitles)plus the risk of GA of course & two shots of AB cost £115 !!!!! & he wasn't being castrated as he's an ISDS pedigree puppy of good breeding & a male. Do the DT think all dogs/bitches should be neutered if they do it would mean they would go out of business PDQ & of course dogs would idsappear from the UK

Hm Think I will ask them why they are again dewclaw removal at 3 days ! & why it should be done with neutering off to the DT site now

Exactly MM - my springer cross had to have all four dew claws removed recently, he was 3 and a half, he had 'fame' bandages on each foot (one pink one purple on front and one pink one purple on back - the nurses thought he looked cute ! :rolleyes: ) he had the bandages on for three days but then the stitches stayed in for a further week or so.  A few days after he had his stitches out he got an infection on two feet with the subcutaeneous stitches the result more painkillers, anti-biotics and an even longer time before he could go out for a proper walk.  Poor little mite was in pain, he winced when he walked around the house, was totally fed up and run down, his coat lost it's shine just not himself :(

Nope, dew claws should come off when they are tiny might cause a wee bit of pain but it's much better than their alternative suggestion - mad DT people, totally stonkingly mad :)

No reply as yet not even an automated one

They used dissolving stitches on the pupster & bless him he hardly touched the bandages or the stitches mind you I did treat him to a good few frozen pigs trotters etc & he was never left alone

My two springers have had there letters printed on "Poppy's" page.

There's no stopping them now, they've both submitted letters for publication in the Times and the Guardian, personally I think they've got no chance with the Guardian  they're views are a bit too liberal :D

Ooh, well done to your dogs, Robert!

Brilliant! So the Dog Trust are only willing to talk to anthropomorphic dogs :rolleyes:  One other poster has managed to get their opposing view published by taking the same tack, finishing with a great comment to Poppy "For your sanity and credibility, I think you should apply to be re-homed." :D

I'm going to have the dewclaws removed if I breed my Cavs. Henry has his, and although they haven't yet caused a problem I do have to remember to clip them far more frequently than the rest of his claws. More importantly, I can still remember the blood on the floor from the torn dew claw of my friend's labrador when playing too boisterously.

Very interesting docking video - I wonder if anyone has a video of the 'chopping' (for want of a better description) method of docking, rather than the banding method?

I think the CDB should use that photo of the spaniel Matty on the front of all its literature!!

I think the scarring depends no who does it, really - my dobe was docked and dewclawed at 3 days old, but he has furless scars where his dewclaws were, and a bare hard lump at the end of his tail.  Doesn't look pretty at all, and that was done at the normal age - it's something I'll ask to be fixed if he ever goes under again (tho here's hoping he doesn't!).

The bare bit on the tail stump is why I am told (apart from less traumatic to pups) many pro dockers like the banding method of docking with the tail just shrivelling where the ligature stops the blood supply.  Do you know if your pup was cut or banded?

Robert - just checked the site and saw your letter, well done.  There is another pro-docking letter that is good too.  Mine wasn't on there though :(

I would love to know the ratio of pro to anti emailed in.  I tried to get on the website for Scottish Parliament to put an email among the anti-docking petitions but will need to work out who it's best to send it to.  Some MPs only take on letters from their own constituents and this Bill is going through Scottish Parliament first isn't it?