Hi
I was wondering if anyone could talk me through English springer spaniel tails!
We will be getting a puppy in the next few months, from a working litter. Ours will not be working in the field, but will be doing agility/obedience and learn some gun dog commands to keep it busy. We asked the breeder if he could leave ours undocked which he said he could do but obviously we will need to choose ours when it's a few days old.
The breeder and some scary forums online have suggested that it's really common for even pet springers to split their tails from hitting them on walls/tables etc so now we're a bit confused!
Surely all the show springers have full tails and they are obviously fine. Is the breeder exaggerating because he's just used to docking?
Any experiences or thoughts welcome, thank you!
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Springer Spaniel tail questions
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Rubberduckies · 31/03/2016 09:04
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