Re: docking my rotti's tail, yes or no, she is 6mo's old

Bonsai wrote:


Who said you should?
If you breed a german dog, go with the german standard.
If you breed an australian dog, go with the australian standard.
If you breed a british dog, go with the british standard.
If you breed an american dog, go with the american standard.

Sorry, coming in a bit late on this, but there are many reasons why this reasoning is faulty. Let's take my breed, the Doberman, or Dobermann if you prefer.

The German Standard was changed a few years ago to meet what was winning in the ring--in other words, instead of breeding the dog to fit the standard, they decided to change the standard to fit the extreme of style they like to see in the ring. The result is a dog allowed to be up to 10% longer than tall (in a SQUARE breed), and a dog with other severe structural issues which compromise its ability to do real work in the field.

Next we have the Greens coming along to tell us what we can and cannot do with ears and tails, the strictures of which have become so onerous that what is happening is, in effect, isolating the German gene pool to just the dogs in the country. Registrations have dropped precipitously, and the health and working ability of the overall breed is compromised.

The American standard, OTOH, now much more closely describes the old German standards and what Herr Doberman wanted his dog to look like than the FCI standard does. And we have no strictures on crop/dock, so our dogs can benefit from Euro and other lines worldwide. Our registrations are stable and overall our breed is improving.

So no thanks, I have no desire to breed to the German standard, much less follow stupid German laws instituted by animal rights activists.




American breeders could simply stick to the original standard.

IMO, American breeders should decide among themselves, with no help
from the Germans (or from me), what they want the *American* Rotty to
become.


Some breeders in the US go with the FCI-Standard, others don't. I don't see
how there could be "The American Rottweiler".


Btw., I don't like you political side blows and I don't think they belong
in this NG.

Bye
Marion
.

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