Doberman puppies, I can't wait!

[buddy doberman]

I am going to look at some doberman puppies this saturday thats only one more day till i go. There are six black and tan bitchees which is perfect for me and they are also docked which is awsome. Just wanted to tell you as i am so exited lol. :)

[AnmalKraker]

I am jealous, we are getting a mini bull terrier, and the breeder i decided on sent me pictures today of some of her new litter, but we have to wait till the end of the year before we get one

[buddy doberman]

omg lol thats a massive wait i feel sorry for you but mini bull terrior are awsome dogs andi bet it is worth the wait =]

[buddy doberman]

I think that i am going to call my puppy harley does anyone else like the name because i do.

[Jake2006]

Oh Doberman where you going? Did you get one in ireland? Harley is a lovely name, it suits a Dobie

carole

[vinya12]

good luck. I am also waiting for a pup as my breeders bitch has not yet come in season and she was due in season march. I am hoping for a pup for the summer but it looks like I may have to find another breeder which will be hard as they all know each other and they all know that I am waiting for a pup from this breeder . Eeekkk

[Borzoi mad]

If you are getting it from and English Welsh or Scottish breeder then docking is illegal and if you wanted to show the puppy you could not do this.

I wondered when you asked about Irish breeders as I think it is still legal there,

[Doberroo]

Ahh good luck picking out a puppy buddy doberman. Enjoy this time and take lots of pics!

[Jake2006]

Borzoi - here the law with regard to Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland
7. There has been no change in the law in Northern Ireland. Thus the legal advice obtained by the RCVS in 1996, set out below, still applies:

Leading Counsel has advised:


1. Docking, which may be defined as the amputation of the whole or part of a dog's tail has, since July 1993, been illegal under UK law, if performed by a lay person.

2. The Royal College has for many years been firmly opposed to the docking of dogs' tails, whatever the age of the dog, by anyone, unless it can be shown truly to be required for therapeutic or truly prophylactic reasons.

3. Docking cannot be defined as prophylactic unless it is undertaken for the necessary protection of the given dog from risks to that dog of disease or of injury which is likely to arise in the future from the retention of an entire tail. The test of likelihood is whether or not such outcome will probably arise in the case of that dog if it is not docked. Faecal soiling in the dog is not for this purpose a disease or injury, and its purported prevention by surgical means cannot be justified.

4. Similarly, docking cannot be described as prophylactic if it is undertaken merely on request, or just because the dog is of a particular breed, type or conformation. Council considers that such docking is unethical.

5. Docking a dog's tail for reasons which are other than truly therapeutic or prophylactic is capable of amounting to conduct disgraceful in a professional respect. In the event of disciplinary proceedings being brought in respect of tail docking, it shall be open to the RCVS by evidence to prove, and to the Disciplinary Committee on such evidence to find, that any therapeutic or prophylactic justification advanced for the docking in question is without substance. If such a finding is made, the Disciplinary Committee may proceed to consider and to decide whether in the circumstances the veterinary surgeon who undertook that docking knew, or ought to have known, that such purported justification is without substance.

6. For the avoidance of any doubt, any instance of tail docking which is found to have been undertaken for reasons which were not truly therapeutic or prophylactic will necessarily constitute an unacceptable mutilation of the dog, which, if carried out by a veterinary surgeon who knew or ought to have known of the lack of true justification, would almost certainly be considered to be conduct disgraceful in a professional respect.



RCVS Council, June 2007

[Borzoi mad]

Hi Jake That was what I thought, but the OP has not said where she is getting her puppy from hence my post.

[AnmalKraker]

omg lol thats a massive wait i feel sorry for you but mini bull terrior are awsome dogs andi bet it is worth the wait =]

Hehehehe, I will be pulling my SO toenails out till he gives in faster. My pup is coming from Russia though so the waiting game is so much fun. I am going to name him Viggo if it is a male.

Cannot wait to see pictures of your new pup, I love doberman pups.

[Lilac]

I think that i am going to call my puppy harley does anyone else like the name because i do.

It does suit a Doberman but it's a fairly common name here not sure about where you are and i've never been one for common names with my animals. I also like the name Diesel, I knew a Dobie called that a long time ago and always thought it really suited the breed. He was a red and rust and the sweetest dog ever.

[buddy doberman]

thanks guys ill try and get lots of pics on here and hopefully i will see a one that i will like.

[AnmalKraker]

I knew a doberman when I was little called Danger, she was a rescue and she was abused.

[buddy doberman]

I dont understand why people hurt there dogs as the dog will even be there friend if they beat it

[Jake2006]

I dont understand why people hurt there dogs as the dog will even be there friend if they beat it


You are so right, but sometimes it's a 'control thing' and people vent all their problems and aggressions out on defenceless animals. Little children are the same, they get beaten but still love their parents. People can be very cruel.

[buddy doberman]

yes its disgusting

[DobermanBullTerrierLove]

Ohhh that is exciting. I am partial to the classic black and tans ;).