Hi all,
From what I've gathered dew clawing is becoming less PC with many vets because they believe or susspect that the RCV sees dew clawing in the sameish light as docking, however the RCV has not explicitly expressed this. In my opinion dew clawing will probably be the next thing for the anti docking groups to ban.
Hi Penel, indeed I don't know whether the mating will be successful, fingers crossed it has been!. However, at this uncertain time in regard to docking law and finding a suitable vet, I'm certainly not going to leave finding a vet until 2 to 3 weeks time when we'll be able to verify via a blood test whether Bella is pregnant or not. As far as I'm concerned I want to have everything as well prepared and set up before the immediate use and need arises. This is what all the working cocker breeders I have been in contact with have advised, as they're in much the same boat as me and we're supporting eachother by finding out as much info now as possible and relaying round to everyone so that we're all in a stable position to devote our full attention and time to caring for our bitches and the possible future new born pups. I'm sure you can understand why we are investing a lot of time now in finding a vet.
I didn't know that nowadays a lot of army and police cockers were going undocked, I thought docking was still favoured. You learn something new everyday!
Best wishes
Mary