Hiya,
I have two undocked Working Cockers.
With Roxy, I asked the breeder to leave a pup un-docked for me - in the end she left the whole litter undocked which meant I could choose her when she was old enough to see her personality come out etc (though I had my heart set on her when she was just hours old!)
With Rio, the litter were lined up for Flyball, Agility and Pet homes and so were left un-docked.
I did have to do a bit of research etc to find an un-docked pup, and was well prepared to travel up to Scotland for an un-docked worker pup if it meant doing that - and will do in the future if I need to!!
The rules do state that dogs born after April 07 (I think?) that are docked (unless theraputically i.e. after an accident etc), cannot compete at a show where public are paying an entrance fee: i.e. Crufts, Olympia etc. I have competed at both these events with my Cross Breed Penny
. When I started Agility with Penny it seemed very unlikely that we'd get to that level - but we did, and I really, really hope to get there again with my Working Cockers! (...yes, we have a LOT of training to do!)
Do keep us informed with how you get on!!
- Holly -