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Because working and gun dogs often injure their tails during work so removing the tail is seen as more humane than leaving it to get broken. Tail docking for cosmetic reasons has been banned in the UK because it is seen as ''cruel and unnecessary''.

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Docking is now illegal in Scotland. dogs tails have been docked historically in this country normally under the premise that working dogs (eg gun dogs, hunting dogs etc) running through undergrowth and brush are prone to injuring this appendage. it is a historical notion and some breeds were docked which were never likely to be working dogs, simply as it consituted the breed standard in the eyes of the general public- in other words for cosmetic reasons. in Scotland it has been deemed illegal to dock a dogs tail unless amuptation becomes necessary after an injury.


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