Hi Jan, You write <o, I was so surprised a few years ago when I read that Cavaliers could have their tails docked!!! Does anyone still practice this? I have seen tails of diff lengths in the Cavalier. Are most of these natural? Do Cavalier breeders have a tail length preference >>>>
The docking of Cavalier tails has always been optional. Don't forget we come from the "Charlie" (English Toy) and quite often they have kinks in the tail which is docked for the dogs comfort and hygiene if the kink is close to the base of the tail. Hardly anyone docks these days but when I started in Cavaliers, John Evans and Alan Hall did the Alansmeres. Our A Ch McGoogans Black Treacle was not docked but had a naturally very short tail which she passed on to some of her children. One of the things that first attracted me to Cavaliers was the fact that they had that lovely waving plume, having been visually used to Cockers and other docked spaniels, the Cavalier looked so appealing. Its amazing how the "eye" gets used to certain things - we all take long tailed Cavaliers for granted but I still do a double take when I see an undocked large spaniel such as a Welshie in the ring. Jeanie ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
