> Does anyone know anything about tail docking in draft >horses and whether > it's legal or not? > I can't believe this type of thing is still being done. > > Wanda
It's still being done in the U.S. The folks who run the breeding farm where my boss got his Belgian dock all their horses tails as do all the Percheron, Clydesdale, and Belgian people who show. When we picked up Laddie and I mentioned we were going to keep him barefoot and out in a pasture 24/7 they were appalled! He lived in a stall and only got out 1 hour a day, if that. They said his tail was too short to swat flies, and I said something snotty about how he wasn't born that way and I was at least going to let his tail hairs grow out, and with fly spray, a mask, and other horses to help swat he'd be fine. Now he looks like a surfer boy! Cherie
