Please Write your letters to AVMA from Delegates Crop Dock

I am writing for two reasons.  First, I was asked to repeat my message from March 16th.  Apparently, not everyone received it and some people received a garbled version.

 

Second, I am writing you each to encourage your Parent Club to go forward with writing their letter to AVMA and to share it with the rest of us.

 

Peter Piusz

American Rottweiler Club

 

Repeat of my email of March 16th:

 

The delegates from the Crop Dock meeting asked me to give them a series of "talking points".  They felt this would give them the confidence to go forward with their Boards and write their own letters.

 

My talking points are:

Only write about what you know.  If you are "docking", write about docking.  If "cropping", then write about cropping.

Do not make up fantasy arguments that do not pass the common sense test or would be rejected by your members for their own use.  Historical arguments that utilize settings and conditions rarely encountered in today's world are fun, but in reality, they boil down to the breed image of the dog today (see below).

The basic argument for everyone is that docking and/or cropping is inherent in the breed and intrinsic to the identity of the breed.  Undocked or uncropped dogs leaves undesirable dogs that do not fit the image of the breed. For Rottweilers, the breed is an outdoor-farm dog that has been domesticated and brought into the home.  The undocked tail is a large thick appendage, which specializes in clearing tables and beating on you, your children, and your visitors with authority.

The above example can be crafted to any specific breed, but needs to utilize both the specific tail and the physical traits of the breed.  Example, little spindly tails can be characterized as easily broken or injured.

For docking.  A key element needs to be a direct attack on the credibility of AVMA for raising issues about docking puppies at 3 days of age.  For a scientific organization, where is the science?  Where are the studies?  It must be nice to pontificate on the world from an ivory tower without doing the research. Every docked breed and all of the related breeders can testify to the lack of negative impact from docking to the puppies involved.  Where is the evidence to contradict the evidence of 1000's of litters each year?  What about the cumulative evidence of the last hundred years?

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Peter Piusz
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