
Photo by Cristina Sanchez.
Central European retrieving tests require the dogs to retrieve fur, including foxes.
Note that this GSP has not been docked.
March 1, 2015 by SWestfall3

Photo by Cristina Sanchez.
Central European retrieving tests require the dogs to retrieve fur, including foxes.
Note that this GSP has not been docked.
Posted in working dogs, working retrievers | Tagged fox, fox retrieving, German short-haired pointer, Kurzhaar, Kurzhaariger Vorstehhund, red fox | 3 Comments
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Good to see a good looking working GSP – not the lightweight dogs that are commonly seen now, that would barely last 5 minutes in the field
It’s nice to see a GSP with a tail! There is absolutely no need to mutilate dogs. It is done for cosmetic purposes only!
Growing up we bred GSP as well as Pointers. Without fail all the Pointers would come back home from a day out hunting with tails that were torn bloody from barbed wire fences as well as prickly bushes and blackberry bushes, whereas the tails of the GSP’s would be fine. So I think in this case it saved a lot of pain to have had them docked. Although I agree with you on the docking of tails for breeds such as Rottweilers and Dobermans (etc) where there is only an aesthetic purpose and for no other reason, and don’t get me started on ear cropping.