Ok I don't get this...

If the tails are docked because they are "hunting dogs" then we do we not dock Golden Retriever tails? Labs? German Shorthaired Pointer tails are tradionally docked...but most English Pointers are not.

I don't think tail docking is even CLOSE to being as bad as ear cropping. I wish they'd ban ear cropping in the U.S....I've seen dogs right after having ears cropped, and it looks so painful! At least when the tail is docked, the pup is only a few days old.