von_der_stark wrote:
can't show a docked dog in a country that follows FCI standard.
@Tommy: The IFR Worldchampion female and BIS in Italy 2007 was docked.
From article" Another tale about the tail" by Dirk Vandecasteele
F C I - s h o w r e g u l a t i o n
(01.01.2008) that again leaves
some room for interpretation and
discussion : “Dogs with docked
tails or cropped ears are to be
admitted in accordance with the
legal regulations of their home
countries and those of the
country where the show takes
place. The judging of docked
and undocked or cropped and uncropped dogs must be done
without any discrimination and solely in accordance with the
valid breed standard”. The first sense is only about having to
allow docked dogs to participate a show or not. The second
part, however, is a directive for the judge. One interpretation
is that docked and undocked dogs must be judged alike,
without discrimination.
There is, however, the additive : “… solely in accordance with
the valid breed standard” that cannot be overlooked and that
suggests that docked and undocked dogs are only to be
judged alike when the breed standard allows both docked and
undocked tails. This would mean that if, as is the case for the
Rottweiler, the breed standard demands the tail to be left in
natural condition, the judge must take this into account ! The
IFR has until now read this directive in the sense that we
should not discriminate between docked and undocked dogs
(for example: the female IFR-world champion and best in show
2007 was docked) and as the FCI-breed standard does not list
the docked tail as a disqualifying deviation, this is also my
personal opinion. I admit though, that this can lead to an
unpleasant situation and even a blatant discrimination of an
undocked dog that is disqualified because of a faulty tail while
other dogs in the ring might have shown the same faulty tail …
had they not been docked!
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