[Jacob-list] Tail docking

[lynettefrick at gmail.com]

I agree with Mark, but would like to add that on top of locale, and breed that parasite resistance, and management would be the other absolute largest factors in tail cleanliness. My current flock of Rambouillet ewes where not docked when I purchased them, and where very clean. I went ahead and docked, leaving just enough tail to cover the vulva (about 4 in)... I'm also the shearer. Your shearer will appreciate the docked tails greatly, and so will you, and your sheep if they do ever have any bouts with scours! Long tails take time to shear and your shearer isn't paid by the hour he's paid per head. If you leave enough tail to cover the vulva, they will be able to keep their wool out of the way while urinating, and you still won't have to look exposed sheep butts! Short docked tails(1vertebrea ) can cause physical problems, not to mention that the wool on longer stapled individuals will fold over and cannot be lifted out of the way.  Docked taiks  also look tidier, and prospectant buyers won't be cringing over the long tails and their associated hassles. Just my thoughts.


Good luck,

Lynette Frick
Four Points Farms & Shearing Services
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Thank you for answering my question.? I realized after I sent the email when I
went on the JBSA that they had long tails.? Guess more research on my part:)? I
really like the longer tails and I guess on my side I don't think we will dock
them.? But that is for the future.
?
Thank you and have a great day.

Tashia Lund
Eclipse Border Collies
955 Highway 81 NE
Cummings ND 58223-9552
www.eclipsebordercollies.com
701-330-3195
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Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:12:09 -0500
From: Mark Essen <messen at socket.net>
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] Newbie Question
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I have been busy with elderly relatives and have not had a chance to 
respond, but here is my two cents worth.
I was reading more and more from animal rights groups back in the early 
nineties and was getting concerned that docking may become illegal in 
the US.  In the years since then, I have decided that my concern was not 
warranted and that the law will not tell us how to dock in my lifetime.  
But, that concern led me to experiment and I have not docked for a 
number of years.  I also have not had any problem with not docking.  
When my neighbor saw that I was not docking, she also decided to not 
dock her flock of commercial white sheep.  Her experiment did not turn 
out so well.  Her sheep had longer fleece and she ended up with very 
messy, manure laden tails.  She never had a problem with flies or 
maggots, but it was probably just a matter of time.  She now docks, I 
still do not.  We live in mid-Missouri.
I guess the lesson is that geographic location and type of sheep are 
very important in making this decision.
Mark Essen

On 8/1/2011 10:58 AM, tlund at eclipsebordercollies.com wrote:

>

> Thank you for answering my question.  I realized after I sent the 

> email when I went on the JBSA that they had long tails.  Guess more 

> research on my part:)  I really like the longer tails and I guess on 

> my side I don't think we will dock them.  But that is for the future.

>

> Thank you and have a great day.

>

> Tashia Lund

> Eclipse Border Collies

> 955 Highway 81 NE

> Cummings ND 58223-9552

> www.eclipsebordercollies.com

> 701-330-3195

>

>

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