Update on Harvey

I spoke with the Kennel Club about Harvey ( see my blog entitled 'Harvey the Docked Puppy' written on 11th Sept 08). They said that there is nothing they could do about the fact that Harvey was docked because it is still legal in Ireland and the person buying the puppy has the obligation to search for a puppy with a full length tail if they want one. They don't actually encourage breeders to stop docking within the confines of the law which I find appaling and I will be writing to them about this in due course...
In fact Mr Whelan is not even registered with them and so they advised I speak to Trading Standards and report him for false advertising. Harvey's owners have still not received any KC registered documents for him because he ISN'T actually registered! I asked Harvey's owner if I could report Mr Whelan but she doesn't want me to, because he has all her bank details and is obviously an unscrupulous person.
So, lessons learnt-
1) search for puppies with full length tails AFTER making sure you know what a full length tail actually looks like. See 'anti-dockingalliance' for pictures and a list of breeders.
2) if buying a pure-bred puppy, get breed documents at the point of sale, don't expect to get them later in the post.
3) don't give your bank details to anyone.
4) get a puppy from a rescue centre.