Illegal grooming
- Thread starter Keechak
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I'm not sure - and I couldn't find much on the interwebs - but I'd imagine it wouldn't be part of the breed standard?
Like here in Europe cropping and docking is illegal and is there for (no longer) part of the breed standard. Zora, for example, can take part in Conformation Shows even though her ears aren't cropped.
Like here in Europe cropping and docking is illegal and is there for (no longer) part of the breed standard. Zora, for example, can take part in Conformation Shows even though her ears aren't cropped.
unfortunately I can not provide proof that Germany bans whisker removal. All I have to base that off of is a German exhibitor I talked to who stated it is against the law, and the word of an Aussie judge who judged in Germany and saw a handler kicked from the show grounds for whisker removal.
I wish I spoke German, It may be easier for me to find German law websites if I did.
I wish I spoke German, It may be easier for me to find German law websites if I did.
I tried to Google this, for both Sweden and Germany, and the only thing I could find was comments on an internet forum post (I think a grooming forum) from 2001, in which they discussed that there was a rumor that whisker trimming wasn't allowed in Germany, and someone stated that this was not true, just a rumor being spread by a few people.
Obviously not real evidence, but there's no evidence being given towards it being illegal, either.
Photos I found of Poodles in those countries did not appear to be groomed differently than here. I couldn't really see if there were whiskers, but I can't see any way to shave the muzzle without shaving whiskers.
Obviously not real evidence, but there's no evidence being given towards it being illegal, either.
Photos I found of Poodles in those countries did not appear to be groomed differently than here. I couldn't really see if there were whiskers, but I can't see any way to shave the muzzle without shaving whiskers.
