A dog's life... after the referendum

[polygonum]

If we leave the EU, we will have to ensure that all immigrant dogs are returned whence they came. The only dog breeds which will be allowed are in the list below. (Adjustments may be made if further investigation shows that any of these breeds have been wrongly included.)

This will cause problems as Alsations dominate police dogs - and we won't have many non-Alsations left serving. Special measures will be required to train up alternative breeds.

Of course, should Scotland and Wales devolve, we in England will also have to deport the Welsh and Scottish breeds. Rumours that the Queen will switch allegiance from the Welsh corgis to English Cocker Spaniels are being dismissed on the grounds she already has a Greek Cocker.

Airedale Terrier Beagle Bearded Collie Bedlington Terrier Blue Paul Terrier Border Collie Border Terrier Bull and Terrier Bull Terrier Bull Terrier (Miniature) Bulldog Bullmastiff Cairn Terrier Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Clumber Spaniel Collie, Rough Collie, Smooth Cumberland Sheepdog Curly Coated Retriever Dandie Dinmont Terrier English Cocker Spaniel English Foxhound English Mastiff English Setter English Springer Spaniel English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan) English Water Spaniel English White Terrier Field Spaniel Flat-Coated Retriever Fox Terrier (Smooth) Fox Terrier, Wire Golden Retriever Gordon Setter Greyhound Harrier Jack Russell Terrier King Charles Spaniel Lakeland Terrier Lancashire Heeler Manchester Terrier Norfolk Spaniel Norfolk Terrier North Country Beagle Norwich Terrier Old English Sheepdog Old English Terrier Otterhound Paisley Terrier Parson Russell Terrier Patterdale Terrier Pointer Russell Terrier Scotch Collie Scottish Deerhound Scottish Terrier Sealyham Terrier Shetland Sheepdog Skye Terrier Southern Hound Sporting Lucas Terrier Staffordshire Bull Terrier Sussex Spaniel Toy Manchester Terrier Toy Trawler Spaniel Tweed Water Spaniel Welsh Corgi, Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Pembroke Welsh Sheepdog Welsh Springer Spaniel Welsh Terrier West Highland White Terrier Yorkshire Terrier

[ARW]

So if Scotland devolves do we keep half a Border Terrier? If so which half?

[The Natural Philosopher]

Almost certainly the aggressive snappy smelly half

[Brian Gaff]

What about cross bred dogs? Labradoodles etc? And what about cats, and all the parakeets? Brian

[polygonum]

Agreed Brian. There's lots more to consider.

Hopefully Mr Macaw will stay north of the border.

[polygonum]

To be honest, from my PoV, they can keep the whole dog.

[alan_m]

The majority of 'pedigree' dogs come from Puppy Farms in Eastern Europe in the first place.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Suffolk isn't eastern Europe!

[ARW]

Has it got rabies?

[The Natural Philosopher]

I don't know. I never asked it.

[bert]

Ireland mostly

[ARW]

Can you fetch a dog in from Eastern Europe without rabies quarantine/rabies vaccination?

[Adrian]

If it has a pet passport, and has had all the jabs etc.

There's free travel between the UK and RoI, though.

What the conspiracy theorists forget is that the entire point of a PEDIGREE dog is that you know EXACTLY where it was bred and where the ancestors for several generations were bred. It's kinda the whole point of a PEDIGREE dog...

[bert]

Pedigrees are maintained by national kennel clubs, ISDS and WBCS to my knowledge. Rumania has a kennel club and therefore can issue pedigrees. Rumania also has a certain reputation for corruption and I don't see that their KC should be any exception. Forging a pedigree isn't exactly rocket science. I don't suppose pet passports present them with much of a challenge either.

[Tim Streater]

Pedigree is a load of c*ck anyway. These dogs with funny snouts and all the rest of it should be severely discouraged. Up with mongrels!

[spuorgelgoog]

Yes.

Not legally, but when did that ever stop anyone.

Owain

[polygonum]

Funny how I detect a general whiff of mongrelism being good in dogs, less good in humans. :-) (Not meant to be a direct response to you, Tim.)

[Vir Campestris]

Hybrid vigour. That's why we all grow F1 tomatoes.

Andy

[The Natural Philosopher]

Always marry your cousin to keep the breed pure.

[bert]

In article , Tim Streater writes

You are talking about some KC breeds. The IDS [1] for example would say that their pedigrees as important for the breeding of good working sheepdogs. [1] Not Ian Duncan Smith