Lots of good points here... I have had weims for a few years now, and if there tails were not docked as pups, they would have been docked as adults... Anybody who has seen hunting dogs doing what they do will tell you that this needs to be done... Its just well meaning idiots letting there feelings override there higher brain functions...

As a aside... my one weim's breeder is a plastic surgeon at John Hopkins hospital. He did the whole litter's dew claws and tails on his kitchen table... Very clean job as you might guess.

I see pics of weims in other counties with long tails...I think they look funny, but I'm used to looking at mine I guess.