On 8/26/07, Robyn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Pam > >>>The Giants just look better with their ears up straight and short > tails but I am sure it is painful. > > But don't they only look 'better' because that is the human standard about > what they should look like? If they had always had their ears and tail left > alone and someone said, oh lets change it - would you still think the same?
I think the worst part is the healing phase after the cropping. I also like the look of a cropped doberman, but after our girl had to have her ears done a second time b/c the first time had been done badly and too long, getting her ears to heal was a major undertaking. We'd found a local vet who did a fantastic job, but I don't know that I'd get my next dobie cropped. Altho in her case we didn't have a choice--she came that way from the breeder. The background is that Herr Dobermann wanted a guard dog that didn't have any "handles," so he cut them off (ears and tail). Back in those days, the ears were almost cut off. Nowadays they are much longer, almost too long in many cases. But I agree, it isn't necessary anymore. Robyn S
