Quote Originally Posted by zoomer
I do not see any reason at all for cropping ears unless you are going to show her, and she clearly has too much white on her body to be shown in Showmanship, which requires Boxers to have cropped ears. Try taking her to work sometime and reasurring people about Boxers, then maybe they wouldn't be as scared. Please change your mind and curve around having her hurt by cropping her ears!!
I wholeheartedly disagree. Boxers are allowed to have less than 1/3 of their coat be white. Flashy Boxers are very popular in the show ring (flashy usually meaning Boxers with white chests and socks).
Disqualifications Boxers that are any color other than fawn or brindle. Boxers with a total of white markings exceeding one-third of the entire coat.
Also, if you'd read Timlewis's posts, he stated that he *wanted* his dog to appear threatening so as to protect his wife and children. I believe that is fine as long as he knows how to properly care for his dog, and from the looks of it, he knows what he is doing.

Timlewis, I commend you for handling this topic in a very civil manner and I wish your puppy a speedy recovery.