I LOVE DaMoose!!!!! He is absolutely beautiful! We have a merle Dane with natural ears too. When we took her to the vet after we got her from the shelter (when someone shoved her into one of the recepticles) he asked if we were going to crop her ears and of course we responded, "NO WAY!!" I agree, natural ears and tails are the best! Why would you want to put your animals through that pain? How much does DaMoose weigh I wonder? Our Jazzy weighs in at 115 pounds at 18 months old.