I have thought it over and decided that is too much trouble to go to to crop the ears with the taping and massaging and such as mell as boxers look do much better w/ natureal ears. Dobermans are the only breed where I still prefer cropped. To tell you the truth, docked tails are gross to me because when the vet is done, they have a whole tail left over and for those litle pups with their tails docked I keep seeing those little tails laying on the table!