natural, I hate the look of cropped ears, makes me shudder to look at them. docked tails not so bad, Ripleys tail is docked but it was docked when we adopted him, however getting a dog from a breeder I would NEVER dock or crop, Blair's breed are supposed to have docked tails and cropped ears, they have standerds for natural, like they CAN be shown natural, but they cant have a gay tail the the ears have to be tipped. Blairs are naturally the way they are "supposed" to be, his moms ears are cropped, and in pyrsheps cropping mean cutting the top of the ear off, most breeders wair to see the pups nateral ears and if they dont tip they slice em off, and I believe Blairs breeder is one of the only ones who wont dock tails anymore and people like it better lol 2 of blairs little brothers have short tails, 1 was born with a natueral bob tail and the other, Cabri was born with his tail not fully formed, he basicly had a hunk of bone on the outside of his tail so his was docked for medical reasons, however that is the only way I will agree with docking.