I'm against ear cropping. I think it really is pitiful looking-one of the ladies at my work just got a Boxer puppy to be shown, and his ears are done already. But he had problems with it...one of the ears swelled up and now that it's untaped, you can see all the scabbing and everything. Especially if its done by an educated person-I've seen dobes with ears cropped like a Pit, and Boxers done completely wrong. It's really kind of sad...

Docking isn't something I'm totally against. It's useful for different dogs...Dobes, Great Danes, etc can get "happy tail"...it's so long, it wags so much that when they smack it against something it will break. And for working aussies, especially ones with really full coats, its useful not to have a huge furry tail dragging around, and when they use the bathroom it won't get all caught up in the tail area.