To crop or not to crop?

[animal_rescue]

I adore the doberman breed and think they look gorgeous cropped and docked. I have seen dobie ears gone wrong and I hate the people that do it to them but I don't think it's bad when I vet that knows what their doing does it, especially for show reasons. I love Maggie with all of my heart and soul and if anyone thinks I'm a horrible pet owner because she was cropped and docked, well honestly I don't care. She's my baby.

edit: also to add that if a puppy is to old to be cropped and docked then I don't think it's right to do it, also I think their cute with out being cropped and/or docked.

[Vela]

My Ginger was already cropped when I got her, she was a rescued dog, but I don't think she looks funny or like a bat, I think she is beautiful just as she is. I had the choice with Cracker not to crop his ears and I chose not to. I don't see a need to do it but I am not going to condemn those who do it for showing purposes here in the states. That is the only way to get conformationally correct dogs or proper breeding, by showing. Until they make it against the law here I am not going to bash someone for doing it for that reason. I see no need to do it just because, though, and don't see myself ever cropping any of my dogs if given the choice. Their tails were done at three days old and I had no say in that but I don't mind that they have short tails, they don't have the chance of injuring it since it's already done. Had they come to me with long tails, they would still have long tails.