My personal feelings? Well, I understand the desire to keep your family safe..point is...ears are not going to be the deciding factor if some lunatic wants to harm your family. A boxer is a family pet, but also one who will not stand for harm to be done to his beloveds....ears do not change this fact...Your dog barking at the door/window/fence whatever is deterent enough...

I doubt anyone thinks less of my dane when she's barking because she doesn't have cropped ears.

I personally am not for or against cropping, but I am against doing it for the wrong reasons. If you TRULY like the look..then that's your perogative. But if you're doing it for a reason such as you are doing it for...well, I think you should think long and hard.

I worked at a kennel, we boarded several boxers, most natural earred. One was downright vicous...he was natural earred..he couldn't have looked any meaner had he had devil horns coming out of his skull.

Point is...when your dog is barking...a criminal is looking at the TEETH not the ears.