My dogs tails were both cropped when I got them too. Poor Tucker's was done so short, he really doesn't even have a tail, just a stub. I didn't dock the tails of the one litter of puppies that Bailey had and our neighbor (from whom we got Bailey as a puppy) didn't dock hers or any others in that litter either. I wish the AKC would revise their standard to eliminate these practices. Different haircuts I have no problem with.