I have 3 Boxer all with their tail and ears croped. 2 of them came that way when I resuced them. Tuffy, I made a mistake and had his ears done, 1 reason was I have had Boxer sense I was 1 year old and they all had them done....thats how it was done back then. The other reason was my father found Tuffy for me after my divorce for a watch dog and he pushed the ear croping on me. He said "A Boxer doesn't look like a Boxer with out the ears done" So I gave in.....even at my age it's still hard not to say No to your father.

I would never do that again, for any reason, Tuffy went through He#l with his ears. I had to take him back to the vet 4 times because he rip the stiches open. It was a mess and it hurt him and me so bad....it's just not worth it.

Now as for the tail...Like I said I have had Boxer sense I was young and a few that we got at a older age didn't have their tail done. Tug, Kimmy and Tigger all had to have their tails done later. They wag them so much that the beat them up, even to a point that they made it bleed some. So I will do a Boxers tail if done very shortly after birth.

I'm afraid that we might have to do the same with my Great Dane, he also wags it so much that he has hurt it. Their so much power behind that tail that he can't help it. I been hit by that tail and it does hurt....worse then when my full size Iguans tail hits me. So I can only image what it feels like to him. We are still not sure yet what we are going to do with him. It's very hard to decide what to do, there are pros and cons to it. We just have to weight them out. Whats best for Brock. But that is only reason to get a tail done....for the dogs sake.