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Location: Shadowland, Australia
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 7,358
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Hi,
There is a thread on the pros and cons of docking further down this page
Re cropping - I fail to see the reason for doing it. I can see the argument for docking, and it is a procedure that is over and done with very quickly. Cropping, on the other hand, requires a general anaesthetic, a lengthy healing period, and weeks/months of taping and posting which must be very uncomfortable for the pup.
I don't think it does much for the dog aesthetically even when expertly done - and I have seen some horrible looking crops on Boxers.
Interestingly, I have a Boxer who is three-quarters American. His ears seem rather large and I am guessing that the US breeders breed for this feature to enable the long, tapering, show crop.
Cropping is illegal in Australia and the UK.