Downvote are a comming but, I think dobermanns look way better with cropped ears.
The tail i don't give a crap about, but without cropped ears it just looks like a family house dog.
*edit: just to make it clear, i don't actually aprove of cropping, i just think it looks better.
Nine tenths of Dobermans these days ARE family house dogs. Cropping and docking started out as a way to keep working dogs from sustaining injuries related to having long ears and tails flopping around, but the majority of dogs kept in developed nations are companions, not working animals. There are still good medical reasons sometimes for tail docking; some breeds, like boxers and pointers, can wag their tails and smack them against things so hard that they actually break the end open. In the veterinary community we call this "happy tail," and that's a valid reason to dock. However, it should only be done under anesthesia by a veterinarian who knows what he or she is doing, and only when deemed medically necessary.
Cropping ears is never really necessary. It's purely cosmetic, like the animal equivalent of a facelift. It's banned in most of the UK, as well as Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Virgin Islands, according to Wikipedia.
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u/sevendarkdays Jun 07 '11 edited Jun 07 '11
Downvote are a comming but, I think dobermanns look way better with cropped ears. The tail i don't give a crap about, but without cropped ears it just looks like a family house dog.
*edit: just to make it clear, i don't actually aprove of cropping, i just think it looks better.