Controversial Issues
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Ahhh, the age-old cropping debate. It's threads like these that show me how many people actually dislike my dogs. 
As for Dobermans/breeders/cropped ears/why didn't the breed just be created with erect ears.... it's a lot more complicated than that, but I don't expect everyone to have spent the same amount of time analyzing it to see how/why it's so complicated.
PS - sorry if the photo in my signature makes it so anyone can't bear to look at my response. #sorrynotsorry
As for Dobermans/breeders/cropped ears/why didn't the breed just be created with erect ears.... it's a lot more complicated than that, but I don't expect everyone to have spent the same amount of time analyzing it to see how/why it's so complicated.
PS - sorry if the photo in my signature makes it so anyone can't bear to look at my response. #sorrynotsorry
I think cropped ears look fake, and I really can't unsee that. #sorrynotsorry. I also think a lot of show cuts look ridiculous and I'm not a huge fan of merle. It doesn't mean I don't like dogs in those categories. Varied tastes are not a personal attack.
And if you're sick of people not understanding how complicated ear set is, why don't you try explaining it? You might be sick of it less often.
I don't like merle. I also don't like spots and really dislike mostly white dogs. And I don't like dogs with no tails.
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Somewhere I went wrong.
I like some crops but others just kind of are icky looking to me. I think for me it is quality of the crop job. Bad crops really really bug me.
But I would never crop because it seems pointless to me. I also would never tape dog ears and the taped folded over look also looks weird to me too. And I can say that because Trey had those ears.
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Somewhere I went wrong.
I like some crops but others just kind of are icky looking to me. I think for me it is quality of the crop job. Bad crops really really bug me.
But I would never crop because it seems pointless to me. I also would never tape dog ears and the taped folded over look also looks weird to me too. And I can say that because Trey had those ears.
This! It makes me so sad when I see an 8 month old GSD puppy that can barely walk because his back is so sloped. And they all are so nervous and freaky! I once had a neighbor that had/has the two most beautiful GSD's. They both have/had great hips/elbows/backs and temperaments. Great watch dogs, but they would never hurt anyone. I think they were imported from Germany.
Ahahaha I glued ears on both my puppies (and Georgie.) I have no issues with gluing or taping ears. The only reason I quit with Auggie's was he hated having to sit still for it SO much and it was clear he wasn't going to be a confo dog, so I obliged and quit. Payton's ears were glued almost all the time until he was a year old. I don't have any problems with it - when I said "fix it" I meant let me glue the prick ears down to set them LOL.
I'm a cropper and always will be Now that I have the technique down, I have no qualms about doing it again for future dogs.
I don't want anything to do with an HA dog. I don't care if it's a high drive dog that was handled improperly while it was young, a resource guarder that never got proper training, whatever. I couldn't deal with it. I won't walk on eggshells around a dog. There's too many wonderful dogs out there, both mixes and purebreds, to waste time on a man biter.
Now that I have the technique down, I have no qualms about doing it again for future dogs.I don't want anything to do with an HA dog. I don't care if it's a high drive dog that was handled improperly while it was young, a resource guarder that never got proper training, whatever. I couldn't deal with it. I won't walk on eggshells around a dog. There's too many wonderful dogs out there, both mixes and purebreds, to waste time on a man biter.
