Cropping

Iron silhouette sculptures in Heidelberg, Germany, depicting Boxers with cropped ears and docked tails, practices now prohibited by German law.

Cropping, Crufts, Docking, Finland, Germany, Pat Trotter, Sweden, Geir Flyckt-Pedersen

Paranoid or Simply Realistic?

Purebred-dog fanciers should stand up and fight for what they believe in, says Geir Flyckt-Pedersen. Read More

The Miniature Pinscher standard says the tail is "docked in proportion to size of dog."

Cropping, Docking, Judging, Exhibiting, Sid Marx

Attitudes about the necessity of docking vary from judge to judge. Read More