Cropping Boxers

A detailed Summary of Cropping Boxers

Throw around words such as boxer and ear cropping and people will probably figure you're referring to the sport know as boxing. Specifically to a notorious world championship bout in which one boxer did indeed crop the ear of another. Our discussion is here, though, it focuses on an entirely different species of boxers, and an entirely different style of ear cropping. The boxer, of course is the boxer dog. A breed that by custom and by standards typically undergoes a surgical procedure designed to turn it's naturally floppy-style ear into ears that stand tall, stiff, and erect.(Abraham 8)

Meanwhile at the other end of the Boxer's well muscled physique, we find it's tail, or what's left of it. The tail you see also undergoes a surgical procedure. The tail is docked, meaning, in layman's terms, that it is cut short.(Abraham10) It leaves the Boxer with that characteristic stub that wiggles rather furiously when the Boxer is pleased, which for this rather friendly breed is much of the time.

Consequently, the dog we see fitting the classic mold outline in the American Kennel Club (AKC) Boxer breed standard is a bit different from the portrait we would see if the pup were allowed to grow up without surgical interventio

Yet history and tradition are of no concern to those who oppose cropping and docking, saying that the practices are unnecessary, painful, and in the case of cropping, invite anesthesia risks and infection. The Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR), for example beliefs that because these surgical procedures are not in the best interest of the dog, veterinarians should not perform them. Period. Critics further claim that a docked tail throws a dog off balance and removes an important communication tool. Were you to conduct a poll, however, of dog people, pet owners, and show people you would, likely find fewer objections voiced against tail docking than those voiced against ear cropping. The reason lies in the nature of the procedures and the ages of the dogs on which they are performed.

Cropping, on the other hand, is a long and often hard process for puppy and owneralike. It usually begins when a puppy is 2 to 3 months old, or specifically for the Boxer,when it weighs about 10 to 15 pounds.(Abraham 52) With the puppy under general anesthesia, the skin around the rims of the ears are then trained to stand up on their own with tape, frames, braces, or any of the many new and improved advanced systems, each claiming to be more comfortable, more effective, and more sanitary that the others

Cropping is illegal in much of Europe. The United Kingdom outlawed cropping years ago, and Norway prohibited both cropping and docking. South of the equator the trend continues. Australia has forbidden cropping and is possibly headed towards outlawing docking as well.

In the show ring, if a dog is found to have been cosmetically altered to mold it into the breed standard's image, that dog is disqualified unless the surgeries in question are tail docking, or ear cropping. The reasons for

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