I know we have a "Cropped or Un-Cropped" survey (which heavily favors un-cropped on responses), and most Boxer owners here have uncropped... The forum poll was only "cropped or uncropped", but I was just wondering...
For the majority with un-cropped Boxers, is your Boxer uncropped because (choose all/any that apply):
A) Actually prefer uncropped look over cropped look (never interested)
B) Costs too much $$$ to crop
C) It's illegal where I'm at (for those non-Americans)
D) Got my Boxer too-late (old) to crop
E) Worried about pain/discomfort to my Boxer
F) Worried the crop wouldn't turn-out good (bad crop)
G) Didn't want to deal with taping and/or after-care
H) Couldn't find a trustworthy vet to do the crop in my area
I) Crop... what's a crop? You can do that with a Boxer? (never heard of cropping)
J) I wanted to crop, but couldn't/wouldn't because of some/one of the previous/above reasons
K) Whatd'ya mean uncropped? Our boxer IS cropped!
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Remember folks that answer... just list your reasons... for example: "D & J" would mean you wanted to crop, but your boxer was too old to do so, while an answer of "A" just means you never even considered it because you prefer the floppy look.
Not looking for a big mean debate, just curious why so many folks have uncropped boxers these days. We met someone in Petsmart today while we had Odin and he was asking about his ears, and we mentioned most folks we knew had uncropped boxers, he seemed shocked and said he had never even seen an uncropped boxer... yet around here, Odin seems to be a distinct minority. Just looking for a more detailed answer then "cropped or uncropped".
For the majority with un-cropped Boxers, is your Boxer uncropped because (choose all/any that apply):
A) Actually prefer uncropped look over cropped look (never interested)
B) Costs too much $$$ to crop
C) It's illegal where I'm at (for those non-Americans)
D) Got my Boxer too-late (old) to crop
E) Worried about pain/discomfort to my Boxer
F) Worried the crop wouldn't turn-out good (bad crop)
G) Didn't want to deal with taping and/or after-care
H) Couldn't find a trustworthy vet to do the crop in my area
I) Crop... what's a crop? You can do that with a Boxer? (never heard of cropping)
J) I wanted to crop, but couldn't/wouldn't because of some/one of the previous/above reasons
K) Whatd'ya mean uncropped? Our boxer IS cropped!
***
Remember folks that answer... just list your reasons... for example: "D & J" would mean you wanted to crop, but your boxer was too old to do so, while an answer of "A" just means you never even considered it because you prefer the floppy look.
Not looking for a big mean debate, just curious why so many folks have uncropped boxers these days. We met someone in Petsmart today while we had Odin and he was asking about his ears, and we mentioned most folks we knew had uncropped boxers, he seemed shocked and said he had never even seen an uncropped boxer... yet around here, Odin seems to be a distinct minority. Just looking for a more detailed answer then "cropped or uncropped".