Completely agree. I don't do them all because I want people to be able to chose but I don't like someone telling me that I can crop mine Really sucked to have to drive 11 hours to get them done but they turned out well so I can't complain.It think it is owners choice and I think governments have better ways to spend their time and money.
The only reasons for cropping were ear infection prevention and dog fighting.
For point one we have proper ear medication on the market and usualy watch our dogs behaving more often and notice the signs of an infection earlier instead of 1890 and older ages where the human-dog-interaction often was straitened at feeding and de- or attaching the chain and infections often leaded to death because of the lack of medication, and point two is forbidden.
So, there's no rational reason for cropping in Canada.
But why are we still want to crop?
Because we're used to it.
Everything new we see our brain first calls "ugly", that's a natural instintive reflex from times where we lived in Caves and had to be extra carefull so we wouldn't end up as the dinner of something else, so nothing to worry about that.
As soon as our brain is used to that sight the "ugly" reflex gets weaker and weaker until its vanished completely.
When your used to women with long natural hair or a specific dresscode you'll recieve the same "ugly" reflex when a woman with short green and lilac hair or someone in an unusual outfit (a grown up man in a pink law suit with baby blue teddy bears on it for example) walks by as on an ucropped Dobie when you're used to cropped ones.
The No Cropping law came out around twenty years ago in Germany, and today it's just normal to see uncropped dogs.
I think the same will happen to Canada, someday it just gets normal.
But the picture of the uncropped Dobie in the articel is not weel taken, there are much better ones of uncropped dobies than this example.
The only reasons for cropping were ear infection prevention and dog fighting.
For point one we have proper ear medication on the market and usualy watch our dogs behaving more often and notice the signs of an infection earlier instead of 1890 and older ages where the human-dog-interaction often was straitened at feeding and de- or attaching the chain and infections often leaded to death because of the lack of medication, and point two is forbidden.
So, there's no rational reason for cropping in Canada.
But why are we still want to crop?
Because we're used to it.
Everything new we see our brain first calls "ugly", that's a natural instintive reflex from times where we lived in Caves and had to be extra carefull so we wouldn't end up as the dinner of something else, so nothing to worry about that.
As soon as our brain is used to that sight the "ugly" reflex gets weaker and weaker until its vanished completely.
When your used to women with long natural hair or a specific dresscode you'll recieve the same "ugly" reflex when a woman with short green and lilac hair or someone in an unusual outfit (a grown up man in a pink law suit with baby blue teddy bears on it for example) walks by as on an ucropped Dobie when you're used to cropped ones.
The No Cropping law came out around twenty years ago in Germany, and today it's just normal to see uncropped dogs.
I think the same will happen to Canada, someday it just gets normal.
But the picture of the uncropped Dobie in the articel is not weel taken, there are much better ones of uncropped dobies than this example.