The poll doesn't have an option that suits me.
I participate in conformation and other dog sports. And my dogs are my companions first and foremost. They sleep in my bed every night as well.
To say nature intended is a moot point. Nature never intended the Dobe. Man made a Dobe. By careful selective breeding. Nature made canine ears upright for a reason. That is normal and natural in canines. Dropped ears/ large floppy ears are not normal and are susceptible to more ear infections.
I highly support cropping and docking, when done humanely at the right age with proper vet care and proper aftercare so it is only a short quick time in the dog's life. I love the look of a nice crop, a lot. Yes, I think crops have gotten too long, and it doesn't do the fight on cropping any favors.
But cropping is the traditional look, the look intended for the breed when it was created, the look the owner that gave the breed his own name had in mind when creating the dog, a look I grew up with as a child, a look I closely identify Dobermans with, a look most people closely identify Dobes with, the look that tells you what a dog might be when you can only see an outline from far away...or a sticker on car
It is strange people with babies can get them circumcised or pierce their ears, but tail docking a puppy at a few days old is highly illegal?
Anyway, I figure the ban/the government will eventually come and take my rights to go to a qualified veterinary doctor to crop and dock my own personal well loved spoiled animals, and probably still do very little about all the REAL animal abuse out there every single day!
You betcha home crops and docks will be becoming way more popular unfortunately by those that don't care about what law is in or out, banning something in the US never means it goes away when you look at history, otherwise people wouldn't engage in illegal activities simply because they are banned.
And how about the dogs across the street who spend their time in a small pen without human contact, or those that don't even take their dogs to the vet ever, or on and on. Okay, not to be a pessimist, baby steps right...cropping and docking will be the way to eliminate all real animal abuse. Or maybe animal ownership...
But to answer the original question: I will adjust accordingly by throwing away the large majority of my posting supplies and keeping end tables and coffee tables clear as can be.
And giving liberal ear rubs to those long huge ole floppies and telling any toddlers not to grab their loooong tails! Probably will make my Dobes even more dangerous than before, as if an almost broken nose and fat lip isn't enough, now I will deal with watching out for tail whip lash. But I guess when they are running around in a tall grassy field, I can easily spot them with their tail instead of their ear tips.
I love this breed more than words can say and will own them my whole life regardless of their ears or tail or lack thereof, well, until the government breed bans them and takes them away too. :cwmddd: