So I wasn't entirely sure where to put this, but hopefully this was close enough 
I'll set the seen...At the dog park this weekend with my 4 month old female Dobe who has her ears cropped. A woman approached me and asked if the black Doberman was mine. Thinking she was going to say she was adorable, or beautiful, or so well behaved, (not to toot my dogs horn to much, but that is what most people say when we are out and about). I say "Yes she is," and this woman proceeds to tear me a new one on how if she could have me prosecuted for animal abuse she would and that I should be ashamed of my vanity and for torturing my poor defenseless puppy by having her ears mutilated.
I kind of sat there dumbfounded for a moment and then tried to politely explain why the breed have their ears cropped, however this woman was having none of it and I'm not one to argue with a brick wall so I ended up thanking her for her opinion and told to have a nice day then walked to the other side of the park. Thankfully she did not pursue me, because I really wanted to say some choice words back, but I figured getting kicked out of the dog park for human on human mauling was not really worth it. I've been going to this park for about 6 years now and went with my last Doberman, but her ears were natural, still I've found everyone I've met to be very friendly. This is the first time I've ever had an issue, dog or human related.
My question to everyone is have you ever experienced this and if so what have you responded with? I feel that there are good arguments on both sides of the debate, but I just can't believe that someone would accuse me of animal abuse and torture because my dogs ears are cropped.
Thanks!
~Kelly and Ki
I'll set the seen...At the dog park this weekend with my 4 month old female Dobe who has her ears cropped. A woman approached me and asked if the black Doberman was mine. Thinking she was going to say she was adorable, or beautiful, or so well behaved, (not to toot my dogs horn to much, but that is what most people say when we are out and about). I say "Yes she is," and this woman proceeds to tear me a new one on how if she could have me prosecuted for animal abuse she would and that I should be ashamed of my vanity and for torturing my poor defenseless puppy by having her ears mutilated.
I kind of sat there dumbfounded for a moment and then tried to politely explain why the breed have their ears cropped, however this woman was having none of it and I'm not one to argue with a brick wall so I ended up thanking her for her opinion and told to have a nice day then walked to the other side of the park. Thankfully she did not pursue me, because I really wanted to say some choice words back, but I figured getting kicked out of the dog park for human on human mauling was not really worth it. I've been going to this park for about 6 years now and went with my last Doberman, but her ears were natural, still I've found everyone I've met to be very friendly. This is the first time I've ever had an issue, dog or human related.
My question to everyone is have you ever experienced this and if so what have you responded with? I feel that there are good arguments on both sides of the debate, but I just can't believe that someone would accuse me of animal abuse and torture because my dogs ears are cropped.
Thanks!
~Kelly and Ki