Hey Jim,

LOL, you beat me to this before I edited it!!!! I was going to pull out that statement and just comment on the adorable girls face. My gripe with cropping/docking is not really so much a 'rights' issue but a 'practicality' issue. I think that the dog loses a significant ability to communicate because so much dog to dog communication occurs through ear and tail placement. ..heck, much of my understanding of how my dog is doing is based on this very communication method as she cannot talk (LOL, I don't know if anyone elses can).

Anyway, I apologize for bringing this up. It has been done several times before and I don't think it needed to come up again. It was late, and sometimes I get the better of myself. :P

Cheers
James