[TN4Liberty]

Interesting... if they were Dobermanns or boxers instead, she could have cut their ears and docked their tails and it would have been okay. Funny what we will and won’t tolerate.

[doodad]

That is what I just thought. Our Jack Russell has docked ears and tail.

Hell my little nieces and my daughter had pierced ears early on.

[Jonestown Punch]

Bingo.
My thoughts exactly.

[rintense]

Actually, more and more breeders are moving away from docking and ear cropping. The problem is the AKC, which does not recognize undocked/cropped breeds in the show ring. Many of these breeds were originally docked/cropped so they wouldn't be confused with other breeds, as well as for human specific needs (Dobie's ears that stand so their hearing is better, which is silly).

Here's my thing on that. If God wanted a Dobie's ears to stand tall, He would have made them that way.

[DJ MacWoW]

The original story did say that she cut off some of the cat’s tails which they use for balance when jumping.