Ear cropping started many years ago on guard or working dogs such as dobermans, boxers, and bouviers so that the ears could not be grabbed or injured. The Great Dane was originally bred to hunt wild boar. Their ears were cropped so they were not torn in fights with cornered boars.

      The pit bulls were bred to fight other dogs and their ears were cropped so it was harder to bite. As time passed, the purpose of their lives have changed and the short crops has changed to today’s elegant style to contour to I have 400-500 crops a year for the last 20 years and have gained a reputation among show dog breeders for my cropping.

      This specialty all started because my wife raised great danes and she was not going to be married to a vet and pay some one else to crop her dogs. What a way to start! Now I have clients come to my clinic from as far away as New Mexico, Texas, Nebraska, Missouri, and North Carolina. I have also been flown into Florida to do an entire litter.