To be fair she did go 30 %<| sep |> I ' ll start . I was looking at some family Geneology when visiting my grandmother recently and I found that I ' m related to Emily Dickinson , the poet . Her Uncle is my greatgreatgreatgreat Grandfather or something , give or take a great . <| sep |> We adopted ours and he came with a broken tail , shaped like a question mark . The vet said he ' s not in any pain so we haven ' t cut it . I don ' t automatically hate on people with docked or cropped dogs . Our Doberman was docked when we adopted her . Many people adopt dogs who were already cropped or docked . It ' s quite obvious when people crop for cosmetic reasons because the ears don ' t just stand up on their own . The poor pups have to suffer being bandaged for months .