It also has value with working dogs like herders , who can have a long tail stepped on by the animals they work with , and can lead to injuries or trampling . There ' s really not a good reason for ear cropping , though . My mom was a breeder at one point , and croppeddocked exactly one litter of puppies before she cut cropping out entirely . The dogs seemed pretty unphased by the tail docking , but they ' d walk around cringing like someone had hit them in the head , from the ear crop . Felt so bad for their pain , she never did it again . <| sep |> Well Mississippi State put up 35 points on Texas AM <| sep |> You seem to be in the minority of people that considers foreign nations more likely threats to themselves . Most people , including myself , are far far more worried about Washington , NYC and London than I am of Beijing . I am not implying they will kill me or anything , but London took away more freedoms from English citizens in the last week than China has in its whole existence .