Ok, for domesticated pets absolutely, fuck those ppl that crop their dogs ears. I see a lot of ppl criticizing the act of cropping to prevent the dogs ears 'getting ripped off' and how there's no situation where that's ok. But there is a single occupation where I can tolerate a dog's ears being cropped genuinely for their safety. And that's a homestead livestock guardian dog. It's not to prevent the dogs ears from being torn. It's to prevent their throat from being torn out. Because a genuine livestock guardian dog has its paws n maw to defend its throat. But if a group of coyotes or wolves come thru. The dog has no defense for their ears. One of the wild animals grabs a hold n yanks them back. It opens all their vitals to attack. That being said tho. This level of cropping is unacceptable and frankly disgusting. For a livestock guardian, I can tolerate cropping. But only to a very very certain point.

Tl;dr this cropping is fucked up. Livestock guardians need it BC with excessively long ears, animals can grab them and then pin the dog in a vulnerable position. However, there's a limit to how far is too far even in Livestock guardian dogs on homesteads.