The breed of dog I have can have cropped ears. It was pretty standard to have your BT's ears cropped at one time, but nowadays it's not very common. It's mainly show dogs who have it done, I've never seen a pet BT with cropped ears (and I belong to a huge American BT forum). I would never crop any dog's ears, and BT's are naturally born with short to nonexistent tails (like the bulldog). Though some unscrupulous breeders will dock puppies that are born with longish tails, it is a DQ in the show ring.

Over here people like to crop pitbull's ears as well - they basically take the whole ear off. Looks awful. And makes them look really mean (which I think is the point ).

I hope someday we catch up to you guys in the UK and ban cropping altogether. I can see that docking has a purpose with certain breeds, though.

yeah i wish america would catch up with the UK when it came down to ear cropping. your dogs are lovely by the way.