You dont get the option of chooseing with breeds like that because they have to be docked at 3 days old. Now if you are on a list before the pup is born and have say 1st pick and are willing to pick when the pup is a day old AND pay for the pup in full at 1 day old then YES you should be allowed to decide if you want the dog docked or not. QUOTE]
I wouldn't count on that scenario occurring. Breeders don't know how any puppy is going to grade out at 8 weeks when they're three days old or less. So they're almost certainly going to dock the entire litter.
Hmm, maybe if one pup turned out to have a visible disqualification, such as a white spot on the chest or something, and it turns out you wanted it, I would think that a breeder would go ahead and leave that pup undocked at your request since they know it would be going to a pet home?
Personally, I'm more against tail docking than ear cropping. I have a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, and I so so so wish he had a tail. If I had a choice, I would go back in time and somehow undock his tail. Fortunately, other dogs can usually read his body language by his big ol' expressive ears!
Ear cropping usually doesn't take off all of the ear (although it sure looks like some Pitbull breeders do that!) so other dogs would be able to tell read their body language. As long as the whole ear isn't gone, I personally have no problem with it.
Tail docking annoys me, especially in breeds where there is quite literally only one vertebrae for a tail, like a Corgi, or very very short, like a Rottweiler.
I don't really see the point in docking tails at such an awkward length, though, like an Irish Terrier or a Vizsla or an Airedale.