Nebraska woman gets called out for her Doberman’s ears. Then she realizes the user who left the comment has a Doodle: ‘That’s so unethical’

A Nebraska woman posted a PSA about her Doberman, which has clipped ears: Leave her and her and her pet alone, because there are comparable or worse breeds to adopt from an ethical standpoint.

The owner of Maverick (@maverickthedobe), a popular Doberman out of Omaha whose TikTok has over 478,000 followers, needed only two sentences to expose what she sees as a glaring double standard in dog ethics. She implied through a post with over 32.1 million views that having a Doodle breed is a worse grievance.

The short clip made waves with her audience. “Someone comes and comments on my page, ‘why your dog's ears look like that? That's so unethical,'” Maverick's owner said. “And then I go to their page and they have a doodle.”

In other words, a person calling out a long-questioned cosmetic procedure on a Doberman while owning a dog whose very existence is the product of aggressive, often unregulated crossbreeding is basically a pot-and-kettle observation.

Cropped Ears and Crossed Wires

Ear cropping in Dobermans dates to the late 19th century, when the breed was developed as a personal protection dog in Germany. The functional justification was that an attacker could grab the dog's floppy ears. Today, the reasoning is mostly aesthetic: Many owners believe it is the standard way a Doberman should look. The Doberman Pinscher Club of America claims a pointed-eared pup can pinpoint a sound source within a 5-degree cone. But a study published in Veterinary Sciences found no clear indication that ear shape affected a dog's ability to locate the source of a sound.

The American Veterinary Medical Association opposes ear cropping when performed solely for cosmetic purposes and has called for its removal entirely. Their position is straightforward: “There are no substantiated benefits associated with ear cropping for the dogs. It has been suggested that dogs with cropped ears are less likely to suffer from infections of the ear canal. Although the development of some serious infections has been linked to the presence of a heavy hanging ear, there is no evidence that cropping prevents or successfully treats these infections.”

The practice is already illegal in the United Kingdom, most of Europe, Australia, and parts of Canada. Many veterinary schools no longer allow it.

A Questionable Doodle

The doodle has its own well-documented concerns. For one example, Wally Conron, who bred the first abrador-poodle cross in 1989, has called the breed his life's regret, saying he “released a Frankenstein monster.” His “big regret” is that his invention paved the way for breeders to produce dogs without thinking of the health of their offspring. British dog behavior expert Colin Tennant told CNN that with crossbreeding, “you are blindly breeding and altering genetics of the line without foreknowledge.”

The Peanut Gallery

Commenters had a litany of thoughts about the post, including both positive and negative opinions.

“You really can't judge anyone's dog if you have a doodle,” said one viewer.

Another person disagreed. “Ok, well I don't have a doodle, so can you answer why its ears are like that now,” they said. “Most breeders get the ears pinned before 8 weeks. So if you want a [purebred] with papers, that's just what you get. Same with the numbed tails.”

One commenter echoed many others, writing, “Two wrongs don't make a right, I fear.”

Neither side walks away clean here, but @maverickthedobe's two-sentence read lands. If you're going to police someone else's dog choices, especially online, you might as well make sure the other person doesn't know about your pet.

Buzz News reached out to Maverick's owner via email. We'll let you know if she responds.

@maverickthedobe Mavs fed up too. He's perfect just the way he is I don't hate doodles btw but if we wanna talk about ethics.. #doberman #doodle #DogParents ♬ original sound – Maverick the Doberman

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