[quote1299777843=LeeRobinson] "the risk of infection so close to the dogs brain can be very risky." Are you serious? Ever heard of the circulatory system or the blood brain barrier? If an infection was to occur, it would migrate through the circulatory system and become systemic LONG before it would work into the nervous system or the brain. [/quote1299777843] Yes, I am serious. I know how the circulatory system works. I also know that I have personally heard douche bag vets use that very excuse as a reason not to crop an older dog. The vast majority of the public will swallow any pill that a person of authority, in this case animal medicine, will provide them with.