no his ears were not cropped...They told me if they weren't up by the age of 4 months then you get some fabric glue and glue them standing up like the are now...thank goodness I didn't have to do that...but taping his ears wouldn't work either max would have them out in 2 seconds...lol... here is a pic when I first got him and a pic 2 weeks ago, you can see the progress..up up and away..