Should You Have Your Dog’s Ears Cropped? Alpha Dog Technology

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Should You Have Your Dogs Ears Cropped? Alpha
Dog Technology
There are several dog breeds that regularly are
seen with cropped ears including Boxers,
Schnauzers, Great Danes, and others. Thousands of
young puppies are forced to endure surgery which
is expensive, uncomfortable, relatively
dangerous, and can be painful in the recovery
phases. The amazing part is this surgery is
totally unnecessary. Read More...
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Should You Have Your Dogs Ears Cropped? Alpha
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This practice was started centuries ago when dog
fighting sports were legal and popular. The idea
was that it was more humane to crop the dogs
ears rather than have them shredded during a
battle, which of course, would be more painful
and have potentially worse complications. But the
point is that because we no longer allow our dogs
to fight for sport there is no humane and
practical purpose of cropping ears. But the
expensive and needless surgery continues. Read
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Should You Have Your Dogs Ears Cropped? Alpha
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We have become accustomed to seeing certain
breeds with cropped ears and if we saw one with
natural ears he would stand out. Even though AKC
does not require cropped ears, a dog with natural
ears in a ring full of crop-eared animals would
most likely not stand a chance of winning. We
simply expect a breed to look a certain way and
when a dog doesnt we question his bloodline and
basically think he looks funny or out of place.
Breeders and dog owners alike have complied with
this expectation of society and therefore it is
perpetuated the cycle continues. Read More...
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Should You Have Your Dogs Ears Cropped? Alpha
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• There are obviously numerous reasons not to crop
  a dogs ears. Please see the list below
• The surgery is unnecessary and all surgeries come
  with a certain amount of risk. Ear cropping is no
  exception to that. It simply is not justifiable.
• The surgery is usually done when the puppy is
  between six and ten weeks old. This is a time
  when the pup is emotionally fragile. Permanent
  damage to the puppys disposition can result as a
  reaction to the trauma of the surgery, the pain
  and frustration of post-operative bandaging,
  racking and taping. Read More...

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Should You Have Your Dogs Ears Cropped? Alpha
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• There can be quite a loss of blood during this
  surgery. The physical effect on the puppy can be
  very damaging.
• Ear-cropping happens about the same time that the
  puppy is ready to be sold. In many states the
  surgery must be performed by a veterinarian. This
  adds to the cost the breeder must incur which
  means he/she will take a large cut from the
  profits or have to pass the cropping costs along
  to the buyer. And most buyers do not find puppies
  with bandaged heads as attractive as those
  without. Read More...

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Should You Have Your Dogs Ears Cropped? Alpha
Dog Technology
Its your decision in the end. If you want your
dog to look like all the others then ear cropping
is probably the way to go. But please keep in
mind that ear cropping is a choice, not a
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