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Post by bubsy on Mar 7, 2009 17:06:25 GMT -5
I like a really nice show crop on a Doberman, but on most other breeds I prefer a natural ear. I don't think I would be able to handle seeing the pup after the cropping...and dealing with the aftercare though.
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Post by RealPitBull on Mar 9, 2009 7:54:42 GMT -5
I like a really nice show crop on a Doberman, but on most other breeds I prefer a natural ear. I don't think I would be able to handle seeing the pup after the cropping...and dealing with the aftercare though. Ya know, I *cried* when I saw my first APBT Krash after surgery. I had NO idea he'd look so.....hurt! I hated myself for having it done to him. Call me naive, but I never knew the ears would look so much like....well, like they had just been cut off! Since then, I've made it my mission to educate people on ear cropping. I want people to know what they are doing to their dogs when they crop. SOOOO many people still insist that it *doesn't hurt*, and I cann't fathom why they'd think that! Ever have your ears pieced? Even that little poke hurts, and can be irritated and uncomfortable for days/weeks after. Now imagine half your ear is cut off, and not only is it not left alone to heal, it is wrapped, taped, unwrapped, re-taped, over and over again. You might also have to have sticks or moleskin taped to the inside of your ear to help it 'stand right'. I will *never* put a dog through that again. I have a little experience with accupressure, and I know there are all sorts of points on the ear that correspond to other points on the body, and that when you cut the ears off, you lose those valuable points. Ears are sensitive, nerve-filled appendages. I also know about ghost pains, and that my first APBT Krash experienced them after cropping. I read about TTouch and how doing 'touch' on the area around where the ear WOULD have been can help alleviate such pains. I 'massaged' the air around the ears, and it DID help. I believe cropping affects the dog long after the ears have healed. Do I think people who crop are 'bad' or 'abusive'? Absolutely not! And I LOOOOOVE the look of cropped ears. Seriously. I LOVE IT. But when I look inside - and not even that deeply - and ask myself, "Is it justified? Do I really want to put a dog I love through that?", the answer comes back loud and clear - "NO!" I don't want to come across as preachy. I know cropping and docking is widely done in the purebred dog world. But ESPECIALLY in our breed, when the standards don't even call for it, and in the AKC standard which actually says NATURAL EARS PREFERRED I just can't understand why so many decide to put their beloved dogs through this. Break outta the mold, folks! Come on! Let's save the Pit Bull ears!
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Post by tank on Mar 9, 2009 10:28:32 GMT -5
Thanks Mary. The only thing I disagree with here is that you don't think it is abusive. I do. Abuse refers to the use or treatment of something (a person, item, substance, concept, or vocabulary) that is harmful. It can be classed by the target of abuse or the type of abuse. I believe in both animal rights and human rights equally. I think that if a person would ever not find it abusive to do that to a child's ears for vanity reasons, then it wouldn't be abusive towards dogs to do the same. I think the answer is very clear here. I know that some might be hesitant to call it abuse to spare the feelings of those who are pro ear cropping, but it is in fact abuse. So is using a choke chain to a lesser extent, and I have used one in the past. But it still doesn't mean it isn't abuse, because it is purposefully harming the dog (for your own benefit.)
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Post by jsoria on Mar 12, 2009 15:05:23 GMT -5
I love the crop on the males and natural on the females- just my preference
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