Feb 2, 2018 1:53 PM
DontWorryImMedicated
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dijital101
Mutherfuckers out here murderin' out their dogs now.
imagerboy
That's the most badass dog I've ever seen
bpjarMemePoster
What a beautiful dog wow absolutely fantastic
ItchyLeftNut
I want it.
mtcruse24
"A dog is just a dog until he is facing you. Then he is Mr. Dog." - old Vietnamese proverb
Oxycodont
Those eyes are piercing
So are the teeth
Klaaism
Scary in the daylight. Imagine running into the black dog at night.
Kovares
MAJESTIC!!
TheRealRhodry
FROM HELL'S BLACK HEART I STAB AT THEE
InverseNarnia
Prague!!
Spookmeows
Pretty baby????????????
That's where I'm supposed to be question marks hahaha !!!!!!!!!!*
coop61gt
I am the night.
RandAIFlagg
omg he needs cuddles
thorr97
Aw come on! He's just looking for some nice belly rubs!
latinsaint
Beautiful!
ramshackleackle
God it's beautiful.
ChicanoBatman
Dogs name is Daisy probably
SlanderBox
Beautiful dog. Obligatory thank you Jim Cary for making that word easy to spell
foesmono
too bad Carrey couldn't make a rhyme about his last name ;)
Who's that? :p good one!
aeonfrog
That dog is so sharp looking that you have to dress up to take it out on a walk.
BeerandCats
Shopped! Cerberus has three heads
NoTraceOfHumanity
v
Yahellno
That dog protects the gates of hell.
ilovegramsalot
And mauls kids ;-)
abundantbadgers
ARE YOU THE KEYMASTER?
ImpoliteCanadian
This. This deserve more recognition +1
Hybris51129
ZUUL MOTHERFUCKER ZUUL!
onefaller
MyBuddyZuul
There is no username
dpatrick1a
HAH this was I scrolled down to look for. +1
Wilhelm44Scream
Who brought the dog?
He's my buddy
PascalCasedUserName
Yes!
NeutrallyChaotic
Y'all muthertruckers need Zuul!
Allanonshea1
I think I remember those books
Crabsforeveryone
For Dobermann's it was for guard purposes. To prevent a place to grab, just like docking their tails. For pit fighting breeds, it's the same
TheMagicalMushroom
I think you write this in the wrong comment, mate.
Gayforbae
.... Lolwut?
I think he replied to the wrong comment
It's all good
angrymoustacheseals
/r/nobodyasked
Literally answered the fucking question. Kisses.
baddpuns
Are you the gatekeeper?
drakkaris12718
ZUUL!!!
djknetic
ZetaRayBill
I am Vinz, Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer...Volguus Zildrohoar, Lord of the Seboullia. Are you the Gatekeeper?
decarnatedame
You will perish in flame, you and all your kind!
VectorCross
What an asshole....
FightDirty
Ahh negative. I am a meat popsicle.
Nightwing240
What an elegant doggo.
THESEareATTACKeyebrowsYOUcouldOPENbottleTOPSwithTHESE
It's from a designer breeder. His Nasme is Prague's Problem. All if their dogs are pretty
mechanicalchaos
Apparently they are also extremely focused on good health, temperament, and happiness. +1 pretend internet point for them, somehow.
MaidaReptiles
xxldesignerpitbulls, I like how he feeds them raw deer carcasses, lol
GoblinChampion
I've heard diets with raw meat help dog coats a lot.
omg does it. Helps their teeth too.
Drewdude
What breed is it?
AsaMexicanIsay
Demon
unicorncentaur
Hellhound
Senorpoopypants
Barghast
Rifneno
Cerberus.
BiggerThanYrMom
fenris
Imalwaysready
Deathhound.
XXL Pitbull, he feeds them entire deer carcasses, lol
TheDickConnoisseur
Cane Corso
XXL pitbull, not cane corso
pontiacgirl75
Downvoted for telling the truth, that's just fucked up eh? I follow them on Insta too and this is Prague
Sorry, before I've seen it called a cane corso. Thank you for correcting me.
DreadPierateRoberts
That was my guess
MakeItAnAwDamnMoment
Hell hound
LegendofShrek
Baskerville Hound
[deleted]
gunter
Actually it's not. The owner has an website where he sells pups.
inspiringandfunnyusernamecoolheh
links?
EnJnY
http://www.xxldesignerpitbulls.com/prague.html
Scubasteve0571
MikeTornado
Dog covered in vantablack?
Yaysh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI7tLclZyrE
ghosthendrikson
No it's velour
ronswansonsbrother
Everyone likes velour.
RogueMonkeys
Hello zap
lncorrectGrammerNazi
No. It’s Void by Armani
Blasfemur
https://img00.deviantart.net/a36a/i/2015/098/5/7/futurama_zapp_brannigan_velour_fog_poster_by_littleskypaper-d8oyolu.jpg
stormstereo
Seeing Vantablack in person is on my bucket list. #ScienceMasturbation
Weiners
You can request to order small samples now, but it's super not cheap
BadSimulation
They have some at the Indianapolis museum of art, yet they have a reflective case around it so you can't shine a light properly on it.
Still super cool to see in person tho
MiracleWhoop
Vanta?black?
lastminutepanicmode
A black made of carbon nano tubes that absorbs as much light as possible making it appear as though you haven’t unlocked an item yet#
ReiiamaKotsu
It's a substance that absorbs all light, and thus appears to be cartoonishly black.
LordSithis
98% of light, or as close as we can theoretically get
trigonman3
Like Fat Albert?
OriginalRepost
Serious question, why do people mutilate their ears?
CrookedMouth
Don't know about ears but i know w/ tails is cause sum breeds have little feeling in them and tend to break them and infections take hold
ChloeWoodall360
They have naturally long ear flaps which cover the inside of there ears which can cause infections and stuffs
NoLongerFoamingWolffo
99.9% of the time it's cosmetics.
willpwrbcn9
There mutilated ears this bread of dog has ears like this, it's a preza canario
LupinzPack
Same reason people selectively bred to create different breeds- they had a purpose but now it's largely for show.
WinterGrasp
To look fiercer
maststick
Vanity. They think it looks good
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
Because people are horrible fucking bastards, all the reasons why stem from that
Back in the day, Dog Fighters would "trim the ears" to prevent them from being ripped by other dogs. Bottom-line: Its ALWAYS terrible!
BronzeLeaguePro
In the old days it was to make it easy to tell them apart from wolves to prevent gunfire accidents. Even then people weren't that cuntish.
JeffwiththeNukes
I dunno. My parents had my foreskin cut off for no reason. People suck.
thanxbye
I did it to my pit because he has a serious skin condition (Under his legs, his groin area, under his ears) he breaks out in terrible 1/2
painful sores that have to be treated with cream and a medicated soap ever other day. After cropping his ears he no longer gets sores there
Ravenbreaker
Ours something similar not as bad, but she does have allergies and stuff in the summer and gets ear infections a fair amount (not clipped)
Mine doesn't really get infections, more actual open sores.. Think hot spots, just way worse. In his ears, between his poor little toes.. :(
Poor little dear.
Cropping his ears helped, in his ears he doesn't get sores anymore. For him it was the best answer. But I was strongly against it at first
Paramike
sortbynewanddownvotedegenerates
My friend’s Doberman didn’t have cropped ears and he chewed the ends of his own ears off.
wellblessyourheart
Serious question.. I haven't seen a Doberman without cropped ears but how did he actually chew his ears off? Do they hang down that far?
MissShelby
My brown Doberman has his ears intact. They're not that long... Must have been a really lonely dog, sadly!
Yea, they’re long and floppy
Tyr13
Theyre actually quite floppy, yeah.
Sounds like boredom and sadness.
LiamNeesonOfficial
Fuck no. Doberman puppies are little crackheads. They will destroy shit after 3mins of boredom.
They had several dogs at the time, huge fenced in yard and were never bored or neglected
Serious answer: because people are cunts.
DarkwingDuc
1) With Boxers at least, there is a higher incident of infections and blood clots with floppy ears. Both of these are easily treatable or
GeraltsUnpaidIntern
Literally not true, I've owned boxers for decades and NEVER cropped their ears. It's just a cosmetic bullshit thing pushed by the AKC
2) or preventable. So I don't think it justifies cropping. But there is at least some medical justification many owners point to.
chardlz
My doggo sticks his dirty paws in his ears all the time and gets minor infections then he shakes his head a ton and pops blood vessels
(I think the technical term is an aureal hematoma) and his ears quadruple in thickness and he gets tremendous pain. I could see why
Clipping might help with that but cleaning his paws works just fine for me so we do that
tortor
Same reason people circumcise their children. It helps with keeping the area clean. I don't agree, but that's the reasoning behind it.
MorrighanWolf
Bullshite.
Yes, both things you said are total nonsense
AmyRene
I can see ear clipping as a way to keep floppy eared dogs ears healthy as most floppy ears have major health issues
pestilentgiggles
That might be a happy side effect, but it began because they were fighting dogs and ears were susceptible when floppy.
This is not the origin of clipping ears.http://www.akc.org/content/news/articles/issue-analysis-dispelling-myths/
TheEarthmotherThree
Why on earth would you give any credibility to an organisation that advocates amputating animal limbs without anesthetic.?
numbers186
There are also a few breeds that have bad ear infection issues and cropped ears can fix that. I.e doberman
jayar1st
Yep
Complete myth
This is a myth. Look up the AVMA's stance on this, it's literally just cosmetic
Sheprador
Cropping ears doesn’t help with ear infections.
Are those vets older? It's commonly known in modern vet med that cropping ears doesn't help with infections.
Because people are selfish jerks.
kalas1973
It can reduce ear infections... My lab has big floppy ears and we have to medicate them once in a while. He hates it. Poor thing...
KinkyKyle
If you have it done before they are a week or two old its basically like pimching their ears hard for a second. After that tho, totally wack
cyanidkatharsis
***If you have it done at all, totally wack.***
RepostingForAwareness
Fair enough. But why do they do it?
Ear infections. Or aesthetics. Both are common. Think of it like circumcising a baby.
Grrrg
Well circumcising babies is pretty fucked up...
BramStocker
cause we're nothing but cunt savages
mycatToastwasafatasshole
Originally it was for fights/looks. Now people claim it's for sanitation or to stop ear infections.
WorstRingStingEver
On hunting dogs it was supposed to reduce their sensitivity to gun shots. Mostly it's for "cosmetic" purposes these days.
You sir/madam, have no clue wtf you're talking about. Ears clipped to deter hold points in fights. Others docked to INCREASE hearing. Dobie
Dobermans have pretty open ears even uncut. Cropping is just a cosmetic thing for them. They look "tough".
shitzonthefan
Cropped for boar hunting, so pig can't grab them. Also so if ears got cut while hunting they wont be as prone to infection
bizzarotime
This! Ear docking is done to avoid other animals grabbing.
Jabberwotchi
.....cropping ear would make that worse...
Treblaine
That sounds like total BS. No way that many people are dumb enough to think lack of earlobes reduces impact of loud noises.
Wouldn’t having a flop covering your ear be better than it being open? Like retrievers are hunting dogs and they dont get their ears chopped
The floppy ears on a hunting dog like any retriever is to help the scents funnel to their noses when their heads are down.
Festivities
People just do it to make their dogs look more intimidating.. hence why it's usually guard type dogs that get it
I don't think there's any actual science behind it. It's just shit people do.
I saw a Blue Pit Bull with pierced ears. That seems a bit harsh but her ears were still floppy.
boatymcboatfaceplant
There is a difference between a retriever, that collects the kill, and a dog used to actually hunt/kill prey. Many old breeds had their 1/2
Ears trimmed as well as the tail clipped to avoid serious injury when fighting bears, wolves etc. Now it's just cosmetic obviously 2/2
Tail docking was for herding dogs in order to keep their tails out from under livestocks feet.
DemSumBigAssRidges
Dog fighting. That's the only benefit to it. It serves no other purpose.
Ok, downvoters, tell me one other purpose. It doesn't prevent infection or improve hearing...
nickyb210
Both cosmetic and to prevent future injury such as hematoma for the ear.
Ear docking was popularized by dog fighting, fighting dogs look tough so it became a trend to do it even to pets.... Its cruel and serves>
>no purpose other than looks, usually for intimidation with short cropping or shape (cropping/propping) to make pointed ears in some breeds
russbusmcguss
PLEASE listen! Its being used incorrectly but ear clipping had a good purpose. Pits feel no pain and get them chewed on by other dogs or..
EnderTot
Pits. Feel. Pain. They are still animals.
they get stuck on things like fences. I’m a dog lover and I have 2 pit sisters who play so rough ones ear is permanently torn. So i might..
get them clipped so no more infections and chewing. Another pit i had lost his tail because he would wag it so much it would hit things.
sendmeyourpitbulls
Oh happy tail..Vet wrapped my dogs tail in a monster syringe to keep it covered to let it heal & the next day he wagged so hard it shattered
DocWino
Yup, pit tails will clear every table in the house.
On one hand, I hear you. On the other hand, would you remove a child's toes if they kept stubbing them?
DarthVaderDidNothingWrong
Because they're Van Gogh.
potatoeonlyspeaksinirishriddles
combination of aesthetics and health. it does lower chances of ear infections,
No it doesn’t. Total myth.
That's absurd. If it actually worked, every cocker spaniel would have their ears cropped at birth. It's a hail mary.
noico
so cut ur fcking ears to
textilelover
If human ears flopped over we might do that. I don't agree with clipping but the equivalency is false.
no one cut dog ears dog for a "good" reason...there is always a thing that we can do to avoid that
So is claiming that it lowers the risk of infection
dijital101
Mutherfuckers out here murderin' out their dogs now.
imagerboy
That's the most badass dog I've ever seen
bpjarMemePoster
What a beautiful dog wow absolutely fantastic
ItchyLeftNut
I want it.
mtcruse24
"A dog is just a dog until he is facing you. Then he is Mr. Dog." - old Vietnamese proverb
Oxycodont
Those eyes are piercing
mtcruse24
So are the teeth
Klaaism
Scary in the daylight. Imagine running into the black dog at night.
Kovares
MAJESTIC!!
TheRealRhodry
FROM HELL'S BLACK HEART I STAB AT THEE
InverseNarnia
Prague!!
Spookmeows
Pretty baby????????????
Spookmeows
That's where I'm supposed to be question marks hahaha !!!!!!!!!!*
coop61gt
I am the night.
RandAIFlagg
omg he needs cuddles
thorr97
Aw come on! He's just looking for some nice belly rubs!
latinsaint
Beautiful!
ramshackleackle
God it's beautiful.
ChicanoBatman
Dogs name is Daisy probably
SlanderBox
Beautiful dog. Obligatory thank you Jim Cary for making that word easy to spell
foesmono
too bad Carrey couldn't make a rhyme about his last name ;)
SlanderBox
Who's that? :p good one!
aeonfrog
That dog is so sharp looking that you have to dress up to take it out on a walk.
BeerandCats
Shopped! Cerberus has three heads
NoTraceOfHumanity
Yahellno
That dog protects the gates of hell.
ilovegramsalot
And mauls kids ;-)
abundantbadgers
ARE YOU THE KEYMASTER?
ImpoliteCanadian
This. This deserve more recognition +1
Hybris51129
ZUUL MOTHERFUCKER ZUUL!
onefaller
MyBuddyZuul
There is no username
dpatrick1a
HAH this was I scrolled down to look for. +1
Wilhelm44Scream
Who brought the dog?
MyBuddyZuul
He's my buddy
PascalCasedUserName
Yes!
NeutrallyChaotic
Y'all muthertruckers need Zuul!
Allanonshea1
I think I remember those books
Crabsforeveryone
For Dobermann's it was for guard purposes. To prevent a place to grab, just like docking their tails. For pit fighting breeds, it's the same
TheMagicalMushroom
I think you write this in the wrong comment, mate.
Gayforbae
.... Lolwut?
TheMagicalMushroom
I think he replied to the wrong comment
Crabsforeveryone
It's all good
angrymoustacheseals
/r/nobodyasked
Crabsforeveryone
Literally answered the fucking question. Kisses.
baddpuns
Are you the gatekeeper?
drakkaris12718
ZUUL!!!
djknetic
ZetaRayBill
I am Vinz, Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer...Volguus Zildrohoar, Lord of the Seboullia. Are you the Gatekeeper?
decarnatedame
You will perish in flame, you and all your kind!
VectorCross
What an asshole....
FightDirty
Ahh negative. I am a meat popsicle.
Nightwing240
What an elegant doggo.
THESEareATTACKeyebrowsYOUcouldOPENbottleTOPSwithTHESE
It's from a designer breeder. His Nasme is Prague's Problem. All if their dogs are pretty
mechanicalchaos
Apparently they are also extremely focused on good health, temperament, and happiness. +1 pretend internet point for them, somehow.
MaidaReptiles
xxldesignerpitbulls, I like how he feeds them raw deer carcasses, lol
GoblinChampion
I've heard diets with raw meat help dog coats a lot.
InverseNarnia
omg does it. Helps their teeth too.
Drewdude
What breed is it?
AsaMexicanIsay
Demon
unicorncentaur
Hellhound
Senorpoopypants
Barghast
Rifneno
Cerberus.
BiggerThanYrMom
fenris
Imalwaysready
Deathhound.
MaidaReptiles
XXL Pitbull, he feeds them entire deer carcasses, lol
TheDickConnoisseur
Cane Corso
MaidaReptiles
XXL pitbull, not cane corso
pontiacgirl75
Downvoted for telling the truth, that's just fucked up eh? I follow them on Insta too and this is Prague
TheDickConnoisseur
Sorry, before I've seen it called a cane corso. Thank you for correcting me.
DreadPierateRoberts
That was my guess
MakeItAnAwDamnMoment
Hell hound
LegendofShrek
Baskerville Hound
[deleted]
[deleted]
gunter
Actually it's not. The owner has an website where he sells pups.
inspiringandfunnyusernamecoolheh
links?
EnJnY
http://www.xxldesignerpitbulls.com/prague.html
Scubasteve0571
http://www.xxldesignerpitbulls.com/prague.html
MikeTornado
Dog covered in vantablack?
Yaysh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI7tLclZyrE
ghosthendrikson
No it's velour
ronswansonsbrother
Everyone likes velour.
RogueMonkeys
Hello zap
lncorrectGrammerNazi
No. It’s Void by Armani
Blasfemur
https://img00.deviantart.net/a36a/i/2015/098/5/7/futurama_zapp_brannigan_velour_fog_poster_by_littleskypaper-d8oyolu.jpg
stormstereo
Seeing Vantablack in person is on my bucket list. #ScienceMasturbation
Weiners
You can request to order small samples now, but it's super not cheap
BadSimulation
They have some at the Indianapolis museum of art, yet they have a reflective case around it so you can't shine a light properly on it.
BadSimulation
Still super cool to see in person tho
MiracleWhoop
Vanta?black?
lastminutepanicmode
A black made of carbon nano tubes that absorbs as much light as possible making it appear as though you haven’t unlocked an item yet#
ReiiamaKotsu
It's a substance that absorbs all light, and thus appears to be cartoonishly black.
LordSithis
98% of light, or as close as we can theoretically get
trigonman3
Like Fat Albert?
MiracleWhoop
OriginalRepost
Serious question, why do people mutilate their ears?
CrookedMouth
Don't know about ears but i know w/ tails is cause sum breeds have little feeling in them and tend to break them and infections take hold
ChloeWoodall360
They have naturally long ear flaps which cover the inside of there ears which can cause infections and stuffs
NoLongerFoamingWolffo
99.9% of the time it's cosmetics.
willpwrbcn9
There mutilated ears this bread of dog has ears like this, it's a preza canario
LupinzPack
Same reason people selectively bred to create different breeds- they had a purpose but now it's largely for show.
WinterGrasp
To look fiercer
maststick
Vanity. They think it looks good
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
Because people are horrible fucking bastards, all the reasons why stem from that
Kovares
Back in the day, Dog Fighters would "trim the ears" to prevent them from being ripped by other dogs. Bottom-line: Its ALWAYS terrible!
BronzeLeaguePro
In the old days it was to make it easy to tell them apart from wolves to prevent gunfire accidents. Even then people weren't that cuntish.
JeffwiththeNukes
I dunno. My parents had my foreskin cut off for no reason. People suck.
thanxbye
I did it to my pit because he has a serious skin condition (Under his legs, his groin area, under his ears) he breaks out in terrible 1/2
thanxbye
painful sores that have to be treated with cream and a medicated soap ever other day. After cropping his ears he no longer gets sores there
Ravenbreaker
Ours something similar not as bad, but she does have allergies and stuff in the summer and gets ear infections a fair amount (not clipped)
thanxbye
Mine doesn't really get infections, more actual open sores.. Think hot spots, just way worse. In his ears, between his poor little toes.. :(
Ravenbreaker
Poor little dear.
thanxbye
Cropping his ears helped, in his ears he doesn't get sores anymore. For him it was the best answer. But I was strongly against it at first
Paramike
sortbynewanddownvotedegenerates
My friend’s Doberman didn’t have cropped ears and he chewed the ends of his own ears off.
wellblessyourheart
Serious question.. I haven't seen a Doberman without cropped ears but how did he actually chew his ears off? Do they hang down that far?
MissShelby
sortbynewanddownvotedegenerates
Yea, they’re long and floppy
Tyr13
Theyre actually quite floppy, yeah.
ramshackleackle
Sounds like boredom and sadness.
LiamNeesonOfficial
Fuck no. Doberman puppies are little crackheads. They will destroy shit after 3mins of boredom.
sortbynewanddownvotedegenerates
They had several dogs at the time, huge fenced in yard and were never bored or neglected
Rifneno
Serious answer: because people are cunts.
DarkwingDuc
1) With Boxers at least, there is a higher incident of infections and blood clots with floppy ears. Both of these are easily treatable or
GeraltsUnpaidIntern
Literally not true, I've owned boxers for decades and NEVER cropped their ears. It's just a cosmetic bullshit thing pushed by the AKC
DarkwingDuc
2) or preventable. So I don't think it justifies cropping. But there is at least some medical justification many owners point to.
chardlz
My doggo sticks his dirty paws in his ears all the time and gets minor infections then he shakes his head a ton and pops blood vessels
chardlz
(I think the technical term is an aureal hematoma) and his ears quadruple in thickness and he gets tremendous pain. I could see why
chardlz
Clipping might help with that but cleaning his paws works just fine for me so we do that
tortor
Same reason people circumcise their children. It helps with keeping the area clean. I don't agree, but that's the reasoning behind it.
MorrighanWolf
Bullshite.
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
Yes, both things you said are total nonsense
AmyRene
I can see ear clipping as a way to keep floppy eared dogs ears healthy as most floppy ears have major health issues
pestilentgiggles
That might be a happy side effect, but it began because they were fighting dogs and ears were susceptible when floppy.
AmyRene
This is not the origin of clipping ears.http://www.akc.org/content/news/articles/issue-analysis-dispelling-myths/
TheEarthmotherThree
Why on earth would you give any credibility to an organisation that advocates amputating animal limbs without anesthetic.?
numbers186
There are also a few breeds that have bad ear infection issues and cropped ears can fix that. I.e doberman
jayar1st
Yep
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
Complete myth
GeraltsUnpaidIntern
This is a myth. Look up the AVMA's stance on this, it's literally just cosmetic
Sheprador
Cropping ears doesn’t help with ear infections.
[deleted]
[deleted]
Sheprador
Are those vets older? It's commonly known in modern vet med that cropping ears doesn't help with infections.
DontWorryImMedicated
Because people are selfish jerks.
kalas1973
It can reduce ear infections... My lab has big floppy ears and we have to medicate them once in a while. He hates it. Poor thing...
KinkyKyle
If you have it done before they are a week or two old its basically like pimching their ears hard for a second. After that tho, totally wack
cyanidkatharsis
***If you have it done at all, totally wack.***
RepostingForAwareness
Fair enough. But why do they do it?
kalas1973
Ear infections. Or aesthetics. Both are common. Think of it like circumcising a baby.
Grrrg
Well circumcising babies is pretty fucked up...
BramStocker
cause we're nothing but cunt savages
mycatToastwasafatasshole
Originally it was for fights/looks. Now people claim it's for sanitation or to stop ear infections.
WorstRingStingEver
On hunting dogs it was supposed to reduce their sensitivity to gun shots. Mostly it's for "cosmetic" purposes these days.
ChicanoBatman
You sir/madam, have no clue wtf you're talking about. Ears clipped to deter hold points in fights. Others docked to INCREASE hearing. Dobie
GeraltsUnpaidIntern
Dobermans have pretty open ears even uncut. Cropping is just a cosmetic thing for them. They look "tough".
shitzonthefan
Cropped for boar hunting, so pig can't grab them. Also so if ears got cut while hunting they wont be as prone to infection
bizzarotime
This! Ear docking is done to avoid other animals grabbing.
Jabberwotchi
.....cropping ear would make that worse...
Treblaine
That sounds like total BS. No way that many people are dumb enough to think lack of earlobes reduces impact of loud noises.
OriginalRepost
Wouldn’t having a flop covering your ear be better than it being open? Like retrievers are hunting dogs and they dont get their ears chopped
AmyRene
The floppy ears on a hunting dog like any retriever is to help the scents funnel to their noses when their heads are down.
Festivities
People just do it to make their dogs look more intimidating.. hence why it's usually guard type dogs that get it
WorstRingStingEver
I don't think there's any actual science behind it. It's just shit people do.
OriginalRepost
I saw a Blue Pit Bull with pierced ears. That seems a bit harsh but her ears were still floppy.
boatymcboatfaceplant
There is a difference between a retriever, that collects the kill, and a dog used to actually hunt/kill prey. Many old breeds had their 1/2
boatymcboatfaceplant
Ears trimmed as well as the tail clipped to avoid serious injury when fighting bears, wolves etc. Now it's just cosmetic obviously 2/2
AmyRene
Tail docking was for herding dogs in order to keep their tails out from under livestocks feet.
DemSumBigAssRidges
Dog fighting. That's the only benefit to it. It serves no other purpose.
DemSumBigAssRidges
Ok, downvoters, tell me one other purpose. It doesn't prevent infection or improve hearing...
nickyb210
Both cosmetic and to prevent future injury such as hematoma for the ear.
Jabberwotchi
Ear docking was popularized by dog fighting, fighting dogs look tough so it became a trend to do it even to pets.... Its cruel and serves>
Jabberwotchi
>no purpose other than looks, usually for intimidation with short cropping or shape (cropping/propping) to make pointed ears in some breeds
russbusmcguss
PLEASE listen! Its being used incorrectly but ear clipping had a good purpose. Pits feel no pain and get them chewed on by other dogs or..
EnderTot
Pits. Feel. Pain. They are still animals.
russbusmcguss
they get stuck on things like fences. I’m a dog lover and I have 2 pit sisters who play so rough ones ear is permanently torn. So i might..
russbusmcguss
get them clipped so no more infections and chewing. Another pit i had lost his tail because he would wag it so much it would hit things.
sendmeyourpitbulls
Oh happy tail..Vet wrapped my dogs tail in a monster syringe to keep it covered to let it heal & the next day he wagged so hard it shattered
DocWino
Yup, pit tails will clear every table in the house.
pestilentgiggles
On one hand, I hear you. On the other hand, would you remove a child's toes if they kept stubbing them?
DarthVaderDidNothingWrong
Because they're Van Gogh.
potatoeonlyspeaksinirishriddles
combination of aesthetics and health. it does lower chances of ear infections,
Sheprador
No it doesn’t. Total myth.
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Sheprador
That's absurd. If it actually worked, every cocker spaniel would have their ears cropped at birth. It's a hail mary.
noico
so cut ur fcking ears to
textilelover
If human ears flopped over we might do that. I don't agree with clipping but the equivalency is false.
noico
no one cut dog ears dog for a "good" reason...there is always a thing that we can do to avoid that
Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
So is claiming that it lowers the risk of infection