Also, surgeries like tail docking and
ear cropping sometimes commonly seen in certain breeds are not a necessary expense and are excluded.
Not exact matches
Standards for this breed may
sometimes vary but most breeders prefer various
ear - types (
cropped, rose, half - pricked, and forward flap) while the stricter American Bulldog Breeders Association Standard prefers un-
cropped ears for their bulldogs.
(note: I support
cropping i'm just unsure as to why for these... [Read more...] about Why are Briard's and Beauceron's
ears sometimes cropped?
You can show
cropped or natural
ears in a show but
sometimes being the only dog without a
crop can put you at a disadvantage.
Both a beard and mustache hangs off their rectangular muzzle, and hair frequently grows down between their thick, upright,
sometimes cropped, leathery
ears.
The breed is known for their hot tempered bites and they can
sometimes have their
ears cropped by their owners for working or purely aesthetic reasons.
Today's pet owners and breeders like the look that upright
ears present and many believe that
cropped ears allow their dogs to hear better and prevent or reduce the potential for infections that
sometimes plague drop - eared dogs.