Dogs are subjected to
painful ear cropping and tail docking in order to conform to «breed standards.»
Not exact matches
You will also learn that both tail docking (done before pain receptors are fully developed) and
ear cropping (done under general anesthesia) are neither
painful nor cruel..
Answer by § arah Definitely not — it's totally not worth the struggle of trying to find a vet that will perform the
cropping, it would be
painful for your pooch, it's super expensive, the
cropped ears may get infected or have an adverse reaction to the tape, scarring could occur, it's a colossal pain in the... * ahem *... to re-bandage the
ears... actually there are like a thousand reasons why you don't need to have his or her
ears cut, but most importantly you sound like you would prefer not to have the
cropping done anyways.
Furthermore, it specifically encourages
painful mutilations such as
ear -
cropping and tail - docking.
Even though we have never
cropped the
ears of any dog or puppy ourselves, we have heard and read that there is a lot of aftercare required of the
cropped ears, and that it is usually very
painful for the dog.
Since
cropping of the
ears is a complicated and
painful surgical procedure that requires anesthesia, we see no purpose for it in the future of most breeds of dogs.
We do not believe dogs should be mutilated for cosmetic purposes and we'd urge people not to buy a dog with
cropped ears as — whether the process was carried out here or overseas — they still will have undergone this very
painful process.