pits with cropped ears

cropped ears is not natural. If the dog is to be used for fighting then cropped ears can be an advantage. I like a good looking doberman with cropped ears except todays doberman is a wimpy looking dog. I like a good looking pit with natural ears.

In the wild the fox, coyote, wolf, lynx, bobcat, badger, deer and most wild animals whether they are prey or predators have erect ears. This I saw in a documentary and it makes sense. This idea has to do with evolution. An example would be that a wolf cub is born and has flop ears. He cannot locate game at night running thru the thick brush because he can't get the exact location. This causes him to miss meals and during hard times can starve due to this. There could be other reasons that I don't know about but I am sure it has something to do with evolution. A deer has erect ears so that it can hear danger lurking near by and also has the ability to pin point its location.

When these animals are sleeping the ears are still erect so that they can hear and flee if needed.

If the ears are cropped too short on a bulldog it is my belief that the dog loses some of its ability to locate the exact location of the bay. The dog also loses the ability to block back ground noise. When we are having trouble locating a noise we cup our ears with our hands and this blocks the back ground noise to a certain extent and we also tend to get a better location this way. A wild animal with prick ears can still close off his ear canal with its ear as needed. A bulldog with ears cropped short as they usually are can not shield thir ear canal which could possibly lead to ear infections.