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« on: September 10, 2012, 10:32:02 am » |
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Just dropped off my pup to get his ears cropped. And the vet went to tryin to talk me into getting them done with a laser. I went with the traditional way just simple cut & stitch up. Have any of yall had your pups ears done with the laser?
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« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2012, 10:37:46 am » |
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naw never even heard of it . but i don't crop ears or tails if they born with em they keep em just the way nature intended
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« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2012, 10:55:30 am » |
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I must be missing something I reckon,....not trying to being a smarta$$ at all.....but if you're using a dog as a catchdog (which I'm assuming you are dodgegirl), if not then I'm wrong,......why would you want it's ears cropped? I'm asking this seriously....I'm not a bulldog person so maybe I just don't understand. It just seems rather counterproductive to me.  |
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« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2012, 11:01:32 am » |
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I must be missing something I reckon,....not trying to being a smarta$$ at all.....but if you're using a dog as a catchdog (which I'm assuming you are dodgegirl), if not then I'm wrong,......why would you want it's ears cropped? I'm asking this seriously....I'm not a bulldog person so maybe I just don't understand. It just seems rather counterproductive to me. Because Dogos are like dobermans, they are worth more with their ears done... With my cheap ol catchdogs, I like em with ears... |
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dodgegirl
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« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2012, 11:05:31 am » |
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I personally like my dogos ears cropped. I just think they look better with them done. I don't get super short tho I get in between a short crop and show crop so my dog can still fold his ears back blocking the ear canal from twigs & etc.
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« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2012, 11:06:35 am » |
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Cropping is done to prevent ear injuries. I have a Dogo with full ears right now, every other one I have from now on will be croped. The crop does not affect their hearing.
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« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2012, 12:14:51 pm » |
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I've had some dogs cropped and some not. Personal preference really.
I remember when the laser cropping started. Got to assist in a few. What I liked about it is that the ears seemed to heal faster, and the crops almost always had this real 'clean smooth' edge to 'em of course. Nothin wrong with old school though!
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« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2012, 12:46:08 pm » |
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Dodgegirl,was there a price difference between the laser and traditional method? I would have to think the laser would heal with a much cleaner end result,a smoother edge without all the tiny little suture bumps etc,just wondering if the cost was the same?
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« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2012, 01:34:35 pm » |
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trying to stop bleeding from and ear is a pain in my lily white rear. yet again so is digging briars and dirt from ears.
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« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2012, 01:56:57 pm » |
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I did not crop ears. I regret it now.
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dodgegirl
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« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2012, 05:34:09 pm » |
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Dodgegirl,was there a price difference between the laser and traditional method? I would have to think the laser would heal with a much cleaner end result,a smoother edge without all the tiny little suture bumps etc,just wondering if the cost was the same?
The laser was a bit more expensive. But I like to stick to what I know so I went traditional. If you care properly for the ears they more then likely won't have those little bumps. You have to massage the ears everyday. |
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« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2012, 06:20:02 pm » |
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i think what they meant by laser, is after they cut the ear they would laser the wound to stop bleeding and faster healing. There are alot of surgeries on humans where they use laser for that reason, stops bleeding.. idk sounds good anyway
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« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2012, 06:20:37 pm » |
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why cutt the ears off , their like a radiator for the dogs . it helps keep them cool
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« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2012, 07:17:09 pm » |
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why cutt the ears off , their like a radiator for the dogs . it helps keep them cool
Because I just got covered in blood again because of a bloody ear! Can they laser an adult dog ear? |
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« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2012, 07:35:41 pm » |
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why cutt the ears off , their like a radiator for the dogs . it helps keep them cool
Because I just got covered in blood again because of a bloody ear! Can they laser an adult dog ear? I think most if not all vets will only do it with a dog up to like 6months. Because the cartlige by that age has already formed. I know like with dobermens and boxer its only between 8-14 weeks. Any later then that and the dogs ears won't stand. But with short crops you can do it with older pups because there is less ear that has to be trained to stand. |
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« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2012, 08:22:49 pm » |
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I am just mad at myself for not cropping. It is only one dog that always gets his ear cut.! I will crop every pup from now on.
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« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2012, 04:33:50 am » |
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Everytime I get one cropped I say I will not do it again. But when I don't I say I should of got his/her ears cropped. It depends on what the dogs ears look like to me. If the have good ears that are similar to a labs then they stay but if they have one that stands or is crooked looking I get them cropped. I guess it just boils down to a personal preference some look better with and some with out. But I have never have had problems with cropped ears. Example having to clean them etc.
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« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2012, 10:31:41 am » |
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My dogs' ears are all shape right. But I have one dog missing a few pieces now. When they get to bleeding his whole head is covered in blood. Being all white the blood looks real bad. I was all worried the first time. I was about ready to run to a vet. Got the other dogs put up because he was acting fine. Then I went to washing the blood off to find the cut. I thought the back of his head was cut and the side of his face. I was most worried about the top of the head because of the spine. But I could not find any cut and figured it must have been a small poke from a branch that just bled a bunch. So then I washed his face real good and notice blood kept dripping from the ear. That is when I noticed his ear was cut. One shake of his head told me how the blood was on the top of his head and the side of his face. His ears get cut at least every four or five weeks. There is almost always at least a small blood spot on top of his head. Cleaning and medicating the ends of his ears is done every day. He just got the worst cut so far. when he shook his head I was covered in blood. It seems now he gets them cut on everything even leaning on the kennel makes them bleed.
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"...A man who has nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself..." John Stuart Mill
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« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2012, 10:44:32 am » |
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All my dogos that I raised never had their ears cropped and I never had a problem with cut ears, ear wounds, etc. I had more problems with the ones I got from folks who cropped the ears then the ones I raised with ears. The cropped ears I was always fighting ear infections and cleaning out the milo and field dust, grain seeds, etc.. I am out of hunting right now. Although I still have a couple of my dogo pups so if I get back into it I have something to start with and breed later. They do not have their ears cropped and will not have them done. I like the softer long eared look, but to each their own.
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« Reply #19 on: September 17, 2012, 10:29:33 am » |
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As for laser surgery, I've rad good and bad. My vet actually modified hemostats for different types of crops, he just clamps them on, they are curved perfectly, then takes a scalpel and in a matter of seconds it is over. Tree huggers believe it is painfull to the dogo, but I believe there is very little pain, my dog likes to sleep on his back, and I have pictures from the first night, with his ears taped, with a collar, sleeping on his back on his ears. I believe in cropping the Dogo's ears, it is part of the original breed standard, the idea is like when a Dogo grabs a hogs ear, if you crop the ears on a Dogo, the hog can't grab it's ears as easy. It's hard to find a vet here, but I know one, he used to do a bunch of cropping, but there isn't many Dogo's here, but I went with a show crop, and my pup is now 4 months old, he turns those ears like you wouldn't believe to listen to everything, he can turn them 180 degrees almost.  |
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