Looking for some positivity? Get Country Living magazine posted through your letterbox every month. The optimal time for cropping a Pit Bull puppys ears is when they are over 10 pounds and the cartilage in their ears begins to firm. Like this article? Sign up to our newsletter to get more articles like this delivered straight to your inbox. If you want to make a difference, you can sign the petition to stop the rising number of ear-cropped dogs in the UK. Cropping a dogs is a very controversial topic within the bully community and it is a les. In some good news, the government recently announced plans to ban the import of dogs with cropped ears - a move that has been welcomed by the RSPCA. The Pros and Cons of Cropping a dogs ears are very straight forward. Pups also use their ears to communicate, and chopping off parts of them can hinder an owners ability to understand what their dog is telling them. Dogs use their ears to communicate with other dogs and with humans and some cropped dogs coming into our care have demonstrated behavioural problems caused by an inability to do this normally." When one of her ears went wonky like an ewok as a puppy, we loosly taped it down int. "Dogs can suffer from infected wounds as well as chronic ear infections, while some may remain incredibly sensitive and head shy for their whole lives. Halo is my Bluenose American Pitbull Terrier. "It can, however, have lifelong implications on the dog's health and behaviour. "Ear cropping is a painful process which is carried out purely for cosmetic reasons and is often done to make a dog look more intimidating," Dr Samantha Gaines, RSPCA dog welfare expert, said. Cropping - cutting off the floppy part of a dogs ear - is usually performed on anesthetized dogs between 6 and 12 weeks old.
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