In this video, we’re going to show you how to ear crop and tail dock your Doberman Pinscher. Ear cropping is when you cut off the tips of your dog’s ears, while tail docking is when you cut off the end of your dog’s tail. These procedures are done to improve the aesthetic appearance of your dog, and they’re often done to correct behavior issues.
If you’re considering either of these procedures for your Doberman Pinscher, be sure to watch this video first! We’ll cover the benefits and risks of ear cropping and tail docking, and show you how to do them safely and effectively. After watching this video, you’ll have everything you need to make an informed
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I don't really think that's a good excuse because if she really cared about the dogs having erect ears she could either invest in a breed with naturally erect ears, or even go as far as trying to breed naturally erect ears back into the dobermans. Sure it would be against show standards to do that, but there're already so many terrible show standards for dogs that people are investing in buying and breeding healthier versions of certain dog breeds, like retro pugs and olde English bulldogs.
And what about the docked tail? Dogs express a lot of their emotions through their tails too, but she doesn't mention that at all.
Now if that particular dog was used for cow herding or a similar dangerous situation I could understand docking the tail since they could get really hurt if a cow stomped on the tail, but even then you have people you breed tails out of those herding dogs on purpose, like Australia shepherds and Stumpy tailed cattle dogs, and considering this dog is just being used for shows I assume there's then no point of docking the tail except for looks, especially according to her own hypocritical terms.
So I'm just saying, if she really cared about the dogs being able to express their emotions and functionality, it would make a lot more sense to me to breed those qualities in and advertise your own breed line as "healthier" or "natural" because I know there would be at least some people who would dig it.
You might see the occasional adult wild canid with one ear flopped over. And if you want natural erect ears, breed for them. It's a poor argument.
That said, C/D is the least of the doberman;s problems. 60% will die of cardiomyopathy, many get cancer, then there's wobblers, Von Williebrand's, melanoma with the albinos, Skin problems with the blues and fawns..and other things. And you can go to any breed from any country with the best reptuation, and their dogs still stand a signifiant chance of being sick. This breed is insanely inbred with low genetic diversity at the heart of these problems.
I WISH the ear cutting was all we had to worry about. I love dobermans and people are killing them with eugenics and denial.
I took my Doberman in a bar in Houston and got a drink thrown on me 😂she didn’t even ask if I did it or not
Why not get a breed that has erect ears, then? 🙄
Those were some well brought up arguments
So ear cropping is natural, since foxes and coyotes have erect ears, I wonder what the explanation is for the tail docking, since I never saw a fox or coyote with docked tails, and tails are used for communication.
I have dogs with floppy and hairy ears, and they never have ear infections.
She's just talking bs to justify her cruel practices.
Ppl are against cropping and docking, yet are quick circumcise their children….
"Man-made aberration" Lady, they're born with long tails and floppy ears, the man-made aberration is the fucking cropping and docking
Oh thank you lady.!!! ❤❤❤❤❤ Love you. Thank you for putting knowledge on people.!!!
So next people will say you shouldn't get your child circumcised ,
Well said!!!
What a bunch of horse shit. Leave the dog how it was born.
Couldn't we than breed the dogs to have 'healthy' ears instead of butchering puppys? And what about the tail?
Correcting a man made evolution. They are dogs, not dingos, coyotes, or wolves.
Its bullshit the dog dont like being fucked on the ears if they where breed that way thats nice BUT NOT IF YOU FUCK HIS FUCKING EARS UP
A lot of hounds/hunting breeds have long ears for hunting with humans so yes. But does your argument work with docked tails? Coyotes, wolves and foxes don't have docked tails.
Nature created erect ears. Man created floppy ears. Man should correct that through selective breeding, not through mutilation. As far as the tails go, would you like two inches of YOUR spine cut off? After all, anatomically, the coxix is the remnant of a tail.
Just meet a dog with a table clearing tail and it makes sense aha
Good point.
Same with fish orca 🐬 except in human aquariums
Bullshit go cut your own ears and tell me it's natural FFS
Weirdest idiot attempt at justifying cutting your dog up to make it look cool haha.
I have a bichon, I have had 16 years of hell with his ears.
I've seen dobbermans with earrectile disfunction…They don't look the same…
Ok But you didn't mention the tale lol.
Im carrying on butchering dogs.
I luv dogs – but it’s an effing dog – they eat their young at times..
most importantly, a lot of dobies are procured to be a protection dog , and cropped ears give off an ominous look…
it’s the owners say, they’re the ones who pay to feed it…
She has no clue what she is talking about and it‘s honestly quite embarrassing.
I don’t have a beef with cropping ears, but she doesn’t make sense.
If you think about it Dobermans won't be here if it was all nature. Dobermans are man made breed
Never argue with a woman. Logic and time wasted 😂
I dont mind tail docking for some breeds. Like LGD dogs or catch dogs. And dobermans, lets be real, they dont look good with a full tail
So basically you crop the ears because you’re too lazy to properly clean and take care of your dog and because you think it needs to have natural erect ears to survive while living inside a home and under human supervision. Anything to justify the cosmetics
So why crop the ears of a doberman and a pitbull and not the ears of a golden retriever or dalmatian?
They used to dock tails for cart pulling. Ear crop was for dog fighting/ pig dogs so their ears didn't get ripped off. Today, it's only cosmetic for appearance. Just own it, cutting a dog's tail or ears is painful but you don't care because no one will instantly know it's a Doberman…
Biggest hypocrites in the game. Why crop ears and tails and then say we abuse our animals by only feeding them once a day or training our pets certain ways. I don’t understand 🤷🏽♂️
Hate seeing all the clueless people who say it harms the dog. They have clearly never been involved or experienced the situation they babble about. The tails are cut at 24 to 48 hours after birth, before the pups are active, you rarely even hear a small yelp. As to the ears, which should only be done by a qualified vet, the dog is 8 to 10 weeks old and large enough to be put under for the procedure. When they come to they are not in pain. I’ve seen pups chewing on each other’s ears and romping around within hours of the process. Don’t humanize the dogs because of your “feelings “.
The wild animal is not even a domesticated animal, the dog is man's faithful companion, the species dogs are animals bred by humans, e.g. hunting dogs do not have their ears cut, and the ones that go to wild areas are bred to be strong and have droopy ears .
Still bad to change em floppy ears
Ask an amputee what phantom pain syndrome is like. Can you imagine what that must be like on the end of your spine? People cry about their aching backs, just try your tail bone
Total lack of empathy. This woman has no problem torturing puppies. Interesting how she justifies it, otherwise she couldn’t look at herself in a mirror.