I have recently added a beautiful baby Presa to my pack and he is just 11 weeks now and would like to have his ears done and have a great vet who will do this but am a bit worried about his age as it is generally done a few weeks earlier any sound advice is welcome thanks[br][link={e_FILE}public/1271434296_17511_FT0_photo0976.jpg][img:width=500&height=667]{e_FILE}public/1271434296_17511_FT0_photo0976_.jpg">[/link][br]
cheers thanks guys was just worried heard of a few dogs that were never the same after it?
his ears are very floppy also not much cartilage , what sort of time frame does the healing take?
what does one do with the dogs when the ears get torn? i have never ever had any injuries on my dogs ears and they are uncropped. the ears on the pic fall down perfectly. i wouldn't do it, but thats the owners decision.
They remain tattered and heal (hopefully.) Reattaching to torn halves is difficult and often fails. Often, every time the dog shakes it head or travels through brush the tear will continue "ripping" until it reaches the base. Very chronic and painful and often involves infections. I know a Jack Russel with a torn ear, which after almost a year is finally fully tattered and healed.
hm, never heard about torn ears. i would consider it as a rather rare injury. taking in consideration that a dog does loose a big part of it's body language when getting it's ears cropped, i would take the risk. instead for trying to heal a torn ear, you can always get them cropped later on. i have had dogs of the same breed with both cropped ears and drop ears and the ones with cropped ears haven't by far had a as clear body language as the ones with drop ears. as i sayed, this is the first time i hear about torn ears.
It will bother you more then the dog......lol.......I'm saying this out of experience!
Here is a dog I owned (Icis) Before-During-After.
I know its a different breed, but still a "Battle Crop", it only bothered her when I had her all rapped up. As soon as she was out of the full head rap (lol) she didn't care at all. [br][img:width=421&height=592]{e_FILE}public/1271772039_11706_FT74041_working-icis_011.jpg">[br][link={e_FILE}public/1271772040_11706_FT74041_icis_ears_010.jpg][img:width=500&height=375]{e_FILE}public/1271772040_11706_FT74041_icis_ears_010_.jpg">[/link][br][br][link={e_FILE}public/1271772040_11706_FT74041_icis_ears_018.jpg][img:width=500&height=667]{e_FILE}public/1271772040_11706_FT74041_icis_ears_018_.jpg">[/link][br][br][link={e_FILE}public/1271772040_11706_FT74041_icey-4_mths.jpg][img:width=500&height=375]{e_FILE}public/1271772040_11706_FT74041_icey-4_mths_.jpg">[/link][br][br][link={e_FILE}public/1271772040_11706_FT74041_p1000588.jpg][img:width=500&height=667]{e_FILE}public/1271772040_11706_FT74041_p1000588_.jpg">[/link][br]
Anthony, Conas atá tú?
Your lucky you have a vet willing to crop.
It is very true that some breeds do look a lot better with their ears cropped and I'm sure your guy will too.
How is he getting on with your huskies and akitas ?
Is he Irish bred or an import ?
IF you can find a vet to do it in the US these days, most will not do it past 4 weeks. You actually do not want to do it too young on these guys, because there are certain ear landmarks that we base our proper crops on.
They do not HAVE to be taped, but many vets will send them home that way, and I prefer to leave it as long as possible, just for ease. It can take a couple months for the cartilege to firm up enough to stand on their own.
and as an yearling..
Haven't been on this for ages man freaked out the morning i was bringing cougar down me vet rang and cancelled saying a friend vet of his had just been reported for cropping a Bouvier des Flanders and thought it too risky i kept at him too do it for some time and at one point he said ok but changed his mind again so had to let it go :( , he was after been running round when i took the first picture and both his ears stuck back behind his head gas looks like a bad cropping job haha , bout as close as i`ll get to cropping his ears now unless any suggestions he`s nine months old now. [br][link={e_FILE}public/1288992999_17511_FT74041_photo1671.jpg][img:width=500&height=375]{e_FILE}public/1288992999_17511_FT74041_photo1671_.jpg">[/link][br][br][link={e_FILE}public/1288993418_17511_FT74041_photo1665.jpg][img:width=500&height=375]{e_FILE}public/1288993418_17511_FT74041_photo1665_.jpg">[/link][br]
Some new pictures of cougar age 13 months[br][link={e_FILE}public/1300135988_17511_FT74041_p1000966.jpg][img:width=500&height=375]{e_FILE}public/1300135988_17511_FT74041_p1000966_.jpg">[/link][br][br][link={e_FILE}public/1300135989_17511_FT74041_p1000962.jpg][img:width=500&height=375]{e_FILE}public/1300135989_17511_FT74041_p1000962_.jpg">[/link][br][br][link={e_FILE}public/1300135989_17511_FT74041_p1000975.jpg][img:width=500&height=375]{e_FILE}public/1300135989_17511_FT74041_p1000975_.jpg">[/link][br][br][link={e_FILE}public/1300135989_17511_FT74041_p1000990.jpg][img:width=500&height=375]{e_FILE}public/1300135989_17511_FT74041_p1000990_.jpg">[/link][br][br][link={e_FILE}public/1300135989_17511_FT74041_p1000989.jpg][img:width=500&height=375]{e_FILE}public/1300135989_17511_FT74041_p1000989_.jpg">[/link][br]
Different type of crop, but thought I would still add. Here is one of my females from back in 2009.
I prefer the battle crop. No muss No Fuss...No Tape ~ No Braces[br][link={e_FILE}public/1300212269_11706_FT74041_icis-ears1.jpg][img:width=500&height=375]{e_FILE}public/1300212269_11706_FT74041_icis-ears1_.jpg">[/link][br][br][link={e_FILE}public/1300212269_11706_FT74041_icis-ears.jpg][img:width=500&height=375]{e_FILE}public/1300212269_11706_FT74041_icis-ears_.jpg">[/link][br][br][link={e_FILE}public/1300212269_11706_FT74041_icis_side_shot.jpg][img:width=500&height=375]{e_FILE}public/1300212269_11706_FT74041_icis_side_shot_.jpg">[/link][br][br][img:width=480&height=640]{e_FILE}public/1300212269_11706_FT74041_icis.jpg">
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Cougar looks great! I know that's it was probably mentioned before, but hat breed is he? Thanks
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Thanks Buddy he`s coming on nicely. not sure what the second part means ?
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