Most Vets do a Lousy Job Cropping Dobe Ears
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There is a photographer on Facebook that had Ruby a beautiful and well trained Doberman that died earlier this year. He now has a pup named Bruce. Both had cropped ears, Bruce's are cropped to a be a show dog. It is going to take a while for him to grow into them. If you're on FB look up Rubydoobydo. He does all kinds of videos with Bruce and has hundreds with Ruby. He goes into the cropping issue on one of them. For show dogs cropped is the breed standard.
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Thanks, nice well trained dobes.
Back when I fell in love with dobes their ears were taped erect with tongue depressors and adhesive tape and ear height was more reasonable. Four to six weeks of taping was common.
With the advent of posts and cones it's approaching the ridiculous and judges are going along with the fad rather than sticking to the standard. It's not uncommon for a show dog to wear posts and cones for the first year of its life. All to get that spiky unnatural appearance. It's sad for the dogs.
Back when I fell in love with dobes their ears were taped erect with tongue depressors and adhesive tape and ear height was more reasonable. Four to six weeks of taping was common.
With the advent of posts and cones it's approaching the ridiculous and judges are going along with the fad rather than sticking to the standard. It's not uncommon for a show dog to wear posts and cones for the first year of its life. All to get that spiky unnatural appearance. It's sad for the dogs.
I'm a little late to this party, but I can't resist jumping in!
We had a male red Dobie. We brought him home at eight weeks.
His ears and tail were already cropped, but I had to clean his ears and re-post them about every four days or so. They were cut to the standard height.
Ranger was a very noble dog and had the regal appearance of one. I spent months training him to be obedient in all kinds of ways, which was easy.
Dobes are very intelligent, and when loved and treated with respect; they live to share experiences with you and please you.
I even taught him the difference of going #1 and going #2 when I let him out to do his business.
I need to post a photo of him.
Ranger's time with us ended some years ago; he was a fantastic friend and member of our family.
I'll post a photo if I can find one on a flash drive.
We had a male red Dobie. We brought him home at eight weeks.
His ears and tail were already cropped, but I had to clean his ears and re-post them about every four days or so. They were cut to the standard height.
Ranger was a very noble dog and had the regal appearance of one. I spent months training him to be obedient in all kinds of ways, which was easy.
Dobes are very intelligent, and when loved and treated with respect; they live to share experiences with you and please you.
I even taught him the difference of going #1 and going #2 when I let him out to do his business.
I need to post a photo of him.
Ranger's time with us ended some years ago; he was a fantastic friend and member of our family.
I'll post a photo if I can find one on a flash drive.
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My Dobe saw a vet a couple or three times during ear cropping them maybe a year later with a broken leg. She was healthy and didn't need a vet. Nowadays much to my dismay Dobes have cardiologists. It makes me think as to whether I would want a rescue/rehome Dobe.
Here is our beloved Ranger.
A favorite memory- when our sons were teen-agers, ranger would hear a car come up the driveway and go stand at the back door watching for who was coming in with his tail doing a slow wag in anticipation.
OK, two more.
He loved to go to his store that he could go in- petlover's Warehouse.
And he loved to go in the boat with us and stand in the bow as we motored along in a "No Wake Zone".
Heh heh, one time while out fishing we pulled up alongside two guys in a 14 ft. boat to give them our left over minnows... and in a heartbeat Ranger leapt into their boat with them! LOL LOL!
He was always nothing but friendly, and his red coat took away the "Devil Dog" effect.
Kids at the boat docks would come over to pet him.
A favorite memory- when our sons were teen-agers, ranger would hear a car come up the driveway and go stand at the back door watching for who was coming in with his tail doing a slow wag in anticipation.
OK, two more.
He loved to go to his store that he could go in- petlover's Warehouse.
And he loved to go in the boat with us and stand in the bow as we motored along in a "No Wake Zone".
Heh heh, one time while out fishing we pulled up alongside two guys in a 14 ft. boat to give them our left over minnows... and in a heartbeat Ranger leapt into their boat with them! LOL LOL!
He was always nothing but friendly, and his red coat took away the "Devil Dog" effect.
Kids at the boat docks would come over to pet him.
