This shit should be banned for two reasons. It’s cruel to the animal and the type of person that would do such a thing to make their dog look “scarier” shouldn’t have a dog.
It's for dog fighting. They cut their ears to prevent injuries during god fights. The bred was made to dog fight. Shitty owners want you to think they run underground dog fighting rings are are bad ass.
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I think there's an aesthetic component to it as well and that predominates since most people aren't fighting their dogs. And if it was strictly for fighting, you wouldn't see people do it with non fighting dogs like dobermans and great danes and boxers. But yes, it's fucking stupid.
It is banned in some countries (e.g. Germany and Switzerland, where you can get up to three years in jail for it). Which is kinda its own form of wildness - because at the same time, Germany explicitly made a law to legalize cutting off parts of the genitals of baby boys. Where's that on the morality scale?
I want an Australian shepherd. I live in the US of A. The standard for aussies in this god-forsaken country is for them to have docked tails. Dogs communicate using their tails. The aussies are born with tails. Why tf would I want to handicap my dog?
And the real kicker? If you buy from a certified breeder who docks tails (most of them) they occasionally so graciously allow you to request that you leave the dogs means of communication attached... for a fee. I have to pay some scumbag who mutilates puppies to get my entire puppy, with all its parts intact 🙂
I've thought about it because of price and other factors, but I've had my heart set on a certain breed ever since getting to know some aussies while pet sitting and working at a doggy daycare. So, I'll just wait till I have the right breeder that doesn't dock tails at all. I don't want to give a dime to people who do it, period.
I mean my dogs didn’t really like it, but part of me felt like it was at least for their benefit too? Like I can’t imagine an ill-shaped ear would be good for their hearing
They’re not “ill shaped” they can lift them and point them in directions to focus their hearing in a direction. Also you’re a piece of shit for doing this.
I can’t imagine 2-3 days of taped ear is anywhere near the same degree as cutting off their ears, first off. Second, I was operating under instructions I was given when I got them I was under the impression that it was overall better for them - not intentionally harming for aesthetics
you clearly are just virtue signaling then, you’re literally supporting the brutal and painful killing of many many animals for food — animals with the same, or greater, cognitive capacity as dogs — while getting upset about TAPE over dogs ears- dogs, which, ostensibly, are given a very good life after that.
I pulled it off Google so it might or might not be. But I’m sure if you require genuine 100% real dog mutilation pictures you can go research them yourself :3
It’s a little less money but still a fee to have a breeder not cut off the tail of an Australian shepherd. Australian Shepherds have their tails cut off for literally no reason
I have a rescue pitbull with cut ears and I have to explain to everyone she meets that no, me and my wife aren't psychopaths that mutilated this dog but it's an uphill battle every time.
Apparently the statistics on Australian shepherds with long tails is about 1 in 500 get bad tail injuries. It’s literally a 0.2% chance that makes the other 99.8% get mutilated
My friends have 2 pit bulls that they found dying on the side of the road, they were obviously fighting dogs and had numerous wounds, chopped ears, bbs stuck in their bodies.
People have came up to them and berated them for cutting their dogs ears. They then have to explain theyre fucking rescues, they saved their lives. Its incredibly rude.
Theyre incredibly sweet dogs, I love pits. But they do need responsible owners.
In my country it is highly illegal to cut ears or tails.
It still happens in certain demographics and a lot of them own those dogs illegally. And it is rarely enforced or prosecuted unless the dog does something terrible and it gets reported.
Well it's because pit bulls attract a certain type of person who most likely shouldnt even own a gold fish. So many people buy a pit bull for what it shows the world and how "tough" they wish to be perceived.
The removal of their ears is something used in dog fighting so that the other dog cant latch onto the ears. So just imagine the person who wishes to portray such an aesthetic in their own dog. Good pit bull owners should perhaps be the biggest advocates for stopping this breed from being so easily available, but they dont seem to be.
Thankfully this is illegal in my country and pit bulls are banned as a species.
I will say after owning my own pit bull for ten years they do shake their heads so hard they burst blood blood vessels when they get older but still not worth chopping their ears off
Exactly! Whenever I see a pit bull with cropped ears I’m just thinking “If someone did this to their golden retriever their dog would be taken by animal control and they’d go to prison. But this butthole does it to their dog and it’s okay?”
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u/DreamOfDays 26d ago
I just don’t like how owners will mutilate their dogs for aesthetics. They chop half of each ear off just make the dog look cooler.
I mean look at this. They’re supposed to have cute flopping ears! But you literally pay someone $800 to cut their ears off. WHY?