For quite a long time now, most animals have had to undergo ear cropping. This is a tradition that has been there since the olden days and persists up to today. The only difference is that nowadays only dogs undergo it and there is use of anesthesia. It is basically an activity of removal of a part of the floppy part of ears for them to position straight.
A vet officer is the one who does this procedure. He or she has to make use of a sharp blade and anesthesia to limit the amount of pain this dog might feel. When done, they are tied up using clean dressings for them to cure. On a daily basis, these cloths are removed and new ones tied. The wounds are expected to have healed in four to eight days.
For better results, this surgery is done on puppies ranging from eight to twelve weeks old. This is because at such a tender age, these young ones tend to heal faster and it will be simple to monitor their progress in healing. Besides, they are easy to manage with the bandages and also making sure the ears are upright.
The healing process after cropping has to be taken seriously and done rightly. One has to ensure that the puppies remain still and do not attempt to scratch the cropped parts. If this is allowed, the given parts will attract infections. This makes the animal to be in pain and a lot of discomfort. This caution has to be observed no matter what.
Cases of ears taking long to stand have been reported in some instances. This happens when there are infections within the affected parts. If they are okay, then one has to exercise a lot of patience as with time, they will be up. The only emphasis is to ensure nothing tempers with that section and bandages are being changed daily to cover it up.
The activity is done for two main intentions. The first one is to enhance the sense of hearing especially in protective dogs. The floppy part is known to keep falling down the cheeks thus this hinders these animals from getting the sounds from a distance. Once the activity has been performed, they become upright and acquire the ability to hear every single sound whether from somewhere near or far.
Another reason is that the floppy part tends to cause accumulation of a lot of dirt. Once this dirt has accumulated to a large extend, there will be an attack by bacteria and other parasites thus; this part of the body will get infections. This is on the assumption that the floppy part will always be lying down thus preventing the accumulated dirt from getting out.
Even with these two motives, a number of animal advocates around the world have come out strongly to protest against ear cropping. They say that this action is not animal friendly due to the associated pain and disfiguring of ears. They also believe it is against the animal rights and the ways of nature.
A vet officer is the one who does this procedure. He or she has to make use of a sharp blade and anesthesia to limit the amount of pain this dog might feel. When done, they are tied up using clean dressings for them to cure. On a daily basis, these cloths are removed and new ones tied. The wounds are expected to have healed in four to eight days.
For better results, this surgery is done on puppies ranging from eight to twelve weeks old. This is because at such a tender age, these young ones tend to heal faster and it will be simple to monitor their progress in healing. Besides, they are easy to manage with the bandages and also making sure the ears are upright.
The healing process after cropping has to be taken seriously and done rightly. One has to ensure that the puppies remain still and do not attempt to scratch the cropped parts. If this is allowed, the given parts will attract infections. This makes the animal to be in pain and a lot of discomfort. This caution has to be observed no matter what.
Cases of ears taking long to stand have been reported in some instances. This happens when there are infections within the affected parts. If they are okay, then one has to exercise a lot of patience as with time, they will be up. The only emphasis is to ensure nothing tempers with that section and bandages are being changed daily to cover it up.
The activity is done for two main intentions. The first one is to enhance the sense of hearing especially in protective dogs. The floppy part is known to keep falling down the cheeks thus this hinders these animals from getting the sounds from a distance. Once the activity has been performed, they become upright and acquire the ability to hear every single sound whether from somewhere near or far.
Another reason is that the floppy part tends to cause accumulation of a lot of dirt. Once this dirt has accumulated to a large extend, there will be an attack by bacteria and other parasites thus; this part of the body will get infections. This is on the assumption that the floppy part will always be lying down thus preventing the accumulated dirt from getting out.
Even with these two motives, a number of animal advocates around the world have come out strongly to protest against ear cropping. They say that this action is not animal friendly due to the associated pain and disfiguring of ears. They also believe it is against the animal rights and the ways of nature.
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