I got Jetta at 6 weeks- so I had plenty of time to decide on crop vs. no crop. Â We decided on floppy because 1. Â my husband is dead set against it, he feels it is cruel to put them through that. Â and 2. Â I really like floppy...however...I really think with her funky ears she would have looked better cropped...heck they stand up 1/2 the time on their own, lol. Â Bo we got at 9 months, so the decision was already made for him, but...I am glad...I prefer floppy over cropped anyways...but...I do like how the male show dogs look with that nice tall show crop..just personally wouldn't have a dog with one. Â Welcome to the forum and it sounds like your baby found a wonderful, loving, and caring home.
Welcome to BF and good luck with your first puppy!
I prefer floppy personally, they give that puppy look and are expressive too. Â I would never get a puppies ears cropped b/c I don't want to put them through the pain just for a look, and they might not even stand right anyway. Â However i think it can look nice and wouldn't have a problem adopting a dog that already had cropped ears.
I have both cropped and uncropped; overall I still prefer cropped, but the greater issue for me is that the ear should suit the head. Â Many Boxers from long-cropped lines tend to have hound-ish ears if left floppy, which I personally find rather unattractive (and others have ears that are just begging to be cropped, and practically stand up even without the surgery!). Â I'm fortunate that my US-bred uncropped girl has smaller ears; and of course my UK girl is far better suited to uncropped ears, since that particular choice was taken away in the UK over 100 years ago. Â The description of the surgery can be a little gruesome, depending on the agenda of the person giving it - but I've always been more disturbed at the thought of removing most of the reproductive organs (and a large part of the endocrine system) than taking off a portion of an ear flap, myself.
I say stay with the flop! All though some of the males look very majestic with cropped ears, we learned the hard way that its not worth the chance of losing your beloved little guy! Â Our biggest fear was realized about a week ago when our 12 week old pup died after ear crop surgery Â
As with any surgery that puts any creature - dog, cat, human- there is always a risk that the individual will not wake up= Â I am soo sorry for your loss, I can't imagine how horrible that would be.
Welcome to the forum! Ear cropping can be a touchy subject with some and I believe the reason your family may have not seen natural ears is for the longest time that was a very accepted practice to crop. Now, more than ever you see a lot of natural ears, which is my personal choice, even tho both of mine are cropped...A good crop can accentuate their features, but a bad crop can do just the opposite....Now you can even show with natural ears, which I think is great
I say stay with the flop! All though some of the males look very majestic with cropped ears, we learned the hard way that its not worth the chance of losing your beloved little guy! Â Our biggest fear was realized about a week ago when our 12 week old pup died after ear crop surgery Â
I'm so sorry to hear that... was it due to the anesthesia?
Some one recently posted that they're puppy didn't survive going in and getting spayed...
It's so sad when we try to do what we think is best for our loved ones and sometimes it just doesn't always work out that way. Â
Basically yes,  the vet said it was the "strangest" thing the surgery was done they stopped the isoflurane gas, switched to pure oxygen, this is when most dogs start to wake up and come "out of it" but our little boy never did he actually stopped breathing.  The vet told me they tried everything to revive him but nothing worked.  I know there is always that chance but prior to surgery but they make it sound so minimal that "it could never happen to you" but you never know!!  I feel awful thinking if wouldn't have choose to crop his ears then he would still be with us.  The vet told us it more than likely it would have been the same result at 6mo when we were going to have him nuetered.  It could have been congenital or he was just one of the small % that doesn't do well with anestesia we will never know as I just could bring myself to having the necropsy done, it wouldn't change anything.  I did contact the breeder to let her know as she kept one of his sisters, maybe she will want to get more testing done  on her girl b/c of our experience.
Welcome!!
I am one of the cropped Boxer owners..I too spent many a day making this HUGE decision regarding my pup. But at 10 weeks, she looked like the Flying Nun, and the breeder told us, no amount of taping, or massaging would help this situation,due to the fact her ears are set so high up on her head. So we did the crop after picking about every breeder in Texas' brains on who was qualified to TOUCH my pup. Here is a picture of her post crop ( yes..she has to grow into those ears!! ), and one of the fly-away ears at about 10 weeks ( believe me they got higher each day! )... Please don't get me wrong..this was a personal desision..and I think ALL Boxers are beautifull ears up, or down...what a lovely breed we all deal with!
That's why my hubby REALLY wanted them cropped for Odin... I don't really like the flying nun look either. She'll grow into them... Odin did!! Great crop by the way!
*** Here's his pics!
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