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Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:15 am

Oh she's just a little sweetie!

ahem..........................

Cool dog sis.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:45 pm

Here's Delta in her first snow. She loves the snow! Her ears aren't done with posting just yet, but they are almost done. They do look great though; the vet did an excellent Show Cut on them.

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:46 pm

Oh she's such a sweetie.

I mean cool.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:08 pm

Here are two new photos of my baby.

Watching the world outside:

*sitting in Dusti's chair by the window* Yes, Mommy?

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:29 pm

This is my favorite pic.

Sitting in the, "Yeah sure, come on in, I'ma gonna have to eat yer butt though" pose.

Verrah kewel.

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:30 pm

i think the ears up make the dog look very silly, like it will fly away with them, nice dog though.

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:32 pm

The coolest thing about the ears is the fact the DOBE is "throwin up the horns"...................all day long.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:04 pm

Sir Myghin wrote:i think the ears up make the dog look very silly, like it will fly away with them, nice dog though.

I think they're cuter with floppy ears too. But it's Dawn's dog, not mine.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:45 pm

As for the ears, I think they are cute with the ears down, too, but with the ears up I think they look tough, and a bit like Spock.

hehe

An adult dobe with floppy ears just looks silly to me. I guess because I was raised around show dogs and they all had their ears up. I love the way they express themselves with their cropped ears. They stand them up straight, they hold them out flat, they put them down, all sorts of fun poses.

Kares4Rush · Post by **Kares4Rush** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:17 am

Gorgeous puppy!!!

She looks so noble.

I have to admit, though that I prefer the ears down too. To me cropping them is like forcing a trait on the breed that it doesn't posses naturally. But I don't raise those show dogs either and so therefore can not speak knowledgebly about it and I can understand why they're cropped.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:38 pm

Why they are cropped: well, it started out that Herr Dobermann cropped the ears of the dogs who were the start of the breed. Many people crop now because he did.

Some people crop to stave off ear infections saying that the way the ear hangs isn't natural and the risk of infection is higher if you do not crop. There are vets who will tell you that there is no significant chance of ear infections and there are vets who will tell you there is.

When I was a kid my mom worked with a vet who is known for his work with Dobes and he said he saw infections in Dobes who did not get their ears cropped, and I've always kept that in the back of my mind.

Even if there isn't a much greater chance, I figure there is some sense to the possibility of a greater chance and, well, I did have my sons circumsized because of the chance that they might get an infection on their schmekel if we left the foreskin, even though I have only known one guy who got an infection.

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:14 pm

Hey, easy on the Schmekel.

How can you equate ear cropping and chicken clipping together like that.....................O U C H !!!!!!

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:51 pm

Because both are debated highly. Some people say they are needed or will at least reduce the chance of infection, others say it is not needed, won't help keep infection away, and, some even say that both are mutilation.

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:18 pm

It's just a guy thing. No damage in the junk drawer is good news.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:27 pm

Schmekel?