Ear Implants for Dogs?

ninassolo: Ear Implants for Dogs?
I want every ones opinion on this..so I don’t feel like a mean a**.

My sister has a Doberman Pinscher who is 9 months old. When she bought the dog it already had its ears cropped. Well after months and months of “racking” them she ended up with one perfect standing ear and one flopped ear.

Well her and I went at eachother for weeks about this dogs ear. I said leave it alone..what difference does it make..well to her it ment a lot..why?? who knows.

Anyway she took her today and had an “Ear Implant” put in the floppy ear. I said she was being stupid . this “implant” could cause more harm then good..I can’t see how it would help and what if the dogs body rejected it..she had to through in the fact that I got breast implants and that my body didn’t reject them.

So needless to say.. she kind of has one over on me there but I feel like that was “MY” decision..her dog didn’t say “hey, this floppy ears make me look silly..how about an implant”.

Anyway..I would love to know others thoughts on this and also if anyone has had this done to their dog what the out come was.

Thank You for reading!!

Answers and Views:

Answer by Keep My Soldier Safe♡
While I don’t agree with your sister’s decision because I’ve never been a fan or tail docking or ear cropping, I do agree with her that it is her dog, her property, her money, her choice.
She obviously doesn’t care what you think about it and it’s already done. No need to beat a dead horse.

Answer by julie d
First of all, I would have kept up the posting for several more months. If that didn’t work and it was a pet, I would have just left it alone. Now, if this is show dog, and someone finds out about this procedure, she won’t be showing for very long, because implants ARE against the rules. It is her dog and she can do what she wants.

Answer by Patient Paws
Idiot choice on her part.

Let it go.

Answer by something
I, on the other hand, am a fan of cropping and docking. However, if one ear flopped…let it flop.

The vet that cropped the dog has to be beyond talented to get a good shape for each individual dog. And to go back even before the crop, where the dog’s ears set are important too. If they naturally are too low on the head, too set back, or too high, you could have a problem with getting the ears to stand if the vet didn’t take this into consideration. So, there are many reasons the ear isn’t standing now. However, most of the time, it’s the posting process that will will be the deal breaker. It’s a long, involved process that takes a lot.

Fortunately, my Boxer’s ears stand perfectly. The vet gave her a great cut, the vet techs did good jobs taping the ears in the beginning and they did a great job teaching me how to properly post for the two months afterwards.

The implant idea is silly. What happened happened, there’s no going back or changing it. I don’t even know if a vet would approve or be willing to do something like an implant.

In the future, hopefully your sister will be there from beginning to end with the cropping process, so she can monitor and have fully control over what’s going on.

Answer by LB4animals
I assume anesthesia was needed for this stupid implant. Risking a dogs life by under taking an anesthesia procedure for such a ridicules reason is totally messed up. The fact that she got a dog to make her look good in the first place says it all. Flippin ridiculous! I personally like the floppy ears on Dobies. Cropped ear always look jagged and an ugly mess.

Answer by Aussies are my ♥ Dogs
Leave it alone. It obviously means a lot for her to have cropped ears that stand correctly. AND it follows breed standard. I would rather a dog have cropped ears, with one supported by an implant, than see it starving to death on a chain in the backyard.

There are more important things to worry about.

Answer by Nancy M
Nine months is still too soon to consider corrective interventions for an ear crop. She needs to continue propping it and should never allow it to fall or she breaks down any progress she has made. She needs to contact the breeder she obtained the pup from, assuming it was a knowledgeable, responsible breeder and not an ignorant byber or puppy mill, and discuss the ears with them. Normally even if an ear cannot stand erect after sufficient time for propping, they don’t do ‘implants’ – your sister really needs to get in touch with someone knowledgeable about the breed.