Or is the hearing just impaired? It's so sad to see dogs with ears cut or with tails docked. :(
2006-07-24 15:13:09 · 17 answers · asked by starr 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
The short ear crop used on pit bulls impairs their hearing, as there is no way for them to tell the direction of the sound, and the breeze will mess up the sound.
However, it is thought that the Doberman longer crop increases their sense of hearing, as there is no flap to filter or muffle the sound, and the ears are still long enough to guard against breeze or airflow.
2006-07-24 15:24:00 · answer #1 · answered by Chetco 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I dont think the hearing ability is impaired but I do know that the ability to funnel the sound into the ear is impaired and in fact dogs with cropped ears have trouble determining from which direction a sound comes from. I think it is wrong and sad too, because dogs should be accepted the way they are born not mutilated to suit a fashion or fad....Dogs are not accesories, they are living creatures, sadly though society accepts many forms of ritualized mutilation such as tail docking, declawing cats, circumcision in humans, etc etc.
2006-07-24 22:21:48 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about the ears being cropped, of course they are still able to hear. The ear leather is cut. Nothing is done to the inside of the dog's ear.
2006-07-24 22:17:48 · answer #3 · answered by Cornsilk P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it will be able to hear.
Same as if you had your ears cut off.
If it has it's tail docked, it can still get some tail.
2006-07-24 22:21:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it will because you dont remove whats inside the ear, but it wont be able to "focuse" in on what it hears.
2006-07-24 22:35:26 · answer #5 · answered by lala 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dog's hearing is not affected by having its ears cropped (they aren't totally removed).
2006-07-24 23:15:56 · answer #6 · answered by Giz2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean ears cropped yes even if the whole ear flap is gone it still has it's ear canal just like if you were to loose your ear
2006-07-24 22:20:40 · answer #7 · answered by MICHAEL F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, unless you cut out its whole ear canal, ear drum, etc. then it wont be able to hear, but i hear that tail docking is going to be banned, i really hope it does.
2006-07-24 22:45:03 · answer #8 · answered by darth_atlanta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh come ON!!! Are you REALLY that silly??? The leather has **NOTHING*** to do w/HEARING!!! Docking & cropping are NO BIG DEAL & certainly NONE of YOUR BUSINESS!
Do you fall for EVERY AR/peta nut LIE??? Well,w/luck,you'll grow up & use your OWN brain. 'Til then...hush when you DON'T know what you're talking about,OK?
2006-07-25 08:15:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my lab mix just had 11 puppies three weeks ago and one them lost an ear flap during birth(mom chewed it off when eating the birth sack). it doesn't appear to be a problem, the pup seems to be able to hear just fine.
2006-07-24 22:20:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋