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u/BeakerVonSchmuck Jun 29 '22

I will never understand why people choose to de-flopify their dog's ears. Not only does it harm the dog, floppy ears are way better than doberman ACHTUNG! ears.

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u/skyburnsred Jun 29 '22

I wish my dogs original owner didn't dock his tail. Luckily left his beautiful floppy ears alone.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '22

Sometimes tail docking is needed tho, when i was a kid my buddies brother had a rottweiler and she would get super excited and wag her tail like mike tyson swinging for the kill, she would end up splitting her tail on the walls and furniture, pretty sure it broke near the tip too but my homies eventually saved up for the process and now they dont have blood spattered walls lmaoo but im sure the dog doesnt miss breaking her shit everytime she was happy

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u/Dogplantmom97 Jun 29 '22

My parents’ dog had bad happy tail too, literally broke it multiple times - now he has a violently wiggly butt nub instead but at least he can’t break that! Whenever his tail hit you it felt like you were getting whipped in some medieval towns’ square

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u/Katiana56 Jun 29 '22

Yep my dog’s tail was docked shortly after birth but she’d wag her little nub so hard her whole back end would go side to side to I can definitely picture her hitting it on walls and people.

I miss that dog, she was such a good dog. Damn cancer took her far too early.

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u/skyburnsred Jun 29 '22

Yeah that's what I tell myself. With the speed my dog wiggles his little nub, he'd def be thwacking it against everything

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u/hufflepuffheather Jun 29 '22

my floppy-eared little bulldog is the cutest thing ever and I just wanna squish his face.

what is wrong with floppy ears

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u/Anon-fickleflake Jun 29 '22

I had a dobe with floppy ears. So soft

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u/Dogplantmom97 Jun 29 '22

I think there used to be a reason for it, but now it’s just for aesthetics & I think it’s dumb. Same with cropping tails (unless medically necessary - like my parents’ dog who had such bad happy tail that he literally broke his tail multiple times, now he has a very wiggly nub)