Your veterinarian will advise you on the best time to crop your puppies ears but generally puppies are taken for cropping between 8 and 12 weeks of age.
This operation needs to be performed under general anaesthetic by a veterinarian. It cannot be performed by a novice. The vet will clip around the base to the tip and stitch and bandage the ears into...
It is actually illegal in Europe to crop their ears. But it is done because it helped to prevent the ears from being torn when the dogs were working as guards, etc. Now, they must be cropped a...
No, the best time for cropping is usually between 8 - 12 weeks of age. Older than that is not recommended. It can cause scarring, crooked ears & infection.
Ear cropping should not be performed after nine weeks of age because the ear cartilage is already set to lay flat and the blood vessels are too large. Performing the procedure at an older age can be...