Florida isn’t even on there?
Hunters creek veterinary in Orlando does it but doesn't like to do it and its not cheap, ranging from 500 to 750. There is a very small window to do it between 8 and 11 weeks I beleive and it is a dangerous surgery for vets who do not know what they are doing. Many Corsos have died on the table during ear crop surgery with vets that don't do it often, sometimes they never wake up.
I learned that some of the breeders were to cheap to do it and after finding all this out, I opted to choose a breeder that does them on every CC as it is very important for this breed to get it done. Saves the dog a ton of pain as it grows and keep them resilient.
I've never heard this before. Can you point me to some links of studies showing this? I try to keep up with health issues, so if I've missed something I'd like to know about it.
It's been my understanding that cropping is optional. Some people don't want a cropped dog, and in many countries it's illegal. I've had boxers my entire adult life, and they are often cropped as well. I've never found any evidence that cropping saves the dogs pain as they grow or keeps them resilient. Can you explain what you mean by that? I've had both cropped and natural eared dogs and have never noticed any increase in ear infections in my natural dogs. The biggest issue there seems to have come from allergies rather than cropping. I have also never heard that corsos (or any cropped breed) frequently die on the table frequently during a crop. I do know that most vets won't crop any later than 12 weeks. There's always a risk of death under anesthesia for any surgery, but I've never heard that it's greater for cropping.
I️ actually found a doctor in Orlando who crops ears after doing a little bit more research. Unfortunately the breeder we got him from only did the tail and not the ears.Hunters creek veterinary in Orlando does it but doesn't like to do it and its not cheap, ranging from 500 to 750. There is a very small window to do it between 8 and 11 weeks I beleive and it is a dangerous surgery for vets who do not know what they are doing. Many Corsos have died on the table during ear crop surgery with vets that don't do it often, sometimes they never wake up.
I learned that some of the breeders were to cheap to do it and after finding all this out, I opted to choose a breeder that does them on every CC as it is very important for this breed to get it done. Saves the dog a ton of pain as it grows and keep them resilient.
I'm curious if the vet is very expensive like my vet? Glad you found a vet that does it and glad all is going well for you.I️ actually found a doctor in Orlando who crops ears after doing a little bit more research. Unfortunately the breeder we got him from only did the tail and not the ears.
It’s $552 so I’ll be spending a little over $600 when everything is said and done.I'm curious if the vet is very expensive like my vet? Glad you found a vet that does it and glad all is going well for you.
I will explain what I found out during my search and lots of research. There were plenty of Cane Corso dogs available with no ear crops and much cheaper in Florida and surrounding states we searched. I contacted my vet and found out the cost and the issues involved with the cropping surgery itself which worried me. Then I figured out that the better more professional breeders all did there own cropping having deals with a specific vet to get it done.
We knew ears would be a problem before hand having owned the Bordeaux, he constantly ruptured vessels in the thick heavy ears simply by shaking his head and hitting a wall with an ear. We had constant yeast infections which is arguable whether its from the long ears or not, our vet taught us how to fix those at home after a while anyway so no biggie. Then further research brought us to several articles which involve the sensitivity in Mastiff ears. Mastiffs are 95% resilient and the 5% that is not resilient is the ears. They easily get hurt, ruptured or become overly sensitive, they are huge, heavy and loaded with blood vessels as surely you know. The cuts that develop are hard to heal as they reopen often. But the most important factor is if the family has children in the household, the child could touch a sensitive ear and create a bad situation for the dog and or the child.
While some say it looks good and it is breed standard or that it makes the dog look more aggressive is true. But the real reason it is breed standard is because the ears actually cause the dogs great pain due to the obscene sensitivity of the ears. This is also why the operation is so deadly, the dogs can easily bleed out during surgery, not to mention mastiffs are sensitive to normal dose anesthesia which has killed many as well.
Our Bordeaux when young had his face bitten all the way threw with blood everywhere. I rushed him to the vet and the vet smiled at me saying, don't worry these dogs are resilient to pain. The only time I heard my Bordeaux cry in his 9 years was ear related so I guess this issue is all Mastiff dogs.
I have never seen a Boxer up close and I am not sure if the Boxer has such heavy ears as the Mastiffs do but with Mastiffs, it is clear immediately how thick and big the ears are.
This is not one of the articles that I researched with but the article pretty much says the same thing as above http://www.canecorso.org/ear-cropping.html
There are tons of articles that say its personal choice or talk about ear infections ect. But when digging deep, you find the true reasons behind the ears that are very real.
I am curious to see the articles that talk about the overt sensitivity of mastiff ears, as out of the litters I have had, both with young children helping to handle and take care of the pups after their crops without an issue. I have not found their ears to be any more sensitive than my Rottie's ears or previous labs and never had issues with heal, actually having them heal faster than anticipated which was great when performing our puppy assembly line for bathing and after care.
Should we start another thread? I did read the one link posted and I suspected that was the one that would be referenced, but that seems to be more opinion based than factually based. In my opinion. I don't believe an English Mastiff's ears are any less thick or sensitive than a Corso's and they are never cropped. I'm also still a bit confused about the whole resiliency discussion. Not sure what you mean at all. I'm particularly interested in seeing some statistics on the danger of death during ear crop surgery.
I agree with you, after the crop. I am 100% for cropping as per my research.
The whole reason for cropping is to make them less sensitive. There are tons of people that say its cruel to crop CC ears. I say its better for the dog to endure the 1 surgery to remove a lifetime of sensitive ears. So if you read what I wrote you will see that I am pro cropping, my dog is cropped so I agree with you that after the cropping the dog is now less sensitive.