Comments on: How long will Great Dane puppy be in pain for after ear cropping? http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:49:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: lotsadogs http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/comment-page-1/#comment-6371 lotsadogs Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:23:31 +0000 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/#comment-6371 OMG, get a grip people. How old is the pup now? Sooner is much better than later to do the crop. The cartiledge is already starting to form, and the longer you let it go, the harder it will be to change the shape of the ear (longer posting time will be needed). My dane was done at 7 weeks, he came home with no pain meds at all. The only time he ever complained was when his uncropped sister jumped on his head during play. (I reccommend the medium legnth cut, the short can look like a pitt bull, and the long show cut is very difficult to post right). We let his ears heal with just neosporin +, floppy with no bandages for 10 days. (If you try to post while they're healing, it's very painful at bandage/ tape changing time). Then we started posting. We used pieces of pipe foam insulation as the form, and wrapped it up with cloth sports tape. Sometimes his ears would get gunky after a few days up, and I'd put some corn starch on before re-posting. has a great section on how to post the ears if you've never done it before. It's harder than it looks. By 15 weeks, his ears were done posting, and they look spectacular today. His brothers ears weren't quite as well taken care of by his owner, and so had to be posted much longer to make up the difference. But they eventually looked great as well. Try to get it done sooner than 12 weeks if you can. Good luck!<a href="http://www.prohomeschool.com/homeschool-preschool.htm"> lotsadogs</a> OMG, get a grip people.

How old is the pup now? Sooner is much better than later to do the crop. The cartiledge is already starting to form, and the longer you let it go, the harder it will be to change the shape of the ear (longer posting time will be needed).

My dane was done at 7 weeks, he came home with no pain meds at all. The only time he ever complained was when his uncropped sister jumped on his head during play. (I reccommend the medium legnth cut, the short can look like a pitt bull, and the long show cut is very difficult to post right).

We let his ears heal with just neosporin +, floppy with no bandages for 10 days. (If you try to post while they’re healing, it’s very painful at bandage/ tape changing time). Then we started posting. We used pieces of pipe foam insulation as the form, and wrapped it up with cloth sports tape. Sometimes his ears would get gunky after a few days up, and I’d put some corn starch on before re-posting.
has a great section on how to post the ears if you’ve never done it before. It’s harder than it looks.

By 15 weeks, his ears were done posting, and they look spectacular today. His brothers ears weren’t quite as well taken care of by his owner, and so had to be posted much longer to make up the difference. But they eventually looked great as well.

Try to get it done sooner than 12 weeks if you can.
Good luck! lotsadogs

]]> By: tigerfire2002 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/comment-page-1/#comment-6370 tigerfire2002 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:38:05 +0000 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/#comment-6370 why do you want to put him through the pain of cropping them in the first place. Just for looks? How would you feel if someone chopped off part of your ear so you would look different??<a href="http://www.batterybackupguide.com/backup-battery-d500.htm"> tigerfire2002</a> why do you want to put him through the pain of cropping them in the first place. Just for looks? How would you feel if someone chopped off part of your ear so you would look different?? tigerfire2002

]]> By: Pam http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/comment-page-1/#comment-6369 Pam Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:42:48 +0000 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/#comment-6369 My vet always perscribes pain meds after a crop. Usually enough for 2-3 days. Generally a pup is up and running around shortly after they come out of the anesthesia, and move on with their life. They don't sit and whine they have an ouchie!!! But I do use the pain meds at night. (Mine are Dobes) Whether the ears are bandaged or not depends on your vet. Some vets do, some don't.<a href="http://www.resumeminers.com/Job-Search-Sites.htm"> Pam</a> My vet always perscribes pain meds after a crop. Usually enough for 2-3 days. Generally a pup is up and running around shortly after they come out of the anesthesia, and move on with their life. They don’t sit and whine they have an ouchie!!! But I do use the pain meds at night. (Mine are Dobes)

Whether the ears are bandaged or not depends on your vet. Some vets do, some don’t. Pam

]]> By: Kat E http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/comment-page-1/#comment-6368 Kat E Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:35:43 +0000 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/#comment-6368 if you haven't already done it... DON'T! it can be very painful even though some people say that with their pet it wasn't. It is getting harder and harder to find a vet who will do it for a reason. It is a bad idea. If anything goes wrong you are stuck with a disfigured pet perminantly. They are so cute with their ears and there is no medical reason to do it. It is a purely cosmetic surgery. if you are going to do it no matter what any of us say then you pet will absolutely need pain medication. even if it seems like he will be ok, it is not a pain free procedure and you need to have access to medication if he is in extremely horid pain (heaven forbid). please please please do the right thing and cancel your appointment. it doesn't always turn out the way you wanted and the down side of that can look a lot worse than how you feel having ears looks now. DONT DO IT!<a href="http://www.resumeminers.com/online-degree/education-programs.htm"> Kat E</a> if you haven’t already done it… DON’T!
it can be very painful even though some people say that with their pet it wasn’t. It is getting harder and harder to find a vet who will do it for a reason. It is a bad idea. If anything goes wrong you are stuck with a disfigured pet perminantly. They are so cute with their ears and there is no medical reason to do it. It is a purely cosmetic surgery.
if you are going to do it no matter what any of us say then you pet will absolutely need pain medication. even if it seems like he will be ok, it is not a pain free procedure and you need to have access to medication if he is in extremely horid pain (heaven forbid). please please please do the right thing and cancel your appointment. it doesn’t always turn out the way you wanted and the down side of that can look a lot worse than how you feel having ears looks now.
DONT DO IT! Kat E

]]> By: CALIGURL1414 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/comment-page-1/#comment-6367 CALIGURL1414 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:20:33 +0000 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/#comment-6367 UGH!!!! PEOPLE NEED TO SHUT UP!!!!!! Its not there dogs so they dont need to worry about it.... people did this to me to when i asked a simular queiston and it makes me want to scream.........It people want to crop there dogs years they should be aloud to.....plus vets dont want to hurt ur animal so y would the do it<a href="http://www.myadoptedbaby.com/adoption/adoption.htm"> CALIGURL1414</a> UGH!!!! PEOPLE NEED TO SHUT UP!!!!!! Its not there dogs so they dont need to worry about it…. people did this to me to when i asked a simular queiston and it makes me want to scream………It people want to crop there dogs years they should be aloud to…..plus vets dont want to hurt ur animal so y would the do it CALIGURL1414

]]> By: lilcslilhottie http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/comment-page-1/#comment-6366 lilcslilhottie Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:26:37 +0000 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/#comment-6366 sorry to say this but he or she is to old you should have done it at 7-10 weeks honestly... i don't think any vet will do it cause of her or his age. The average price for a Great Dane ear cropping is about $250-$350 dollars if performed by a Veterinarian. Cost will vary per your geographic location. We've learned of the procedure costing as little as $75-dollars when performed by a breeder! Be careful, don't make such a critical decision based on a few hundred bucks. Ears are typically cropped between 7 and 10 weeks of age, if your Great Dane is older than 12 weeks, it's almost too late. Finding a Vet to perform the crop at this age will be very difficult! General anesthesia is used to sedate the pup allowing the surgeon to remove over 1/2 of the dog's ear. The ears are either taped-up with medical dressing, or held in place with foam and glue after the surgery. In about 8 to 10-days, the stitches are removed. The Vet will now tape your dog's ears rigidly, in an upright position. You will now be responsible to clean, tape, and re-tape your Dane's ears for about 6 months on average. If you can't commit to caring for your Dane's ears, we recommend to leave them natural. Improper care and taping could ruin a magnificent Dane leaving it with floppy, bent, twisted and disfigured ears.<a href="http://www.englishoverseas.com/teach-english/teach-conversational-english.htm"> lilcslilhottie</a> sorry to say this but he or she is to old you should have done it at 7-10 weeks honestly… i don’t think any vet will do it cause of her or his age.

The average price for a Great Dane ear cropping is about $250-$350 dollars if performed by a Veterinarian. Cost will vary per your geographic location. We’ve learned of the procedure costing as little as $75-dollars when performed by a breeder! Be careful, don’t make such a critical decision based on a few hundred bucks.

Ears are typically cropped between 7 and 10 weeks of age, if your Great Dane is older than 12 weeks, it’s almost too late. Finding a Vet to perform the crop at this age will be very difficult!
General anesthesia is used to sedate the pup allowing the surgeon to remove over 1/2 of the dog’s ear. The ears are either taped-up with medical dressing, or held in place with foam and glue after the surgery. In about 8 to 10-days, the stitches are removed. The Vet will now tape your dog’s ears rigidly, in an upright position.

You will now be responsible to clean, tape, and re-tape your Dane’s ears for about 6 months on average. If you can’t commit to caring for your Dane’s ears, we recommend to leave them natural. Improper care and taping could ruin a magnificent Dane leaving it with floppy, bent, twisted and disfigured ears. lilcslilhottie

]]> By: James U http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/comment-page-1/#comment-6365 James U Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:24:49 +0000 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/#comment-6365 My vet told me my dog didn't need medications. It never seemed to bother her but she was 8 weeks old. This site is very informative: it's for dobermans but can apply to any other breeds. *edit when I sold my dobermans, people bought the cropped doberman first even though it was more expensive. People just are used to seeing a doberman with cropped ears. But i though both were just as beautiful.<a href="http://www.medicalsupplyservices.com/medical-equipment-company.htm"> James U</a> My vet told me my dog didn’t need medications. It never seemed to bother her but she was 8 weeks old. This site is very informative:

it’s for dobermans but can apply to any other breeds.

*edit
when I sold my dobermans, people bought the cropped doberman first even though it was more expensive. People just are used to seeing a doberman with cropped ears. But i though both were just as beautiful. James U

]]> By: durdenslabs http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/comment-page-1/#comment-6364 durdenslabs Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:09:26 +0000 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/#comment-6364 Why do you want to crop the pups ears anyways? Show dogs don't have to be cropped anymore so you must be doing it for your own perverted pleasure. Pup will be cropped, stiched and splinted. Usually there are no pain meds - the pup just has to deal with it. Plus there is a good chance the ears won't stay up anyhow. You could be putting your dog through unnecessary mutilation for nothing.<a href="http://www.resumeminers.com/management/strategic-planning.htm"> durdenslabs</a> Why do you want to crop the pups ears anyways? Show dogs don’t have to be cropped anymore so you must be doing it for your own perverted pleasure.

Pup will be cropped, stiched and splinted. Usually there are no pain meds - the pup just has to deal with it.
Plus there is a good chance the ears won’t stay up anyhow. You could be putting your dog through unnecessary mutilation for nothing. durdenslabs

]]> By: tigerreb1340 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/comment-page-1/#comment-6363 tigerreb1340 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:21:08 +0000 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/#comment-6363 I've never had it done to any of my dogs but I would support it. A vet wont do it if they thought it to be cruel.<a href="http://www.teambuildingdirectory.com/free-team-building-game.htm"> tigerreb1340</a> I’ve never had it done to any of my dogs but I would support it. A vet wont do it if they thought it to be cruel. tigerreb1340

]]> By: what the french, toast? http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/comment-page-1/#comment-6362 what the french, toast? Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:50:49 +0000 http://www.doggydisease.com/blog/how-long-will-great-dane-puppy-be-in-pain-for-after-ear-cropping/#comment-6362 "ear cropping" is cruel, painful, inhumane, and UNNECESSARY! Many citys & towns outlaw it as should ALL states. What is to gain by cutting their ears? Absolutely nothing. How would you like to have your ears cut and wrapped up with splints? How do you think that would feel?<a href="http://www.currencyexchangemarket.com/e-currency-exchange.htm"> what the french, toast?</a> “ear cropping” is cruel, painful, inhumane, and UNNECESSARY! Many citys & towns outlaw it as should ALL states.

What is to gain by cutting their ears? Absolutely nothing. How would you like to have your ears cut and wrapped up with splints? How do you think that would feel? what the french, toast?

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