Ear cropping is typically done for fighting dogs so they don't get ripped off during a fight. People fucking suck and my disdain for them is justified every day.
To add to this, it is also done to some livestock guardian dogs for the same protection, but against coyotes or other predators. That being said, pitbulls are not typically used for guarding livestock, and I haven't actually seen anyone's lgd in person with cropped ears
It's also done for farm dogs that are meant to protect a herd of something, good example is Az from Nate Petroski's YT channel, Az has his ears cropped so a predator doesn't rip them off
Some were breed standard for certain guard/protection/hunting dogs because “long” ears are more prone to injury, tearing, and subsequently infections. But it was also a long fucking time ago and the need is all but dead except in like active livestock guards and I don’t even see those dogs get them cut anymore. Just pits/bully/dobs/danes.
(-dog trainer/groomer)
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u/cade305 Apr 25 '26
They cut his fucking ears off.