The nip, snip, clip, crop, slice, tack, glue, tape or tuck...of dogears, of course
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Dr. Patty KhulyPosted
Thu 25 Mar 2010 9:55am
when animal welfare issues began to take firmer hold in our cultural conscience.
But the holdouts are firm. They say there are plenty of good reasons to crop a dog’s ears.... As if it’s not bad enough that we humans feel compelled to crop our dogs’ ears (and justify the act based on its historical significance), the idea that an implant might be necessary to turn
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Nip, Snip, Clip, Crop, Slice, Tack, Glue, Tape, or Tuck? ... DogEars, of Course
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Dr. Patty KhulyPosted
Thu 25 Mar 2010 9:55am1 Comment
’s ears. Sure, it’s all about a big nod to the breed’s original purpose. But in a world where croppeddogs rarely work, and where form is no longer legitimately derived from.... As if it’s not bad enough that we humans feel compelled to crop our dogs’ ears (and justify the act based on its historical significance). The idea that an implant might be necessary to turn
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Cropping the crop and docking the dock: Banfield shuts down its earcrop and tail dock ops
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Dr. Patty KhulyPosted
Tue 04 Aug 2009 5:48pm
When the largest veterinary practice in the world refuses to crop your dog’s ears and dock your pups’ tails, you know the times they are a changin.’
Can there be any... property––within the bounds of cultural and veterinary practice norms, of course––means that earcrops, tail docks, salivary duct transposition, testicular implants, debarking
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Pierced cats, croppeddogs and human rites: Why?
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Dr. Patty KhulyPosted
Mon 29 Dec 2008 5:53pm
and babies' ears. Many societies (including ours) engage in neonatal circumcision. And in the US, cropping and docking dogs' ears and tails is still widely accepted.
Though most... more benign human traditions. Nonetheless, I consider it a worthy exercise in rethinking why humans engage in some of these behaviors.
From canineearcrops to foreskin excision
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Anatomy of the Ear…
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Vanessa R.Posted
Mon 23 Feb 2009 10:13pm
… embroidered!
Beautiful and quite detailed work by craftster user ‘ weird_lover_wilde ‘. It was a gift for her doctor. All I can say is that she did an excellent work, and it’s also anatomically correct!
“I love my doctor. He is the kindest man in the world, and he’s been looking after my family for over 20 years. I wanted to m ...
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Succession Cropping
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Steve ..Posted
Sat 15 May 2010 10:00am
Succession cropping will help you get the most out of your vegetable garden.
Here are two succession cropping strategies:
• Plant a portion of a specific crop a little bit at a time; for example, plant a row of beans today and a second row three weeks from now. This will allow for a staggered or succession of harvests.
• Plant a cropRead on »
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