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07-14-2008, 04:10 AM
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| | Alpha | Dobe's NATURAL ears=radiators?
I just came across this random comment somewhere on the web: any truth to this?
"She needed, and got lots of exercise, running up to thirty or forty miles a day. For that reason, I would never crop their ears, as that is their main radiator and a Doberman with cropped ears has only a fraction of the stamina of their true potential."
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07-14-2008, 05:09 AM
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| | Alpha
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| wow i have no idea! i'll be interested to see what other people know about this! | |
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07-14-2008, 09:16 AM
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 | I dont know but that seems unlikely to have any large effect. A dog cools itself by breathing, panting.... I can see the dissipation of heat occurring in the ear with the amount of blood vessels but as a central radiator, the tongue serves that function. Hey but Im no expert.
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07-14-2008, 09:29 AM
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| | Alpha | 1st for me...Faber's ears were cropped and he'd run his #ss off. | |
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07-14-2008, 09:34 AM
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| Dogs also sweat through their paws dont they? | |
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07-14-2008, 09:35 AM
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| | Alpha | Quote:
Originally Posted by clipclop  Dogs also sweat through their paws dont they? | Yup.
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07-14-2008, 11:13 AM
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 | Desert foxes use their ears to cool themselves. I doubt a domesticated dog does, especially if the ears are not erect. Lightly put that person is wrong... If anything natural ears will insulate a dobe's head | 
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07-14-2008, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by tranquility I just came across this random comment somewhere on the web: any truth to this?
"She needed, and got lots of exercise, running up to thirty or forty miles a day. For that reason, I would never crop their ears, as that is their main radiator and a Doberman with cropped ears has only a fraction of the stamina of their true potential." | True or not about the ears, if she is running THIRTY or FORTY miles a day she needs all the help she can get! That's a lot of running! | |
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07-14-2008, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by arwclubhouse True or not about the ears, if she is running THIRTY or FORTY miles a day she needs all the help she can get! That's a lot of running! | Phew - definately!! What does this person do, hold the leash from the car and let her trot along while he's driving?!? lol | |
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07-14-2008, 11:30 AM
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| | Alpha | I think they've got dobermans confused with elephants. 
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