Croping Persuasive Essay
Week 8 Persuasive Essay Final Draft
Tonya Ingram
EN101
03/03/2015
Greg Gildersleeve
Week 8 Persuasive Essay Final Draft
To crop or not to crop, that is the question. Is it nobler to let your Dane’s ears hang natural or stand up at attention? What exactly is ear cropping you may be wondering. Cropping of ears is the cutting and reshaping of a dog’s ears to get them to stand up as opposed to the natural hanging look. Great Dane’s are not the only breed that cropping is popular with. Cropping is popular with other breeds such as the Pinscher, Pit-bull, Mastiffs, and Schnauzers.
In the world of Great Danes this is a hot topic for a heated discussion. If you ask any Dane owner their opinion on the subject, they will surely have a decided viewpoint. They will more often than not be ready, willing, and able to give the facts and reasons to support it. Being a Dane owner myself, I also have an opinion on the subject. I think I may be one of the few who are somewhat torn, I love the look of the cropped ears, but hate the …show more content…
Great Danes in the media generally have cropped ears. Marmaduke and the very famous Scooby Doo both have cropped ears. The Great Dane that was chosen to represent the Dane group in the WKC dog show (The Westminster Kennel Club, 2015), has its ears cropped. Is that to say that Danes with cropped ears are preferred? Looks aside, are there any medical reasons or benefits to getting your dog’s ears cropped? This depends on who you ask. If you are for cropping ears most believe that having the ears cropped keeps the amount of ear infections down because bacteria grow and thrive in wet, dark places. If the ears are not covering the ear canal it receives more air and stay dry and thus avoid bacteria growth that may cause ear infections. It also widely believed that cropping of the ears may actually help the dog have better more acute hearing since the excess ear is not covering the opening of the
Tonya Ingram
EN101
03/03/2015
Greg Gildersleeve
Week 8 Persuasive Essay Final Draft
To crop or not to crop, that is the question. Is it nobler to let your Dane’s ears hang natural or stand up at attention? What exactly is ear cropping you may be wondering. Cropping of ears is the cutting and reshaping of a dog’s ears to get them to stand up as opposed to the natural hanging look. Great Dane’s are not the only breed that cropping is popular with. Cropping is popular with other breeds such as the Pinscher, Pit-bull, Mastiffs, and Schnauzers.
In the world of Great Danes this is a hot topic for a heated discussion. If you ask any Dane owner their opinion on the subject, they will surely have a decided viewpoint. They will more often than not be ready, willing, and able to give the facts and reasons to support it. Being a Dane owner myself, I also have an opinion on the subject. I think I may be one of the few who are somewhat torn, I love the look of the cropped ears, but hate the …show more content…
Great Danes in the media generally have cropped ears. Marmaduke and the very famous Scooby Doo both have cropped ears. The Great Dane that was chosen to represent the Dane group in the WKC dog show (The Westminster Kennel Club, 2015), has its ears cropped. Is that to say that Danes with cropped ears are preferred? Looks aside, are there any medical reasons or benefits to getting your dog’s ears cropped? This depends on who you ask. If you are for cropping ears most believe that having the ears cropped keeps the amount of ear infections down because bacteria grow and thrive in wet, dark places. If the ears are not covering the ear canal it receives more air and stay dry and thus avoid bacteria growth that may cause ear infections. It also widely believed that cropping of the ears may actually help the dog have better more acute hearing since the excess ear is not covering the opening of the