Cutting a dog's ears??

Unfortunately, the Doug is allergic to cat hairs and dont like dogs either.

But I'm sure I could get around that...hehehehe

Brit you are a genius ;-)

I'd much rather live with animals that some people;-p

LOL, that's not a home Xena, that's a petting zoo!

6 dogs and NOW.... 6 cats.....

plus a housemate;-p

To me a house isn't a home without a pet.

Will surely do soon,Insha Allah.

Now all I need to do is market it to those in question =D

where you can pay a set amount monthly to sponsor a kennel and the dog in that kennel. If you mail [email protected], you will get the info you require.

Do come down yourself. Would love to meet you and the family. I will also make sure you learn from grass roots up how loving dogs and cats can be:-)

Well then that sounds like some excellent daddy/daughter time and perhaps some great mommy gets a mani/pedi time for you ;)

As would her dad. He has always been a real animal lover having grown up with lots of pets specially dogs. In fact back in SL his mom and all his relatives have dogs.

My family was different though, we never had pets and were petrified of dogs as kids since most of the encounters we had were with the ferocious watch dogs or the often rabid street dogs who would bark loud moment we even approach em! It really took me awhile to adjust to having a dog around whenever I visited my hubby's folks! My daughter though finds them so adorable, and already plans on demanding that her future husband lives with her on a farm rofl

Walking the dogs at QAWS is a lot of fun. I'm sure your daughter would love it Fathmah!

Again sounds great. Will contact QAWS and ask them for the procedures.

Why not adopt a Saluki and pay for its upkeep at QAWS :o)

Will have my hubby join the FB page and KIT. Specially with the holidays here,I'm sure she'd love to come by. She loves both the cats and dogs and has been longing to see them in person.

Bless you little one:-) Why don't you bring her down to volunteer by walking the dogs. Its a good way of helping out AND ending her constant begging for a pet if she gets to spend time with them every week;-)

We have a number of our dogs that have come in with cropped ears.

Crop (Male Saluki)

Solo (Female Saluki)

Tabreez (Female mix breed)

We've had many in the past too.

Fathi..... you have no idea how accurate your assessment is.... Animal abusers are SocioPaths.....

My daughter adores going through the CAWS FB page, wishing she could have a pet too(impossible in our tiny apartment), and she often talks about the poor doggy without the ear.

Honestly I can't imagine the psyche of the people who would do such things but we do live in a world where a man can be run over for some soft drinks so such cruelties should not come as a surprise either.

Often people who are barbaric towards animals turn out to be real demons in their other dealings as well. If you were to examine the early lives of many serial killers and rapists, they often started out as animal abusers.

Its not an easy job and we don't have the finacial support we need, BUT working with these very greatful animals, makes all the hard work very worth while:-)

Thanks for that Xena - the guys and girls at QAWS are doing a great job.

The three reasons we get when asking about this practice is:

1) It makes the dogs more aerodynamic when racing

2) So the dogs ears don't get caught in bushes while hunting.

You will find that the breeds with cropped ears are Salukis and Pitbulls, who's ear are cropped because:

3) During a dogfight they ears cannot be used as a latching tool to bring the fighting dogs down.

It is a barbaric practice and is usually done with very little anesthetic, if any at all, with a pair of scissors or scalpal, if the dog is lucky enough to have been taken to the vet for the procedure.