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Old 06 February 2007, 12:08 AM
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Just looking at the picture I'd say it's badly photoshoped but it's from an article in the Daily Mail which I thought was a pretty reputable newspaper.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...#StartComments


Anyone from the UK know if this is real or not?
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Old 06 February 2007, 12:13 AM
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Real.

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player...&News&27&&&exp

If that link doesn't work, try this one:

http://search2.foxnews.com/search?ie...g+without+ears

Apparently, they're going to do sugery on him so he can hear better.

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Old 06 February 2007, 12:57 AM
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I am so overjoyed that this is not a result of intentional ear cropping. That's the first thing that came to mind when I read the title of the thread.
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Old 06 February 2007, 02:10 AM
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Me too, Cervus. Or of being left outside in cold weather.

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Old 06 February 2007, 07:05 AM
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I have some pics of ear-less sheep in an old encyclopedia of natural history. He look a bit like one of those.
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What do you call a dog with no ears?

Anything you like, he won't come
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Old 06 February 2007, 08:58 AM
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My dog has no ears.

How does he smell?

no...wait..
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Old 06 February 2007, 10:03 AM
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I am so overjoyed that this is not a result of intentional ear cropping. That's the first thing that came to mind when I read the title of the thread.
It is illegal to crop a dog's ears in the UK.
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Old 06 February 2007, 10:57 AM
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It is illegal to crop a dog's ears in the UK.
I wrote a letter of complaint to the Guardian because their wallposters of dogs (free posters with weekday editions) showed cropped ear dogs and showed the American Kennel club conformation rather than the UK Kennel Club conformation. I was mighty irritated that the Guardian - a british newspaper - produced wallposters showing dogs that had illegal surgery. I have asked them for replacement posters showing dogs tht meet the UK standard and which don't have illegally cropped ears!!
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My dog has no ears.

How does he smell?

no...wait..
Darn you! Darn you to Heck! As soon as I saw the thread title I started scrolling down as fast as I could just to make that joke.

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Old 07 February 2007, 05:29 PM
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It is illegal to crop a dog's ears in the UK.
And they're banning tail-docking in Scotland soon.
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Just looking at the picture I'd say it's badly photoshoped but it's from an article in the Daily Mail which I thought was a pretty reputable newspaper.

Hehe, you put "Daily Mail" and "Reputable newspaper" in the same sentance. That's funny.
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Me too, Cervus. Or of being left outside in cold weather.

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I saw a horse once who'd lost his ears to frostbite. He was a rescue, but they got to him to late to save the ears. They named him Frosty.
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