Edens Ear Cropping Progress

[Edens_Daddy]

My Dobie Eden had her ears cropped on 6/8/15 at 9:00am By Dr. Jezbera at Riverside Animal Hospital.
We went with a Medium crop.

Here's a Pic Right before she Checked in....

Here she is Post-Op at noon

Pic of her ear(warning its a close up)

 

[Edens_Daddy]

6/9/15- almost 24 hours post op

 

[Gretchen_Red]

I give you all, who do your own ear crops, so many props. I'm an accountant through and through and have a hard time dealing with blood and seeing something in pain. Thank good ness my breeder did that part for me. They seem to look pretty good though.

 

[Edens_Daddy]

I give you all, who do your own ear crops, so many props. I'm an accountant through and through and have a hard time dealing with blood and seeing something in pain. Thank good ness my breeder did that part for me. They seem to look pretty good though.

She seems okay tries to play with other dogs and us but we are trying to keep her as calm as possible.
She only really seems annoyed by the hat and that she can't lay on her side

 

[Gretchen_Red]

She seems okay tries to play with other dogs and us but we are trying to keep her as calm as possible.
She only really seems annoyed by the hat and that she can't lay on her side

Oh no that sounds bad to me! What you're saying is that you have a normal puppy? I think I'd be bothered by it too lol. The hardest part is the playing, it seems like other dogs see that as a target lol.

 

[DreamingDoberman]

I had Cyrus cropped but didn't see the bloody look. My vet I use keeps them overnight, probably so people don't see that part. LOL. But when I picked him up they looked super cleaned up.

 

[Edens_Daddy]

Oh no that sounds bad to me! What you're saying is that you have a normal puppy? I think I'd be bothered by it too lol. The hardest part is the playing, it seems like other dogs see that as a target lol.

I'm just trying to keep her calm so she does t bang the her cone hat into anything...

 

[Gretchen_Red]

lol. Good luck! You're being very good if you can keep her calm. I couldn't get Gretchen to even sit still at that age long enough to take a picture that didn't look like Picasso painted it lol.

 

[JanS]

I'm glad everything is going well. I told you the hard part was keeping them semi quiet after the sedation wears off.

I can't wait to see what they look like after the cup/cone comes off.

 

[DeniseA]

I think they look good; so familiar. I was amazed when my pup had his done last month at how fast they healed up. I used a 'lot' of polysporin and they really seem to close up quickly with almost no scabbing or scarring. You can't even see the stitch holes. He actually seemed to enjoy the dabbing in and would come tome when he saw me getting it out. I think he only banged his cone once, after that first time he was careful and had no problems other than like you say...he wanted to play; I wanted him to take it easy. Yeah, right!

Please keep us posted with pictures (pun intended )

 

[AresMyDobie]

I didn't have the laying on the side issue cuz he had his donut on so less sleepless nights for us thank heavens! Lol they look good keep
Up the good work and try not to stress out to much

 

[Edens_Daddy]

She's done good so far today... Just shakes her head every so often...
Also they told me not to use any neosporin or triple antibiotic or clean... Vet tech said just leave them be..

 

[AresMyDobie]

She's done good so far today... Just shakes her head every so often...
Also they told me not to use any neosporin or triple antibiotic or clean... Vet tech said just leave them be..

That's not what I was told when they were healing but we got the ears done somewhere else and hey our kids ears turned out beautifully so to each there own

 

[Archer]

She's done good so far today... Just shakes her head every so often...
Also they told me not to use any neosporin or triple antibiotic or clean... Vet tech said just leave them be..

Very true. Neosporin actually heals the surgical wound too fast, which you want to avoid when sutures are in, otherwise you can get suture marks from the sutures pulling on the skin.

 

[salisa826]

Looking good!! I used bacitracin and Denali hated it. He would try to rub it off

 

[Dobs4ever]

Very nice crop!! Congrats. I do not do anything at all once they are cropped until the cup comes off. Puppies never wear a cone, and by the time we get back home they are just starved from no food that morning and they are ready to run and play. Unless they bump one another they act like nothing happened except for something on their head. I think the more you mess with them when they are first done the more attention it draws to it plus most people are whimps and say oh poor baby and then they think something is wrong. Dobermans were bred to be tough strong and enduring. Let's not make whimps out of them. I also believe that cropping and docking actually works to make them stronger because it exposes them in a safe environment to handle little stressors. Endorphines are a wonderful thing. So I don't want to make something of it that it isn't and I sure don't want to draw attention to the ears which can then cause a problem with posting as they are more focused on it. JMHO

 

[Edens_Daddy]

Well she's got me on edge a little today lol... She's tried scratching her cone/top of her head and one time she hit her ear an let a little whimper out.. And she has just been banging the cone and rubbing on our legs.
Almost has us in egg shells she. She cones near, making sure she doesn't bang into our legs.


Here's an update from today 6/10/15

She won't let me get a good pic of the other side...

 

[JanS]

It could be starting to itch as it heals so that may be why she's pawing it a little.

 

[Edens_Daddy]

Quick little update...

Ears are using nicely... And she's using her cone as a battering ram!! Lol

I'm taking her Friday to get the stitches out and the cone off... I can't wait to see them!!!!!

 

[Edens_Daddy]

BTW... Anyone have any recommendations of supplies to get for posting... Aldo where can I find said supplies...

I like the posting with zip tie method that I found on this forum.... Any other suggestions for posting?

Thanks in advance