You can't make a dog's ears floppy if they are supposed to be pointed because their ears, like ours, do contain bones that make the shape of them.
True, a dog's ears can't change from points to floppy, but you can change the next generation of dog's ears by breeding the pointed-ear dog with a floppy-ear dog.
I have no idea if the large ears help them hear better. But the PURPOSE of the large ears is to better dissipate heat away from their bodies, to help keep them cool. Hippos don't need large ears because they spend most of their time in the water.
Mine is mixed with a dauchshund and its ears stand and flop at times. Often stick straight out.
The ability of a dogs ears to stand upright is dependent on the muscles and form of their ear. Some dogs ears flop over, some are upright, some flop over only at the tips and some have one that flops and one that stands.
Well here is acontroversial answer.A lot of people will state that a spaniels ears are long in order to '' funnel '' in scent when hunting, maybe true but this will not work when they are air scenting with thier heads up.I reckon that the ears are floppy to protect them when running in and out of cover,thorns, bushes etc.If the ears were erect, i am sure that the delicate inner ear canal could get damaged by twiggs sticking inside etc.So if a spaniels ears are floppy and longish, the very ear itself will cover the inner ear and protect it.Just a theory .....
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Because Santa put a spell on you and you turned into an elf! You have to make toys! my cat has pointy ears! He is an undercover elf! //////when dogs are puppies they usually have floppy ears but as they mature depending on the breed the ears will stand up and become pointy
Labradors are considered helping dogs, (hiking mountain biking) so their floppy ears believe it or not actually help them hear better..... if danger or anything is coming near or if someone were to be attacked they would be able to hear it coming
German Shepherd's are born with naturally floppy ears as their cartilage in their ears has not yet developed enough to support them. Most German Shepherd's ears will stand up eventually, all though there are sometimes Dogs that retain their floppy ears. The vast majority, however, will have erect ears in time.
nintendogs-bigger dogs breed faster like dalmatians and if you are breeding bigger dogs and you want to put the ribbon on the dog than get one with floppy ears.
Actually, you can't change where the ribbon goes on your dog. It is already set in the game: dogs with floppy ears have ribbons tied to their ears, while dogs with pointy ears wear ribbons as bows on their neck.
Some dogs' ears flop down instead of standing upright due to genetics and the breed's natural ear shape. Floppy ears are caused by a lack of cartilage strength, which prevents the ears from standing up straight.
it's a possible only as a theory. My opion is no, if a German Shepperd got bitten on the ear then maybe THAT ear could be floppy but not the other ear. No dog would have floppy ears because it's scared.
Not all domestic dogs have floppy ears that go down. Many domestic dogs including retreivers (Golden, labrador, duck-tolling and flat-coated retreivers) and some species of wiener dog (also called a dashund) have long floppy ears. But some other domestic dogs including huskies and german sheperds have ears that are pointed and go right up like a cat's.
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The cropping (cutting) of dogs ears was originally done to prevent working dogs (the dog breeds that ear cropping is most commonly done to) from being bitten by rodents on the dogs floppy ears, which could cause infection. Most woking dogs still have their ears cropped even if they are not going to be used for work because it has become the "look" of the dog's breed.