Ear cropping was a practice meant to curb dog ear infection. But breeders discovered that cropping dogs with floppy ears did not reduce their ear infection rate. Floppy ears increased the aesthetics of a dog and should, therefore, not be cropped.
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Ear cropping was a practice meant to curb dog ear infection. But breeders discovered that cropping dogs with floppy ears did not reduce their ear infection rate. Floppy ears increased the aesthetics of a dog and should, therefore, not be cropped.