Would you ever get your dogs ear pierced?

I don't see any reason to do this to my dog. This should be considered animal cruelty because this is something the dog would not appreciate and they will surely have no benefits from this. It is the same stupid thing like tatoo-ing your dog. If you like futile pain, go put rings in your ears, not your dog's years.

No, that is just as sick and evil as parents that get their kids ears pierced all the best urban

I wouldn't pierce a dogs ear. what on earth would be the point of that? it has too many risks of injury, serves no purpose (unlike ear tattooing, which is used for ID. I wouldn't have this done, but a rescue greyhound of ours had ear tattoos, and apart from any pain having it done, it had no negative impact on him) and you can't improve on perfection. dogs ears are wonderful. so soft and silky I woudln't pierce their ears, I wouldn't mutilate their ears to make them stand up and I wouldn't mutilate their tails as so many people still do. I hope no one here against piercing dogs ears (or nipples for that matter) is pro tail docking or ear cropping. because that would be very hypocritical.

Hello Angelee, I don't like the idea of having dogs' ears pierced. Ear piercing, hair dyeing, nails dyeing, tattooing, ear cropping, tail docking and any other useless modification of the way dogs look should not be done to any dog. In my town there is a non-profit organization who catch, spay/neuter and register all the strays, then free them back on streets. Of course, they canot do this alone, there are many dog lovers (including me) who are involved in this operation to reduce the number of unwanted dogs on the street. In order to know which dog has been neutered/spayed, they put a earring to each dog's ear, with the registration number on it. Well, this was not the best idea because, in many cases, the dogs' ears got infections around the earring and some of them ended up with their ear tore apart because they scratched themselves too much. I wish they could have had funds to put a microchip on each dog instead of using earrings, but they can barely pay for the surgeries. If more people were involved in this operation (not to mention the authorities!), maybe things could have been done better and dogs wouldn't suffer this much.

I would never pierc my dog's ears. Baxter tends to scratch at his ears a lot, and I have a feeling he would tear them out. His ears are really thin, and he can do this weird thing with him that makes them stick out from his head at a hilariously funny angle. Plus, there's too much of a chance they would get infected. I don't have the time to clean them everyday after the piercing (which is what human ear piercings require for weeks after the procedure) and neglecting that duty would let them get infected. Also, I just realized that there's also a chance that the dog could have an allergic reaction to the metal in the earing, and that would cause a lot of pain and itchiness, which could lead, once again, to him tearing it out. All in all, piercing a dog's ear just doesn't sound like a good way to accessorize them for me. If you want to buy them a fancy collar, leash, or even one of those weird doggy sweaters, that's fine, but piercing their ears is just taking it too far.

yes i did this once..............and it pained him alot so i quit.

To be honest I have never seen a dog and or a picture of a dog with their ears pierced. I suppose those that do this enjoy seeing it. If I had a dog, I can't imagine doing this though, somehow I can't see the fashion or purpose with it. But to each their own, I suppose. lol