Walking in the street, you will occasionally see some breeds of dogs in an upright state, which is particularly imposing. What people don't know is that their ears are not always upright at birth, but they are made upright by surgery. This operation is called ear cutting.

First, the definition of ear cutting

Ear cutting refers to the method of making the ear stand upright by surgical means.

Second, the object of ear cutting surgery

General boxer (details), Great Dane, Du Binquan (details), Bostonian, Schnauzer and other breeds make their ears stand upright and plastic.

Third, Baoding method and anesthesia

Lying in Baoding, you can use general anesthesia combined with local anesthesia, preferably respiratory anesthesia.

Fourth, the specific steps of ear cutting

1) Check the shape of the ear, tighten the drooping ear tip to the top of the head, determine the length of the ear to be scratched, measure the length from the ear root to the ear tip, mark the required ear length with a marker, stretch the opposite ear to the top of the head, align the two ear tips, and cut a small hole in the opposite ear with scissors to ensure that the two ears keep the same length.

Du Binquan, 2 months old, his ears are not erect and drooping.

After intravenous anesthesia, Dobin lay prone in Baoding.

After ear scraping and disinfection, isolate the operating department, draw lines according to the appearance of the left ear, and put cotton in the ear canal to prevent blood from flowing into the ear canal during operation. Mark the length of the ear to be cut with a marker. After marking, disinfect with tincture of iodine, and avoid disinfection with alcohol to prevent the marking from being erased by alcohol. Clamp the reserved scribing with ear clips. Make sure your ears are cut neatly.

Clamp the ear with intestinal forceps to prevent bleeding when cutting the ear.

Cut off the ear along the outside of the ear clip. In the process of ear cutting, prevent the ear skin and cartilage from being pulled too tightly and too loosely, resulting in asymmetry of ear cutting. When cutting to the bottom of the ear, cut the tragus as needed.

After trimming the ear, sew the ear edge of the incision with absorbable suture. The whole incision was sutured continuously. Be sure to sew the inner cortex, outer cortex and ear cartilage together to ensure that the skin is completely closed.

At the same time, special ear orthopedic brackets are used to fix the ears after the operation. In the picture, the ear and the bracket are fixed together by applying special glue for animals.

Cut off an ear

Five, Baoding method after ear cutting.

The first Baoding method is introduced in the figure. Care should be taken carefully after the operation to prevent Du Bin from getting rid of the stent because of his liveliness. At the same time, due to the high viscosity of the glue used, the ear skin is seriously damaged when the bracket is removed, and some hair will stick off.

The second fixing method is to fix the ear on the disposable cup, fix it with medical tape or gauze, and then fix it with elastic bandage.

Dobbin fixed his ears with disposable cups.

Compared with the first method, this method reduces the probability of infection and is relatively easy to care for. You can remove the elastic bandage, apply iodophor, and then gently stick the elastic bandage on your ear. At the same time, it should be noted that Du Binquan pulled the first cup himself. However, both methods need special care after operation to prevent dogs from self-mutilation. It is necessary to apply iodophor to the wound every day, and observe whether the wound has bleeding, suppuration, infection, etc. 7- 10 day to remove the fixer. If the ears can't stand upright, you can wrap the ear seat with a bandage, or you can fix the two ears together with adhesive tape. Keep your ears upright. After removing the bandage, if it still can't stand upright, bandage it again to make it stand upright. You can also use the second method to fix it all the time. The reserved ear length depends on the dog's age, sex and the development of ear cartilage. When the ear is bandaged, it is especially necessary to avoid compressive necrosis caused by excessive compression.

If it is not for competition, for animal protection and welfare, ear cutting is not recommended. Now this kind of cosmetic surgery has been gradually cancelled.