*makes gagging noises*

Bleugh. Ok, ear cropping is a disgusting and inhumane mutilation of animals. However, it doesn’t stop there.

“Your Doberman Puppy is going to require regular ear tapings for quite some time. He probably won’t particularly like it, but it is a fact of life that he will get used to.”

Fact of life?!? Sure – and straping Chinese girls feet was agonisingly painful and disfiguring, but nooo don’t complain – it’s a fact of life.

Oh and don’t forget to use skinbond to stick various bits of DIY equipment to the dog’s ears to keep them up when he outgrows tampons.

Ain’t that just lovely. It’s a bloody joke, and it worries me that people who think this is a reasonable way to treat animals have the vote.