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TOY BREEDS

AFFENPINSCHER: Ears are either cropped to a point, set high and standing erect; or natural, standing erect, semi-erect or dropped. All types of ears if symmetrical are acceptable.

BRUSSELS GRIFFON: Ears small and set rather high on the head. May be shown cropped or natural. If natural they are carried semi-erect.

MINIATURE PINSCHER: Ears set high standing erect from base to tip. May be cropped or uncropped.

Editor's Note: Some Breed Clubs that could make a difference merely by deleting a phrase from their present standards have failed to do so. With the Miniature Pinscher standard, for example, deleting the words "standing erect from base to tip" would enable all "Min Pins" to be shown. It would then merely designate: "Ears set high. May be cropped or uncropped." "Min Pins" could then be shown with folded, naturally erect or cropped ears. Puppies would not have to be cropped in order to be shown. If exhibitors, handlers and judges still preferred the cropped ear, that would be their choice! There is no disqualification for showing dogs with folded ears! Also, recent flyers from the Miniature Pinscher Society of America perpetuate the false cropped-ear standard as "What Should They Look Like?"

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