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WORKING BREEDS

BOXER: Ears - Set at the highest points of the sides of the skull are cropped, cut rather long and tapering, raised when alert

DOBERMAN PINSCHER: Ears normally cropped and carried erect. The upper attachment of the ear, when held erect, is on a level with the top of the skull.

GERMAN PINSCHER: Ears -- set high, symmetrical, and carried erect when cropped. If uncropped, they are V-shaped with a folding pleat, or small standing ears carried evenly upright. Faults: None.

GIANT SCHNAUZER: Ears, when cropped, are identical in shape and length with pointed tips. They are in balance with the head and are not exaggerated in length. They are set high on the skull and carried perpendicularly at the inner edges with as little bell as possible along the other edges. When uncropped, the ease are V-shaped button ears of medium length and thickness, set high and carried rather high and close to the head.

GREAT DANE: Ears shall be high set, medium in size and of moderate thickness, folded forward close to the cheek. The top line of the folded ear should be level with the skull. If cropped, the ear length is in proportion to the size of the head and the ears are carried uniformly erect.

NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF: Ears shall be set well above the cheekbones. May be cropped or uncropped, but are usually cropped to an equilateral triangle for health reasons. If uncropped, they are medium sized, triangular in shape, held tight to the cheeks, and not extending beyond the lower margin of the throat.

STANDARD SCHNAUZER: Ears set high, evenly shaped with moderate thickness of leather and carried erect when cropped. If uncropped, they are of medium size, V-shaped and mobile so that they break at skull level and are carried forward with the inner edge close to the cheek. Faults - Prick, or hound ears.

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