Dogs are often exposed to loud explosions and other noises, without the benefit of hearing protection. A new ear protection kit for dogs, CAPS, protects their hearing while working. Military ...

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A Pennsylvania family drugged their dog so it wouldn’t bite police officers ... from gunshot wounds to the head—each of them wore ear protection to apparently muffle the sounds of the shots.

Ear and tail docking involve surgically removing part of a dog’s ears or tail. This practice, which has been around for centuries, originally aimed to prevent injuries in hunting and working dogs.

and the dog had been drugged so that it would not bite first responders, CBS21 reported. The family was also wearing ear protection, which could have blocked the sound of the gunshots. Fink told ...

She said cropping harms dogs, whose ears offer protection to the ear canal and are used for communication, and is often done by untrained people. Gillian Bird, head of education with the Dublin ...