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Published: 2007-09-20 00:41:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 1157; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 0
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Just a little 5" by 7" painting of a Manchester Terrier. I've seen these fellows with their ears cropped and uncropped. My personal preference for any breed is to leave ears and tails uncropped - there's just no point in mutilating an animal for aesthetics.I think Manchesters look a lot like Miniature pinschers; sometimes I get the two breeds confused.
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this is amazing. i have a manchester terrier and this looks just like him.. great work
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Oh, he's beautiful!! I agree that the black coats must be bugger to deal with in terms of highlighting--but you've done a superb job of it here! 
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Wow! Thank you so much! I really appreciate the encouragement!
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I adore Manchester Terriers, they're one of my dream dogs^^ I love them with button ears, so cute!
Cropping has been banned hear for over 100 years, so I've never seen a cropped dog in my life. I am totally against such cruel practices though^^
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They really are great dogs. I'm glad to hear that you live somewhere enlightened enough to ban cropping. It just seems very pointless and cruel.
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I love your animal portraits!
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Thanks! A cane corso?!? 
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Yes, but his dog was very kind.
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Aw, thanks!
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Looks like you did a different brush technique here, am I right?
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Right you are! A good bit looser than usual, and a much heavier brush. For dogs with short fur, the looser style and bigger brush seems to work pretty well.
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You got the dogs expression just perfect here - beautiful!
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Thank you so much! They sure do - this little guy could probably pass for an uncropped Doberman.
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OMG I LUFF THESE GUYS <33333
you did an awesome job portraying this one...awesome job!!
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Thanks very much! You're always so nice!
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You portray dogs expressions well. They are just so cute
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Aww, thank you very much! I think it must be all the practice...
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They ARE? 
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I love when they have button ears!
I have a friend that has a natural eared toy Mannie, and his ears stick strait up, like my Cardis! heehee
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Oh, how cute is that!?! I've never seen one whose ears stick up on their own!
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The Toy Manchester Terriers in the US are suppose to have naturally prick ears. This breeder is the top local breeder, her TMTs have natural ears: [link]
Standard Manchester's in the US are usually cropped, but it's a DQ for the toys to be cropped.
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Well, I'll be! Thanks for the info - I certainly didn't know that! I guess with the smaller ears on the toys, they probably have a propensity to stand up. Thta's really cool!
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I was told that if left uncropped, standard Mannies ears will go up. The button ears are glued down as puppies... much like most Collies, and Shelties for example. I didn't know this, since I don't own Mannies!
Toys are *never* allowed to be cropped, but a standard Mannie can still be shown in many clubs with natural ears... but like other normally cropped breeds they don't always do as well as the cropped dogs.
The size of the dog has nothing to do with how the ear stands, but rather the shape of the ear, and cartilage development. It's like how German Shepherds have naturally erect ears, while Beagles have drop ears as an example. GSDs ears *can* be drop (Poor quality ear shape, or weak cartilage), but unless they were cropped, a Beagles ears would never be able to naturally stand... if all this technical rambling makes sense ;0P heehee
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That makes a lot of sense, and certainly explains why the boston terrier I had growing up sometimes had standing ears. I met a toy Manchester terrier a couple of weeks ago, and he was really amazing - he had that naturally-standing ear look. It was really cool.
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You know I am a sucker for the way you do blacks and the lighting on them. Nicely done with the eyes too.
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I really appreciate it! I really enjoy doing eyes - I figure if I can get them pretty well, then the rest is fairly easy.
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You certainly are - and I have just seen your latest one - WOW!!!
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Thank you very much indeed - I think all the oil painting this week has gotten me a little more detail-oriented.
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Beautiful piece! Lots of personality! Love that eye and the detail in the fur!
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