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09-17-2009, 10:14 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: ma
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| my yorkie ears is it every to late to get your puppy ear to stand up? she is 6mo and her ear don't stand up |
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09-17-2009, 11:09 AM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Michigan
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| Hi. I don't think that at 6 months old it is to late for the ears to stand. You should shave them down from the tip to the head (to get the weight off) and then tape them up for 3 - 5 days. Hopefully this helps |
09-17-2009, 11:16 AM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Illinois
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| I was so worried about Motley's ears for a long time. I think he was 7 or 8 months before they stood up. I was so excited, now he's 14months old and he has one ear up one ear down and it's the cutest thing ever. Sometimes their "flaws" are what makes them even more adorable. |
09-17-2009, 12:23 PM | #4 |
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| what do I tape them with? Last edited by enlighten60; 09-17-2009 at 12:25 PM. |
09-18-2009, 06:34 AM | #5 |
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| I am attaching a picture of my puppy with his ears tapped (using masking tape) so you can see how to do it. You want to make sure the ear is flat and not folded when you tape them Last edited by justamom03; 09-18-2009 at 06:36 AM. |
09-18-2009, 08:09 AM | #6 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: ma
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| Thank you, your puppy is so cute . I can't see if they are taped together in the back. what kind of tape? |
09-18-2009, 08:25 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Michigan
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| Thank you I used masking tape. They are not taped together. You only do that if they flop foward even after being taped. If that happens, put a strip of tape across the top of the head connecting each ear so that they stand. You'll actually want to use 2 peices of tape, one in the front of the ears and one in the back. It's extra reinforcement and it covers up the sticky side of the tape. I'll see if I can dig up another picture with the ears taped together. Some people call this kind of taping a bridge. |
09-18-2009, 08:35 AM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: ma
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| it does not hurt when you take off the tape? |
09-18-2009, 08:42 AM | #9 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Michigan
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| If you are careful, it will not hurt. I use a squirt bottle with warm water and get the tape really wet. Then I use rounded tip scissors and cut the tape and then slowly take it off, rewetting as needed to get it to come off easier. If goo from the tape is on the ears, you can use alcohol to clean it off. The picture I found with tape connecting the ears is not a good one, but it is all I have. Her hair kind of hides the tape. |
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