One of Brody's ears went floppy the day after we brought him home from the breeder. Our vet told us to massage his ears - I think we did massaged from base to tip. Within a couple of days (could have been weeks), his ear was up again. Something else that we did during this time, although it could be completely unrelated, we put a drop of alcohol in his ears because he had a slight infection. But after we put alcohol in, we would massage it around. So we don't really know what caused the ear to pop up, but we think it was the massaging. However, he was three months old at the time, so I don't know if massaging would work in an older puppy. It might be worth a try though. Taping sounds painful and sad! |