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Thanks very much for the positive comments. I was almost afraid to read the replies. When I was walking Gus this afternoon, he was ahead of me. The sunlight shown through his ear hairs just right, and I could clearly see the outline of decent size Yorkie ears. I feel a lot better now, thanks to your feedback, and seeing that Gus does have ears.

I guess I’m sensitive about ears, because I had a past negative Yorkie ear experience.

Squirt is my 12 year old, and first Yorkie. Gus is the second, and hopefully not last Yorkie.

After much intensive research I purchased Squirt as a pup. I brought him home, and my wife said, “I thought you were going to get a Yorkie.” I said, “He is a Yorkie.” She replied, “He doesn’t look like the pictures in your Yorkie books.” I picked up a book, and said something like, “You’re crazy (affectionately of course), he’s just like the one on the cover.” She said, “No! That Yorkie’s ears are up. Squirts ears are down.” I thought, how could I have missed this point after all my research? My wife was totally disinterested in dogs, did no research, and immediately saw the difference. I had even seen both of Squirt’s parents, and didn’t notice the difference in ears. She also, asked why I bought a pup named Squirt, but that's another story.

I took Squirt for his initial vet check, and the vet said that his ears would never be up since cartilage doesn’t grow. What disappointing news.

When I walked Squirt people commented on his cuteness, and didn’t mention his ears. This helped me accept his deformity. I tried taping the ears up, chanted, etc., but to no avail. One day, I just accepted the fact that his ears were always going to be down. People wouldn’t notice, I thought, because he was balanced. Just after acceptance, the worst happened. One ear raised up. Noooo!!! There I was with a Yorkie with one ear up, and one ear down. People would definitely notice now. Within a month, the second ear raised up. Both ears have been up ever since.

So, now your understand where I'm coming from.