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Originally Posted by tskinner  Thanks, I don't suppose there is a way to do this on a 2 year old is there? Not that I mind his adorable floppy ears but it was a thought I have been throwing around lately. |
No, at this age the chances of getting her/his ears up now is too late. You could have tried when s/he was younger. Many times when a pup is young their ears may go up and down during teeting. This is why it is important to keep the hair trimmed off the ears during this time. It also might be necessary to tape their ears during this time of teething (age 8 weeks - up to about 4-5 months). If the leather of the ear is too thick or if the ear size is very large - these ears may become folded/flopped over. Chances in this later case is hard to get this type of ear to stand no matter what. But by the time the dog is older and ears are still down - they will almost never go back up. I have heard you can put impants in, but why. I would never do this to a dog, nor can they be shown if the ear has an implant.
I have also heard that dogs can also get braces too for their teeth to correct a bite now. But the vet dentist requires the dog to be spayed/neutered to do the braces. So this way you could not show, just in case. We had a dog dentist speak to my club once. It was all very interesting. They would put braces on dogs that had a bad bite and had a hard time eatting. This way you could correct the bite allowing the dog to eat better.