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Originally Posted by 3LittleYorkies  I have a 9 month old female yorkie who had beautiful erect ears!!
Then all of a sudden one of her ears flopped over and caved in.
It is shaved, and I tried taping it for a while, gave her calcium, but nothing works.
I don't understand this, because I thought the ear cartilage was set at 6 months, so why would it do this now.
Her sister's ears never stood, and her Mom's ears don't stand.
Any help out there??? |
Has your girl been scratching her ears? Sometimes if a dog gets an ear infection it can make the ears flop. You might have her ears checked to make sure she does not have ear mites or a yeast ear infection. If there is no sign of internal ear problems then there may be nothing you can do, especially if the ear cartilage has been damaged.
A vet told a friend of mine that you can add a little Knox unflavored gelatin to a puppy's diet and that will help bring the ears up. I've not tried it but my friend said it helped her puppy.