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Puppy Ears 1 Attachment(s) OK, got a question. I have 2 six week old puppies that were my females puppies. For as long as I remmember their ears have been straight up. I am now puppy sitting for a friend of mine who has a beautiful 12 week old female. I noticed that she has floppy ears. Is this normal? I attached a photo of my 6 week old pups and the 12 week old. :aimeeyork |
The are all 3 adorable. I can not answer your question. sorry. But I did want to say how sweet they are. |
Oh they are all so precious! From my understanding, their ears should be shaved on the top 3rd (just enough where they fold down) to take the weight off of them. Hot Rod's ears finally stood up at 8 mos. But he was and is still teething (I think) at 10 1/2 mos. I kept his ears shaved completely from 5 mos on. Now his hair has grown back pretty much.:) |
As far as I know it depends on the ear leather, some seem to be thicker and hence weigh more and teething plays a part.. I have had babies that are standing up at 5 weeks and other times not.. same parents.. so go figure that one.. I have an 8 week old now and am taping her ears..anne |
Oh my, what cute babies... all of them. Makes me want more!! Shaving the top 1/3 of the ears can help and taping them as well. It isn't abnormal for ears that were standing to flop around while teething |
I noticed when Katie was small and teething or sometimes tired, her ears flopped, but came up again in a few days. Hugs Shirl x x |
kinnys ears were floppy when we got her at 8 weeks,they dont shave or tape ears over here, we left them and indeed they are still floppy and so cute, we havnt shaved or clipped them we like the floppy look just got to figure if p c willpost a photo to show u |
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yes shaving the upper par tof the ear in a v pattern helps but sometimes when the ears are slightly bigger then they don't go up until they are cutting their permanent teeth. Shaving the ears and taping them up helps. My pups are 8 weeks old and 4 of my pups the ears were laying down I taped them up for just 24 hours and all but one of the pups now have their ears up. I have noted that when they are cutting teeth they can droop. Keeping alot of hair off of them help them stand up. |
Sapphire's ears never stood up. You can have them taped, but I think the floppy ears are cute!! |
Floppy ears! When I first saw my baby at my breeder's at 10 weeks old, her ears were straight up! Yesterday I brought her home and I noticed her ears had flopped a bit. Sometimes one ear will stand up and the other will flop down. Is this normal for them to be straight, then flop? Or one flop and one straight? :) Just wondering! Thanks |
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Kevin...you are killing me....they are absolutely beautiful !!! |
ears My baby's ears were flopping, but I read to cut 1/3 of the top of their ear hair to help make them stand. I did that, and now they are standing straight up! So that worked for me :) |
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AHHH...SO CUTE!!! Yeah both my yorkies ears did not go up until they were about 8 months. I had them shaved as well and have keep them shaved. |
How cute :) |
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Does it matter if they stand up or not? I kind of like the flopped over look so we haven't trimmed or done anything, but I don't want it to mess up her hearing or mess up her ear tissue. :confused: |
Both my Misty's parents had floppy ears. I was concerned because I like the ears straight up. They were very thin, and I thought it might be a lost cause. I tried the different methods on the net, but the most successful was to shave the tops, then fold them in half and tape them with scotch tape. It is easier to take off, and works far better then just taping them up with them open. Wait about four days, take off, and if still drooping, tape again. It took me a lot of trys to get them to stay up. If just one droops again, just tape that one. She now has nice straight up ears! :D Pat |
wookies ears didnt go all they way up until he was 13 weeks...and we kept his ears trimmed...(the shaver made him go bonkers, so we used scissors ) and when they were up we were happy. but then around 15 weeks one went down...lol oh well, so cute! =] :animal-pa |
Everybodies different... I think that they are cute either way. However, it has been my recent experience that at 14 weeks old KrissieBella had one ear that lopped and one straight up. I had the groomer trim her ears (in case it was the hair). I didn't have to tape her ears (where sometimes it is necessary), but I would find myself folding her ear and holding it when we would sit around together. One week later....both ears are straight up. She is a baby doll!~ I have read that during the teething process their ears will sometimes go from a standing position to a lopped position. They can change either way. I would give her baby some extra time, they will pop up over night. There is sometimes the condition that their cartilage is too thick and that can weigh their ears down permanently, but they are still adorable!! Peace and Love, |
I can't answer the question ... just wanted to say ... CUTE PUPPYS !!!! |
Ok, Baylees ears are still floppy. She's not two months old yet but I don't mind the floopy ears!! I like them. Is it bad that it won't bug me if her ears don't stand up?? |
I have 2 Yorkies. One has floppy tipped ears that never stood no matter what I did (Rubbing, taping, shaving, taping with popsicle sticks) and the other has ears that have been held erect with no help from me at all when she was 9 weeks or so.....One day her ear would flop and stand the next day and the other ear would flop. Then both of them stood...Just genetics at work.........:) |
I'm telling you, just fold them in, tape with scotch tape--Not Masking Tape--leave for a week, take off, if still droops, tape again leave for a week, etc.. It works really, really, good! Pat |
Bailey's ears were floppy when she was a pup and I really wanted them to stay that way - it was soooo cute. But after her first groom - which, by the way, was a shave :eek: - her suddenly noticable, rather LARGE ears - stood straight up - without any hesitation. And you know - they are just as cute as her puppy floppy ears. |
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I shaved her ears. Use scotch tape---much easier to take off than masking tape. Just fold together Long ways and tape. Usually just once around will hold them. TAke off in a week, if still droops, tape again for 5 days. Keep doing until they stand up. If they start to droop again, tape again for a few days. Mine took me a few weeks, as neither her mother or her fathers' ears were up. But she has nice straight up ears now. Pat |
awww so cute I have no advice but thought I would add how adorable they are!!! |
Cookies first litter (after I got her) had ears that went up between 6 and 8 weeks. With Ciara's litter, I had pretty much given up on 3 of thems ears ever going up. I taped them and it didn't do any good. Then between 12 and 13 weeks they went up all on their own. Now this last puppy that Cookie had was born with his ears up and they never went down. He's 12 weeks now and ears have been up the whole time. |
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