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03-20-2009, 10:12 AM | #1 |
YT Addict | When should I be worried about ears not up? Hello everyone I am concerned that my little pebbles ears are not standing up yet, she is 10 1/2 weeks old. I have done a quite a bit of reading and all the books I have read said that their ears should be up at 8 weeks... but I am still waiting. I love Yorkies for there beautiful ears the bigger the better for me. Should I be trying to do something to help them. I cut all the long hair off, put have not shaved the back side of the ear as I am afraid to nick her ear. Any advice? Thanks |
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03-20-2009, 10:13 AM | #2 |
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| Baxter's ears never stood up - he's lazy. I would tape them if you want to be sure that they stand up. |
03-20-2009, 11:31 AM | #4 |
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| Jackson's ears didn't start standing up til about 4 months. They did it on their own. One of them still kinda flops.
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03-20-2009, 11:38 AM | #5 |
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| You should shave the backs too. I've done Missy's several times without nicking her. I actually find the backs easier to do then the fronts. Just hold the ear flat on one hand while you do it. If you do a search on taping ears alot of people have posted instructions on how to do it. Good Luck!
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03-20-2009, 07:45 PM | #6 |
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| Tucker was four momnths old before one ear srood up. So, he had one erect and the other floppy. I thought thery would stay like that, but about two or three weeks later, he held the other one up. Now, both ears are perfectly erect. You still have time. Tucker's Mom |
03-20-2009, 08:34 PM | #7 |
♥ Catherine My Love ♥ Donating Member | ears I wouldn't call myself an expert or anything, but I have a couple of videos on YouTube of me taping up a puppy's ears - you can take a look and see if it helps you:
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03-20-2009, 08:36 PM | #8 |
♥ Catherine My Love ♥ Donating Member | Wow, all I did was paste the link and the big videos popped up - weird
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03-20-2009, 08:46 PM | #9 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | Ive tried taping Macys ears quite a few times, but they just refuse to stand up, hehe! I gave up, i love her floppy ears... Shes 5 months old, and i have no intentions on breeding or showing her. So no real reason here!
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03-21-2009, 12:55 AM | #10 |
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| Once you have done that taping thing, how does it come off again? It looks pretty stuck on there... |
03-21-2009, 03:22 AM | #11 |
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| Sarah...you make it look so easy....I doubt I'd be a calm & collected as you are. Is 10 months too old to try to tape a pups ears? |
03-21-2009, 03:38 AM | #12 | |
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03-21-2009, 05:56 AM | #13 |
♥ Catherine My Love ♥ Donating Member | Ears AS far as the tape coming off - if you don't get any head hair in it, it comes off really easy, and if you use the paper tape (like gauze tape) under it, it comes off REALLY easy (it won't stay long on it's own). As tough as the adhesive is, you'd be surprised how hard it is to get tape to stick on a puppy's ear! I've heard of people just using regular scotch tape, bandaids, and just about anything that is sticky. Getting the tape to stick to itself is the only way to get it to stay, really. As far as age - 10 months isn't too old to try (you can attempt to tape ears at any age, you never know). But, once the cartilage in the ear is "set" you could tape them forever and they'll never stay up - but it's hard to know for sure when that will happen. Every Yorkie is slightly different so I would encourage you to try if you really want the ears up. From my experience, if the ears are totally folded over at the base, you probably won't have much luck with an older puppy, but if the ears are sort-of folded in half, then the chances are good they will stand up. Calm and collected? Haha - after you do it about 10 times, you get used to it. Even if you have a camera pointed at your face and feel like a complete moron. LOL
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03-21-2009, 02:37 PM | #14 |
YT Addict | Thank-you all so much for all your help. The video's were great. Helped a lot. I am going to try and wait a week or so and if they are not up then I will tape. Today we were at the park and it was a windy day and the wind kept lifting them for her and she looked so cute. lol |
03-21-2009, 02:44 PM | #15 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | Macy is now 5 months, and her lil floppy ears dont stand no matter HOW much i tape them. So i stopped trying. She CAN put them up when shes listening, but otherwise they flop down. Shes got some big dumbo ears though! Im not showing or breeding her, so im letting nature take its course. I wouldnt worry TOO much unless your going to breed or show.
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