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Erect ears... Floppy ears!!! So i've been looking at picture of everyone's furbabies.. and i've noticed that some of the younger yorkies have erect ears already... and Max's ears are still flopping, and i know they are supposed to be erect because they were standing straight up for about a week and then they fell again. I have no problem with the flopping ears.. I just want to know how do i get them to stand?? I read somewhere the bigger the ear the harder it is to make them stand (max has nice sized ears lol), and that i should tape them... well is there another way? will it hurt him when i take the tape off? and how does this process even work? Last question: does him still having ALL of his baby teeth have anything to do with flopping ears?? |
Hello.. Here is a link to a thread on this same topic.... http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...-question.html Paisley's ears kind of flopped too. They were standing erect at 10 weeks old when I got her. Then a week or so later one ear was flopping a little and the next day it was back up and then the other ear was a little floppy. I fed plain natural yogart to her. About 2 tablespoons for 3 days. Her ears came back up and have stayed up ever since. Some people do tape them i think. I know nothing about that :) |
I kept the all of the hair on Belle's ears trimmed/shaved when she was younger. The weight of the hair on their ears can make them flop down. Now that she's older I just trim the top 1/3 of her ears to keep her looking neat. |
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I taped roxy's ears, fed he a tbs of cottage cheese every other day for a week and shaved the top half of her ears. Eventually they did stand although one ear is not as sturdy as the other. It waves like a flag when she runs. Ive read that teething will cause the ears to droop. |
Thanks, so feeding hime things like natural yorgurt, and cottage cheese will also help them stand? is there any other foods? |
Ziva's ears were a little floppy at 3 months. I did the cottage cheese/ yogurt,trimming, and massage. I think they all helped , they only go down if she doesn't feel well or is sad. Check out my avatar they almost swivel! - The new puppy's ears are up already, she can fold down the tips when inquisitive! |
yea the massaging does help.. thats why his ears stood up for that week, but lately the massaging hasn't been doing it and i shaved the tip of his ears, but nothing. So im trying to do something about it before its too late. |
I've read you can also massage the ears to help the blood flow will help them stand. If he is teething, be prepared for the ears to go up and down, it seems to just happen during this time. If you see my avatar, none of this advice is from personal experience :p I love the floppy ears, makes Kaji an eternal puppy. Plus, he was 12 months old when I go him. I figured it was a lost cause to shave his ears, massage, and tape them up at that point. |
They will stand when they are ready to stand. My Mother used a staple gun on mune as I looked like a small Dumbo! |
Mia is five months and her ears are standing but they did the same thing up and down and they have been up for about a month now :)) |
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did they just stand on they're own or did you do something to help them stand? |
when i got chloe both her ears were floppy, then a couple weeks went by and one stood up on it's one....then after being groomed for the first time, and having her ears shaved they stood up. One was a little weaker than the other so I used cardboard and medical non stick tape and taped that ear...a day later, It stood up and has never fallen back down. I looked on youtube for instructions to tape her ear in a way that i knew wouldn't hurt her. |
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I didn't do anything to Diva's. Fortunately, around 3 months or so, they stood up and stayed up. |
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