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01-13-2012, 05:46 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: massachusetts
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| ? regarding ears My little guy is going to 6 months old at the end of the month. What I have noticed recently is that one ear is upright the other flops down. I just noticed it recently. I prefer flopppy down ears. Should I do something? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. |
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01-13-2012, 06:00 AM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Texas
Posts: 127
| When your baby is teething, most of the calcium in his system is being used for teeth and jaw development. This causes the the cartilage in his ears to not grow as fast as the ear leather. If you suppliment his with something calcium rich, his ears will stand up in no time. It's very common for this to happen. We fed Harlie a tablespoon of cottage cheese everyday for a while and her ears stood straight up in about a month. Her loves her cottage cheese to this day . |
01-13-2012, 06:03 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: massachusetts
Posts: 18
| thanks what about if I don't want them to stand up...don't feed him calcium? |
01-13-2012, 06:29 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Champaign, IL, USA
Posts: 50
| It actually doesn't matter what you do, the ears are going to do what they want to do. Sophie's one ear went down while she was teething and then shot back up. You'll just have to take what you get. They're adorable either way! |
01-13-2012, 06:51 AM | #5 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| If they are floppy ears and they are young enough you can tape them to make them stand up.
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01-13-2012, 06:53 AM | #6 |
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| Your question reminded me of what a friend did. Warning I am not suggesting you try this. A friend had Small Continetal Spaniel that had one ear that up. She wanted both to flop. She taped a quarter to the tip of the prick ear ( I wonder if she shaved the ear first, or taped it to the fur ?) The weight made the ear flop. Yorkies are supposed to have small V shaped, up right prick ears.
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01-13-2012, 06:59 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Texas
Posts: 127
| Nothing you can do about that, I'm afraid. Yorkies have an extremely keen sense of hearing with very rapid independent “searching” movements of the ears and by nature, they should stand. But, likes been said, they're so cute either way, it doesn't matter. |
01-13-2012, 07:49 AM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Sandy Springs, GA, USA
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| Hmmmm, well my tiny one (8 weeks tomorrow), her little ears only flop on the top half. It's so cute. LOL I can hardly wait to see how she'll grow up and change. |
01-13-2012, 07:07 PM | #9 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NY
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| Reminds me of my mom. Years ago she had a Sheltie and she wanted his ears to tip so badly. The breeder gave her two or three things to do to try to get them to tip and she did them religiously for months but those ears never tipped. |
01-13-2012, 08:36 PM | #10 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: California
Posts: 43
| Apollo's ears were floppy as floppy can be...then one day, we noticed one was floppy and one was straight. I have a picture of it in my album. Then about two days later (after first haircut), both were standing straight up. They look so huge with short facial hair. His new nickname is desert fox. |
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