yorkie ears!
 

Well my puppy is 10 weeks and im wondering how their ears are suppose to stand ive taped them and now they stand but they have a slight curve on the outer sides of both ears do i need to tape again and can i see photos of your yorkie ears...........

It is tooo early to be taping ears!!!! Please, contact your breeder! She will be able to help you tape that babys ears IF and WHEN it is nmecessary to do that! If you dont do that correctly, you will get that babys ears all lop sided, and possibly hanging sideways!!!!....you really do need to let your breeder help you with this!!! But I think it is still tooo early to be doing this!

The eras arent flopping or anything their standing but the outersides have a little curve is that ok or do i need to tape again........ ive read other posts about this and people start taping at the same age i did.......... i need help not criticism.........

At what age do the ears need to be taped if not standing...Jersey is now 4mths and ears are not standing...she is teething though....

Id give it some more time, my boy did not need his ears taped at all.
The breeder sent us a picture of him when he was younger with oober floppy ears, I'd guess he was maybe 7-8 weeks old and his ears were 100% down. When we brought him home at 12 weeks old, they were slightly floppy but now, at 16 weeks old they stand up constantly.
Sorry I cant be of more help. Good luck with your little one.

You think that my post is critism????????????????? OMG!!!!!!
????CRITISM ???????????????? YOU CAN NOT BE SERIOUS!!!!!! First thing I can say to you is just because you have read that 200 million people are doing something, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT IS THE CORRECT OR EVEN MINIMALLY, THE BEST ACTION TO TAKE! Have you also read that Yorkies ears go up and down during teething?????????????? Have you also read that it can take 4-5 months before ears stand???????? I suggested you contact your breeder so she could help you with hands on teaching.......THAT IS NOT CRITISM!!!!!!!!! But now that I re-read your post, you bought your baby from a breeder that let the baby go too early, so perhaps YOUR misunderstanding of my direction for the best "hands on" help I thought I could offer to you, was obviously misinterpreted because you in fact can not rely on your breeder for help. How sad for you. The second thing I would tell you....dont be so thinned skinned that you can not read a post that SUGGESTS you take a different approach to a problem, a post that, rather than just blindly, irresponsibly spoon feeding facts, presented in a sequential order, as critism!!!!!! WHN SOMEONE TAKES THE TIME TO TRY TO TEACH YOU SOMETHING, AND THEY DO SO WITHOUT INSULTING YOUR LIMITED KNOWLEDGE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU ACCEPT THAT HELP GRACIOUSLY, IN THE SAME FRAME OF REFERENCE IT WAS GIVEN TO YOU, AND EITHER LEARN, BENEFIT FROM IT, or just ignore it. Dont insult people that are trying to give you assistance!

I'm sorry but using a lot of exclamation points and all caps and such comes off as yelling and I can see where it could've hurt the OPs feelings. I'm not saying criticism was being given but I can see how it came off that way. On the internet, we can't hear inflections and intent.

Now, it seems both of your feelings are hurt and I don't think either of you meant to do that.

MY original post had no all caps. My feelings are not hurt....I am just stunned and amazed at what some people call criticism.

I saw his post about the baby chewing on everything...he has a picture of the baby with a cowboy hat on his head...that babys ears are fine!

Thank you tenneythebetta and mandiesmom ill see how they turn out :).....

Yorkiemom1 if i had the chance to contact the breeder about the puppy i would, but obviously its not an option because i came to yorkietalk to figure out the answer to my question. Plus you dont know why he was given away so early, i saved him from a lady who wanted to put her dog asleep because she found out it was pregnant. I thank you for your reply but the structure of your sentence came out different then intended to be assistance. You say your feelings weren't hurt? If you have the need to rant and rave on a post start a blog or go to facebook because im here for help!

We have moderators here so we save telling people what they can and can't post to them............

:) thanks

if they are up why are you taping, trim the hair so it doesn't wear them down. my friends pup had floppy ears and now that are up and at em and she didn't tape them

my two cents, I see absolutely no criticism in yorkiemom's original response

Choppa was maybe 5 months when his stood but if u look at him in my Avi his ears are huge and adorable so maybe thata why. Maxximus came to me with his up not sure if on their own or taped. Yorkiemom did give good advice though. I called Choppas breeder then asked vet tgen watched how in yiu tube. The thibg is I didnt have a clue and I askes here and YTers taught me tgat ears fo up ans down during teetibg and told me to try and wait a bit. Also vet taught me to massage behind ears at base during day. Some yorkie ears never go up. Some seem to be born with them up. He is young. Have groomer tip his ears and he should be good

They're standing up, my question was that the outersides of each ear have a little curve to it is that normal or do I need to tape a triangle on them to set them straight? Im not pulling the ears together where his topknot will be because he holds the completely in the V-shape. I trimmed his ears already.

It may have been the way they were taped. He is so young they may flop again so now that you know theywthey will definitely stand, if they flop I wouls let them and maybe they will go back uo right. Id just massage hia ears from base to straight up. Maxximus loves the ear massage. I wouldnt tape again. Maybe there was a curve from how tape went around. I had Choppa jacked up the first time I tried. Also some vets will so it for a fee. They told me Choppa had such big ears they probably would stay down but they didnt. I would massage the curved part and wait around. He still has months for them do go up on their own.
Not a pro. At all. Just sharing my thoughts. Do lots od searchea specifying age. You will see he is realy in line with lots of babies his age. No one can say for sure if or how they will stand. Yorkies are all so different.

Alfie's Ears
 

Hi there, my adorable Alfie is ten weeks old too. We got him when he was 6.5 weeks, we are in UK so laws not the same, and his mom was not feeling well so we got him early. Anyway his ears were straight up when we got him (he did not have a single tooth then) since then his left ear drooped, fed him a little natural yoghurt with honey every day (advice here was natural vanilla yog but the nearest I could find was natural yog with Heather honey so I thought this would be a good idea to also help if he got hypoglycaemic) his ear perked right up in about a day and a half, but now his right eat is flopping. Almost a full teeth allocation now and seems to be thriving in every way. He is my gorgeous baby and even if one ear stays up and the other one droops he would still be beautiful. The yoghurt seems to help though.

There is an enzyme in honey that is dangerous to yorkies so I wouldn't recommend using honey

Oh, didn't know that, I had already bought some different yoghurt today, do you know what enzyme? Thanks for the heads up

Don't know specifics but I know it does

I've heard of people giving their yorkie's honey or caro syrup for hypoglycemia. So I don't think honey is dangerous.

I was only told to use maple syrup- by the breeder- or karo, by my vet. IDK about honey, but I'm sure the other 2 are ok.

"It is recommended that you do not give honey to puppies, just as you shouldn't give honey to human babies. Such young animals (humans and dogs alike) don't have the strong immune systems necessary to tolerate the botulism spores that may be found in honey.".........VetMD

I guess it's debatable, it depends on the vet.



Prolonged or repeated hypoglycemic attacks in toy breed puppies can cause brain damage. Puppies with frequent attacks should undergo veterinary testing to rule out an underlying problem, such as liver shunt, infection, or an enzyme or hormone deficiency.
Treatment: The treatment of an acute attack is aimed at restoring the blood sugar. Begin immediately. If the puppy is awake and able to swallow, give corn syrup or sugar water by syringe, or rub corn syrup, honey, or glucose paste on the gums. You should see improvement in 30 minutes. If not, call your veterinarian..... Web M.D.

My vet recommended either honey or Karo syrup. I had honey on hand so I've been using that. Guess I will need to pick up some Karo to have on hand instead.

... or is there any reason I can't just make my own simple syrup?

The simplist thing to do is get a tube of Nutri Cal or Nutri Stat....it is specifically for hypoglycemia and is perfectly safe.