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KristiC · 03-03-2006, 06:47 PM

My Sunny's ears are still down I have tried everything from tapping to clipping the hair off the ears she is 6 months and I just gave up, if they come up great if not oh well she is still a cutie pie to me!

Thorsmomma · 03-03-2006, 07:09 PM

Just give him time. He is a cutie, thats for sure, so I wouldn't stress about it too much!

onelovelylynn · 03-03-2006, 10:59 PM

My Penny is 8 months old now and still no stuck up ears, but I really like them floppy.... Looks cute and puppish. In the future if they stand great, if not thats great too... I have also trimmed the tops and sides and they still dont stand... so be it!!!!!

Gingergirlsmom · 03-08-2006, 07:54 AM

all of your puppies are too cute! I'm a little partial to floppy ears (ginger's never stood up). I stressed about it big time when she was a pup...but i just love her look now!

kristyrae77 · 03-08-2006, 08:03 AM

We are on the fence with Lyric, the last couple of days, one of his ears has been playing with the idea of standing up. It's so cute, sometimes it's straight up and then its down, then sideways

. I think it's so cute, and can't wait to see how it ends up. Either way though he's gonna be my little cutie!!

yougetthesmiles · 03-08-2006, 08:15 AM

When I brought Kloey home both her ears were up, but then about a few weeks after one of them fell, so I checked into it and they said it was cause she was teething, after a couple weeks it stood back up and it has not fell since.

Sarah Bates · 03-08-2006, 08:30 AM

No definetely leave them floppy, i hate any dogs that have there ears up

rox626 · 03-08-2006, 08:59 AM

I think you were upset by the cutting of the ears, as you were probably thinking about docking, but yorkies ears don't actually get cut. I notice that the larger yorkies usually have the floppy ears. The ears get more air if they do stick up and many people have the canals plucked too for hygenie. I watched Debbie have it done the first time at PetsMart and she didn't even flinch. You should have seen all the hair that came out. If you like them floppy, leave them alone. If not, just getting rid of that heavy hair might help them pop up. I'd give it a try but the taping seems a bit uncomfortable.

PepperAnn · 03-19-2006, 09:21 AM

hi this is PepperAnn and her ears hang down. she is still cute as a button... this is one of her pups Mossimo.. I keep his ears trimmed by just running the clippers over them takes just a sec. he just turned 4 months old and they may or may not perk up. his daddys ears are straight up. never know......

PGPIS · 03-19-2006, 12:14 PM

I got my yorkie yesterday, his 3 months and he had his ears taped, but he was always scrachingit and it seemed like it was bothering him so I took it off. his ears are now hairless and was dirty, but it's half way up. my hubby wants me to ask the vet to tape it up for us, so it will be staind up at all times. I don't know if I should do that, and what do they do when they clip the ears excectaly? sound painful
Patricia

Rhapsody · 03-19-2006, 12:30 PM

I also think they meant clipped as in clipping the hair. You don't have to clip Yorkies ears to get them to stand. My Rhapsody's ears looked like your baby's and all we did was shave the hair about 2/3 of the way down and up to the top (inside and out), and then clipped the hair around the edges of the ears. When we did this her ears just popped up, we were prepared to tape the ears, but we didn't even have to!

Good luck -- do a forum search on taping the ears and that's where we got the instructions on how to do ours!

Jess, Rhapsody, and Tiger

03-03-2006, 06:47 PM	#16
KristiC Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 669	My Sunny's ears are still down I have tried everything from tapping to clipping the hair off the ears she is 6 months and I just gave up, if they come up great if not oh well she is still a cutie pie to me! Attached Thumbnails

03-03-2006, 07:09 PM	#17
Thorsmomma I Love Thor Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,177 Blog Entries: 1	Just give him time. He is a cutie, thats for sure, so I wouldn't stress about it too much! __________________ Hannah & Thor & Harry The boys on DOGSTER

03-03-2006, 10:59 PM	#18
onelovelylynn My Darling Divas Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: magnolia, Texas Posts: 1,220	My Penny is 8 months old now and still no stuck up ears, but I really like them floppy.... Looks cute and puppish. In the future if they stand great, if not thats great too... I have also trimmed the tops and sides and they still dont stand... so be it!!!!! Attached Thumbnails

03-08-2006, 08:03 AM	#20
kristyrae77 Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 225	We are on the fence with Lyric, the last couple of days, one of his ears has been playing with the idea of standing up. It's so cute, sometimes it's straight up and then its down, then sideways . I think it's so cute, and can't wait to see how it ends up. Either way though he's gonna be my little cutie!! __________________ Seary Love-My Butterfly baby You will be missed always!! ~May 22, 2005

03-19-2006, 09:21 AM	#24
PepperAnn Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tennessee from Florida keys Posts: 105	ears hang low hi this is PepperAnn and her ears hang down. she is still cute as a button... this is one of her pups Mossimo.. I keep his ears trimmed by just running the clippers over them takes just a sec. he just turned 4 months old and they may or may not perk up. his daddys ears are straight up. never know...... Attached Thumbnails __________________ PepperAnn was HERE

03-08-2006, 07:54 AM	#19
Gingergirlsmom and Bernie's mom too!" Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 8,283	all of your puppies are too cute! I'm a little partial to floppy ears (ginger's never stood up). I stressed about it big time when she was a pup...but i just love her look now!

03-08-2006, 08:15 AM	#21
yougetthesmiles BANNED FOR NOT MAILING PRODUCTS PURCHASED Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 9,295 Blog Entries: 3	When I brought Kloey home both her ears were up, but then about a few weeks after one of them fell, so I checked into it and they said it was cause she was teething, after a couple weeks it stood back up and it has not fell since.

03-08-2006, 08:30 AM	#22
Sarah Bates Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Essex UK Posts: 124	No definetely leave them floppy, i hate any dogs that have there ears up

03-08-2006, 08:59 AM	#23
rox626 YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 328	I think you were upset by the cutting of the ears, as you were probably thinking about docking, but yorkies ears don't actually get cut. I notice that the larger yorkies usually have the floppy ears. The ears get more air if they do stick up and many people have the canals plucked too for hygenie. I watched Debbie have it done the first time at PetsMart and she didn't even flinch. You should have seen all the hair that came out. If you like them floppy, leave them alone. If not, just getting rid of that heavy hair might help them pop up. I'd give it a try but the taping seems a bit uncomfortable.

03-19-2006, 12:14 PM	#25
PGPIS Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 23	I got my yorkie yesterday, his 3 months and he had his ears taped, but he was always scrachingit and it seemed like it was bothering him so I took it off. his ears are now hairless and was dirty, but it's half way up. my hubby wants me to ask the vet to tape it up for us, so it will be staind up at all times. I don't know if I should do that, and what do they do when they clip the ears excectaly? sound painful Patricia

03-19-2006, 12:30 PM	#26
Rhapsody And Tiger, too! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Moore, Oklahoma Posts: 1,568	Clipped I also think they meant clipped as in clipping the hair. You don't have to clip Yorkies ears to get them to stand. My Rhapsody's ears looked like your baby's and all we did was shave the hair about 2/3 of the way down and up to the top (inside and out), and then clipped the hair around the edges of the ears. When we did this her ears just popped up, we were prepared to tape the ears, but we didn't even have to! Good luck -- do a forum search on taping the ears and that's where we got the instructions on how to do ours! Jess, Rhapsody, and Tiger __________________ Jess, Rhapsody,Tiger,& sweet Ocean Blu! Rhapsody's Dogster & Tiger's Dogster Huge Pee Pad Salewww.pee-pads.com/FreeShipping