I have used hair curlers and glue, tape,. I take them out, they flop back down. His ears are huge. He is 6 months, over 60 pounds and thin. I limited his food intake as he is the largest of over 450 puppies she has sold. He looks great with his ears up as he chases a ball. BUt, then he flops them back.
2006-06-27 02:42:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Keep taping. He doesn't "like" it? TOO BAD! He's a dog;he has no choice.
2006-06-27 04:49:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sheppards ears will eventually stand up on their own ... there is absolutely, positively no need to monkey with them now.. in fact, "trying" to make them stand now will actually damage the ear from standing up on their own.
Ear Cropping is not an option for sheppards and any vet willing to do it should be reported. There are certain breeds (Dobies, Pits, etc.) that have their ears cropped but that is because their ears aren't naturally defined to stand.
I've raised 8 GSDs, so I have experience with this and a previous posters is correct, although very rare, there is a chance that one ear may never stand but to me, that only gives the dog character!!!
Best advice is to just leave them be... cropping, binding, taping, tying, etc is not going to do what you want it to do and only damage your dog anyway!!
Good Luck...
~ Lisa
2006-06-27 04:34:20 · answer #2 · answered by leeemareee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
German Shepherds need time to grow into their ears. As the puppy grows his ears will begin to stay up. Do not try other methods to get his ears to stand up just be patient and time will help. DO NOT have a vet "crop" his ears. Ear cropping is only cosmetic and many vets refuse to crop dogs ears. Ear cropping is very painful and inhumane. Love your dog, not for his ears to stand up!!
2006-06-27 04:31:46 · answer #3 · answered by Amber 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i own a sheppard/husky mix. There ears will go up on there own it just takes time, but trying all that stuff on his ears you could be doing more damage by breaking the membranes in his ears which will cause them to stay down. My dogs ears began to stand on there own when he was about 6-7months. If your really that concerned see your local vet who can show you taping tecniques if taping needs to be done, but stop playing with your dogs years, you may end up doing more damage.
2006-06-27 03:37:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a shepard once, and when we went to the vet, he told us usually about 90% of german shepards' ears stand up. There is a chance they will continue to flop, according to the vet about a 10% chance. If they refuse to stand up when he's closer to a year chances are they will not. Then I would talk to your vet about options, or just love him because he's unique. I don't think it is common practice for vets to crop shepards' ears like dobies or apbts.
2006-06-27 03:09:25 · answer #5 · answered by AutumnDays 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go to a lot of dogshows and there is this tape wrap stuff that you put on there ears and it helps you can get them at petsmart I am sure!!
2006-06-27 04:25:55 · answer #6 · answered by Amanda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a devise that you clip on the dog ears that make them stay up. sorry I can't remeber the name of it. It might still work if he is 6 months old.
2006-06-27 02:51:42 · answer #7 · answered by dogloverflemgal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you take the doggy to the vet or maybe you can do it, they put this like hard white thing on there ears to hold them up. I had a doberman we had to this to.
2006-06-27 02:58:28 · answer #8 · answered by geminigurl2404 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With mine I brought mine to a vet when the dog was born and had his ears clipped so they stayed up.
2006-06-27 02:46:48 · answer #9 · answered by Lauren M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave his ears alone!!! It is very painful for a dog to have thier ears propped up.
2006-06-27 02:56:30 · answer #10 · answered by musiclover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't need to, German sheperd's ears always seem to flop but they will stay up evetually, don't worry.
2006-06-27 02:50:32 · answer #11 · answered by sayeda_candy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋