my sweet yourkies ears havent gone up and shes 11 months old. they are kind of big, is there anything we can do? we would love to have them up.
2006-09-18 15:48:21 · 8 answers · asked by sabrina 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
They should be up at 8 weeks old better find out her parentage
2006-09-18 15:53:47 · answer #1 · answered by xdogma 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Couple questions you didn't give info on. Do the parents of your baby have their ears up? And has your pups ears ever shown signs of standing? Sometimes when pups get there second set of teeth-adult teeth, all the calcium goes to the teeth there by taking it away from the cartage in the ears.
Also some blood lines in every bred have different characteristics. I have Jack Russells, who's ears are suppose to be pricked, sort of like Lassie ears. But one of my Jack's ears stick up.
2006-09-18 23:13:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My German Shepherd had a lazy ear and the vet told us to massage his ear. So all she needs is a little stimulation on the ears and hopefully that's all she needs. Good luck.
2006-09-19 18:01:39 · answer #3 · answered by tltatum2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well when my great dane had his ears cropped,to make them stand up the vet took medical tape and taped them NOT tight but with enough tape that they stood up,it took a few weeks but thats what they do!one ear was completely up,but the others tip kinda flopped LOL my dog kept scratching that ears tape off...lol
anyways some dogs ears just never stand up,my moms new chihuahua,her ears dont stand up like most do!if you do tape the ears,shave them first!good luck
2006-09-18 22:52:34 · answer #4 · answered by adc7492 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is too late to get them to stand. When puppies are little, you can try to train the cartilidge to stand up as they grow. That is why puppies have their ears cropped at about 9 weeks old, to take advantage of the growth. (And I believe cropping to be cruel and unneccessary painful procedure). Just enjoy your dog for being the cutie that he is.
2006-09-18 22:55:44 · answer #5 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
this is normal. Some yorkies are born with (heavy ears) one way of saying it. Not all yorkies have there ears up. Does not say you have a bad quality dog. Nothing can be done about this situation....SORRY......they will drop.
2006-09-18 23:09:10 · answer #6 · answered by suepets 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are *S.O.L.*!!!!
You have a POS "PET quality" dawg w/ AT LEAST one *MAJOR* FAULT!!! Is it HUGE & WOOLY-Coated & BLACK /TAN too??? LMAO!! Sure hope it's SPAYED!!!!
You *might* have had a CHANCE *IF* you'd started taping as a pup but at 11 mons.... NOPE!
2006-09-19 07:50:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
tape them...........and shave the hair off the back of the ears so that won't weight them down.......i breed yorkies.......good luck
2006-09-19 00:40:26 · answer #8 · answered by myyorkies 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋