My dutch male just turned 6 months. His ears are still not standing, so I have started wrapping them. He is from a KNVP working line, so I really want them to stand. He is a very big boy 55 pounds at 6 months old ( and he is the smaller of the litter) his his head is Big! And ears long! I wanted to be safe and go ahead and wrap them.
My question is when does the cartilage start forming? He is done teething, all teeth are in, yet ears are still so floppy. I have a doberman, so I have done the whole ear wrapping thing.....just curious if anyone else has done this at 6 months. And if so how did it work out for you.
Thanks again.
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Wrapping ears.
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summiew1980
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Dutchringgirl
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Re: Wrapping ears.
I wrapped Sadies ears, the wrapping didnt work but the stood up by themselves anyway
Lisa, Thalie CGC & Sadie, Cookie the Basset, CT
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summiew1980
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Re: Wrapping ears.
How long did it take for them to stand?-
karenz
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Re: Wrapping ears.
I wrapped Xander's ears off and on from about 5 months to about 7 or 8 months with no luck. I gave up and they finally stood up and stayed up a little over 9 months.
Karen & Xander
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summiew1980
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Re: Wrapping ears.
Is he a big boy with longer ears? My research has determined that the longer the ear the, longer it takes???
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karenz
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Re: Wrapping ears.
Xander is fairly big. He's about 75 pounds and pretty tall. His ears are big but also kinda wide compared to other ds I've seen. And his ears are thick. I worried about them not staying up but decided it didn't matter. And then bam, one day they were up and stayed when he was somewhere around 9 1/2 months.summiew1980 wrote:Is he a big boy with longer ears? My research has determined that the longer the ear the, longer it takes???
Karen & Xander
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Dutchringgirl
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Re: Wrapping ears.
Sadie is 55lbs and huge ears, id say around 9 months too is when hers stood. Hers are floppy so they stand all the time but flop when she runs.
Lisa, Thalie CGC & Sadie, Cookie the Basset, CT
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racingiron1
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Re: Wrapping ears.
Hilde is tiny (just under 40 lbs) and her ears were totally floppy when we got her @ 7 months. They began standing shortly after that (a month or two).
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MultiPurposeK9
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Re: Wrapping ears.
ears are so variable,,,,,,,,,,,but, sooner or later in most cases barring injury well bred DS ears will rise.
Roger
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