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Ears falling at 8 months?!
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- Just Whelped
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Ears falling at 8 months?!
So my pup is little over 8 months old now. His ears went through the normal cute flop period when he was teething. Stood for a month while at training. Both ears fell for a few weeks at around 7 months. I gave glucosamine, added calcium from cottage cheese and taped both ears for a bit. Both ears stood perfectly again for three weeks but have both now flopped over again. They are completely flopped at the base. I thought it would be late for his ears to fall since they have been looking great for weeks now. I am starting to worry now as they might never stand again. Is there still hope? Both photos taken a week apart..
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- Training Dog
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Re: Ears falling at 8 months?!
Keep taping them
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- Puppy
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Re: Ears falling at 8 months?!
I'm in the same boat, one ear is down he is 7 months. People have told me that mals and dutchies ears stand up a bit later than GSDs so I still have hope. Let me ask you, how do you tape the ears? I think your pups ears will go back up because they were standing so nicely in the first pic.
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- Just Whelped
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Re: Ears falling at 8 months?!
I've tried everything but the best way I've found was to use eyelash glue and nasal strips. Takes a bit for the glue to set but he doesn't notice them and it doesn't seem to bother him at all.
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Re: Ears falling at 8 months?!
How do you get them to stay still during application? My dog is a beast and won't settle.Bronx122316 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2017 4:16 pm I've tried everything but the best way I've found was to use eyelash glue and nasal strips. Takes a bit for the glue to set but he doesn't notice them and it doesn't seem to bother him at all.
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- Just Whelped
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Re: Ears falling at 8 months?!
He's gotten used to it and he sits still better knowing he gets a kong of peanut butter after
- borellar15
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Re: Ears falling at 8 months?!
Gotta put the shades back on and they’ll stand back up is the trick!
Alex - Zoey(DS), Henry (DS), Tripper Lab mix. Austin, Texas