DobeGirl07

Can the cartilage in an ear break to make them not stand?

I have been posting my puppy religiously and took his ears down this week and added breathe right strips...They have been standing fine and then my bf just called and said his left ear is down completely....He is going to post immediately....What do you think went wrong?? Just not done posting?

I am really upset/worried about his ear.

DobeGirl07

Would love for Murrey to see this.

Pammy1022

I am glad you asked this - I want to see what responses you get. LAW's ears were fine two weeks ago when I had them down (although I knew we still had some time to keep re-wrapping) but now for the past week and half - his one ear just flops! And we've had them wrapped? HOw could that happen?

Someone mentioned teething stage???

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DobeGirl07

You need to keep posting as your pup is very young...

Lucius is 7 months...if anyone can help that would be great!

Pammy1022

I didn't know it took this long to have them stay up like this. My father in law told me his two females ears were done around 15 weeks... so that is what I was going on.

Oh well..... we'll keep going. LOL!

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greenkouki

You sure he didn't just lay on it funky?

DobeGirl07

I am not really sure. This is blowing my mind b/c they have been standing all week until now. I gave him a bath this morning. I didn't get his head nor ears wet. I NEVER let ears fall like this.

Murreydobe

The heat can also cause an ear to wilt briefly even in adult dogs as well.

I've heard that broken cartilege can make an ear not stand..never seen it personally. But I wouldn't be too fast to jump to that conclusion. There's likely a more reasonable explanation, including the ears just aren't ready to be left down for any length of time.

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Bilclarie

2 of my dogs are cropped Tasha has had errect ears since she was 14 weeks old never had any problems with them, Merlin had to have a splint in one ear when he was about 13months old as it just wouldn't stand and it didn't matter what we done to it, teething can play apart with ears some puppys need extra calcium when teething although it didn't help Merlins ear stand!!!!

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WorkingInSTL

Most of us who have gone through posting have all been asked the same question "how long do the ears have to be taped like that ?"

Almost anyone who has been through posting more than once will answer "...until they stand". I don't know that there is a benchmark to go by personally; the ears are done posting when they're done posting.

Also, how old was the pup when his ears were cropped ?