Hi everyone,
My little pup just got to 4 months and her ear posting is going terribly. I had a previous thread explaining the issues with the crop and removal and etc. but this will focus on posting. Her posting began quite late due to the issues from the surgery and she ended up with an ear infection after. She never liked having posts on and would scratch or disform them daily. I gave her plenty of treats while posting, still hated having her ears touched. Everything was healed, no signs of infection or anything when I finally started so it shouldn't have been painful for her. Unfortunately, something medical came up last month and I have since been away from her due to this emergency. I trusted her to family friends who have had plenty of experience with dogs and puppies. I gave a clear set of instructions and videos and contacts for any help or problems they may have and told them to contact with any information or inquiries at all. I received two updates on my dog in the duration of my leave and sent them multiple, MULTIPLE long detailed texts asking about her condition and anything without reply. I'd never had any problems beforehand and I eased her into the new home for a few days and had no problems with her being there or with contacting the family. I frequently asked about the posts because I had seen a photo where they were off and her ears were folded upside down, which I'd never had a problem with while posting nor have I ever seen this on a doberman. Blah, blah, contacted them, no response, told them to take her to the vet, no response, nothing. The vet is about an hour drive away as the procedure is illegal where I live and there is only one vet that does ear posting. Without making this thread a complaint about what terrible dog sitters they are, I came back to a puppy with ears that I'd never imagine to see on a dog let alone my dog. I'm doing regular posts right now but I don't see that its helping very much and she still scratches at them. I could only assume that they didn't or seldom posted her ears and undoubtedly incorrectly. It's only been one week of me properly posting the ears, and I plan on taking her to the vet if they still fold upwards when I change the posts again. I've heard that giving some cottage cheese will help calcium wise to make her ears stronger. Please tell me what to do because I have no clue whether this is something that could be fixed with resuming to regular posting or whether this is serious and I need to bring her in immediately or what, I'm quite lost and hurt for my little girl.
*they stay like this even when she is running or looking down or doing anything, they almost look like they've gotten used to this position. will upload more pictures if these don't give enough detail, all I have on the computer right now. Photos were taken when bringing her home they've since been cleaned and posted immediately. Will upload pictures of posts after changing them.
My little pup just got to 4 months and her ear posting is going terribly. I had a previous thread explaining the issues with the crop and removal and etc. but this will focus on posting. Her posting began quite late due to the issues from the surgery and she ended up with an ear infection after. She never liked having posts on and would scratch or disform them daily. I gave her plenty of treats while posting, still hated having her ears touched. Everything was healed, no signs of infection or anything when I finally started so it shouldn't have been painful for her. Unfortunately, something medical came up last month and I have since been away from her due to this emergency. I trusted her to family friends who have had plenty of experience with dogs and puppies. I gave a clear set of instructions and videos and contacts for any help or problems they may have and told them to contact with any information or inquiries at all. I received two updates on my dog in the duration of my leave and sent them multiple, MULTIPLE long detailed texts asking about her condition and anything without reply. I'd never had any problems beforehand and I eased her into the new home for a few days and had no problems with her being there or with contacting the family. I frequently asked about the posts because I had seen a photo where they were off and her ears were folded upside down, which I'd never had a problem with while posting nor have I ever seen this on a doberman. Blah, blah, contacted them, no response, told them to take her to the vet, no response, nothing. The vet is about an hour drive away as the procedure is illegal where I live and there is only one vet that does ear posting. Without making this thread a complaint about what terrible dog sitters they are, I came back to a puppy with ears that I'd never imagine to see on a dog let alone my dog. I'm doing regular posts right now but I don't see that its helping very much and she still scratches at them. I could only assume that they didn't or seldom posted her ears and undoubtedly incorrectly. It's only been one week of me properly posting the ears, and I plan on taking her to the vet if they still fold upwards when I change the posts again. I've heard that giving some cottage cheese will help calcium wise to make her ears stronger. Please tell me what to do because I have no clue whether this is something that could be fixed with resuming to regular posting or whether this is serious and I need to bring her in immediately or what, I'm quite lost and hurt for my little girl.
*they stay like this even when she is running or looking down or doing anything, they almost look like they've gotten used to this position. will upload more pictures if these don't give enough detail, all I have on the computer right now. Photos were taken when bringing her home they've since been cleaned and posted immediately. Will upload pictures of posts after changing them.