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Hi all,
I have a question concerning ear posting on a 12 week old doberman
Echo had his ears cropped at 9 weeks old, and from what I can tell, the doctor did a fairly good job! However, his after care seems terrible!
After 1 week of having his ears posted up with the cup in the middle, Echo's ears were already standing almost completely upright. The vet looked at them and decided to start posting them saying, "They look great, we'll move onto the next stage".
He then posted them and told me to return in 10 days. After 4 days the Elizabethan collar that Echo has to wear had pushed the ears parallel to the head instead of them being perpendicular. I went back and he re-posted them and said they should be fine.
Again, the same thing happened and I took Echo back to the vet (after 3 days of the ears being posted), he re-posted them and also gave me a larger collar. I asked about the ears being continually parallel to the head and he said, "It's fine, we just want them to be partly up, we will put mole skin on them and that will get them standing completely". I assumed that the doctor knew best and left. On the way home I stopped and examined the taping job and it was terrible. There were loose ends already coming un-taped and it looked as if he just threw the posting on as quickly as possible.
8 days have passed and Echo's ears are again parallel. When I take off his Elizabethan collar for a few hours a day, his ears lay/stand parallel. I feel like all the progress that was made within the first week of having his ears cropped is lost. I'm worried that this parallel standing/laying will be permanent?
What should I do? I am at wits end?!
As always, thanks for all your help in advance! :thanx:
P.S. Is it unusual that the vet takes Echo into another room to tape his ears, so that I have never seen it done before? It's almost as if it is a secret!
I have a question concerning ear posting on a 12 week old doberman
Echo had his ears cropped at 9 weeks old, and from what I can tell, the doctor did a fairly good job! However, his after care seems terrible!
After 1 week of having his ears posted up with the cup in the middle, Echo's ears were already standing almost completely upright. The vet looked at them and decided to start posting them saying, "They look great, we'll move onto the next stage".
He then posted them and told me to return in 10 days. After 4 days the Elizabethan collar that Echo has to wear had pushed the ears parallel to the head instead of them being perpendicular. I went back and he re-posted them and said they should be fine.
Again, the same thing happened and I took Echo back to the vet (after 3 days of the ears being posted), he re-posted them and also gave me a larger collar. I asked about the ears being continually parallel to the head and he said, "It's fine, we just want them to be partly up, we will put mole skin on them and that will get them standing completely". I assumed that the doctor knew best and left. On the way home I stopped and examined the taping job and it was terrible. There were loose ends already coming un-taped and it looked as if he just threw the posting on as quickly as possible.
8 days have passed and Echo's ears are again parallel. When I take off his Elizabethan collar for a few hours a day, his ears lay/stand parallel. I feel like all the progress that was made within the first week of having his ears cropped is lost. I'm worried that this parallel standing/laying will be permanent?
What should I do? I am at wits end?!
As always, thanks for all your help in advance! :thanx:
P.S. Is it unusual that the vet takes Echo into another room to tape his ears, so that I have never seen it done before? It's almost as if it is a secret!
