I am a noob to posting myself but I have found out that if you back tape the posts it helps A LOT keeping them in place and not popping out of the base of the ear. Back posting means that you tape around the posting sticky side out.
As for checking to see if its too tight I just smell his ears and check to see if there is a little wiggle room in the tape. If you do have a breeder in the area or someone on Dobermantalk that lives near you I would so take advantage of that.
I have my breeder that can do it for me and she knows the in's and out's of taping ears, I had to take his posts out because on my daily ear check I saw at the bottom of his posts was irritated. After it healed up I thought I would attempt posting and she said that I did good but that his ears had to come up more because he has a lower ear set. So it really does help if you have someone really knowledgeable to help you out.
Odin has pimples as well I just take a baby wipe and wipe him down from head to toe but I wipe down his head more often after eating to get all the dirt off to help prevent more from coming in.
As for checking to see if its too tight I just smell his ears and check to see if there is a little wiggle room in the tape. If you do have a breeder in the area or someone on Dobermantalk that lives near you I would so take advantage of that.
I have my breeder that can do it for me and she knows the in's and out's of taping ears, I had to take his posts out because on my daily ear check I saw at the bottom of his posts was irritated. After it healed up I thought I would attempt posting and she said that I did good but that his ears had to come up more because he has a lower ear set. So it really does help if you have someone really knowledgeable to help you out.
Odin has pimples as well I just take a baby wipe and wipe him down from head to toe but I wipe down his head more often after eating to get all the dirt off to help prevent more from coming in.
