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I am new to this site but I just wanted to share my good experience with my Dr and my new pups ears. He got his ears done at 11 weeks I believe and is now 5 1/2 months so we have another two ear tape changes then hopefully finished!! yay! I live in Orlando but I travel a hour to wildwood to Dr. Mc Bride at sumter county animal hospital. She breeds, shows and loves all dobermans. My brother travels three hours from south fl to bring his doberman to her every 10 days for ear changes. If your going to do their ears then make sure they are done right! People that have seen my dogs(phoenix) stitches have said it is the cleanest they have ever seen. She is not expensive at all. I wanted to post some pictures of the pups ears because I feel like it is important for people that have never been through the ear cropping process to see. The first 10 days while there is still stitches and the "cup" period is only bad because the pups wanna play and they do not understand why they have to relax. Either phoenix or zeus(his half brother) cried or wined or anything because of being in pain from the ears. It really bothered me that the people that were uneducated about ear cropping because they thougth I was a horrible person when really my dog was in no pain at all.
When I brought phoenix in for his surgery I brought a picture but really you do not need a picture you basically tell her short(military) medium or show. On both Phoenix and Zeus we asked for Medium/Long. She will use her vet school years to predict how big your puppy will be and what will look best for them.
During the cup period when he still had stitches couple days before taking stitches out phoenix did slide into a wall while he was running around a corner in the house. He had some blood and because the stitches are like looped down the ear he had a loop handing but it was fine. Vet said leave it and we were there for an appt shortly after. During this time you will get cream to rub on their ears to get off any dried blood or scabs. They also tell you to get vit e and mix it with cream to make it last longer. I took this process to heart and twice a day when I was suppose to clean the stitches I made sure to get all the crusty parts off. This did not turn out well because over the 10-14 days(vet was out town to instead 10 days I had to wait 14 :/ ) I put so much cream that was like oil on his ears yes they were clean as can be but I got tape soggy and the night before getting cup off the cup flipped over and was hanging off his head. I simply took paper towel and wrapped it on top and around his whole cup and ears and taped it so the cup would stay on. So dont get your tape wet!!
I was complimented on how clean his ears looked so that made it better.
After the cup came off they posted the ears up and then the pups were back to normal and able to play and do what ever they wanted. I take my dog to the dog park every night( before his 3 mile walk) because I feel its important for him to run with other dogs and be socialized but so many times people ask if its ok if he can play...... Would I take my dog to the park with bunch of dogs if he couldnt? I just wish people knew more about this because it was not a big deal at all and we have not had any problems(knock on wood)
We would take the tape off two hours prior to vet appt to see how they were holding up and phoenix had standing ears everytime but zeus(brothers pup) was not so lucky. It took him a couple week for him to catch up but it was because of his diet so she put them both on pro plan and the next visit zeus ears were looking good. I will post pictures of zeus ears (red collar).
She says to wait until about 6 months because in 5th month all the teeth grow in and it causes stress on them. The teeth also are using calcium and they need calcium for their ears to stand correctly and get strong. They also gave us a pill that goes in their food twice a day its just a vitamin pill. Along with that we feed them yogert with their dinner to help with the calcium(vet told us we can do this I didnt think of it) ......but that is what I get from the whole calcium deal lol
We have two more appts and we take tape off 4-6 hours prior to appt to see how well they are doing then we are finished!!
I am very happy with the boys progress and for the Fl people if you were able to come to her then do it! She is so sweet and I am so happy with her work.
Dr. Leigh Mc Bride
Sumter county animal hospital
352-748-5454
I am new to this site but I just wanted to share my good experience with my Dr and my new pups ears. He got his ears done at 11 weeks I believe and is now 5 1/2 months so we have another two ear tape changes then hopefully finished!! yay! I live in Orlando but I travel a hour to wildwood to Dr. Mc Bride at sumter county animal hospital. She breeds, shows and loves all dobermans. My brother travels three hours from south fl to bring his doberman to her every 10 days for ear changes. If your going to do their ears then make sure they are done right! People that have seen my dogs(phoenix) stitches have said it is the cleanest they have ever seen. She is not expensive at all. I wanted to post some pictures of the pups ears because I feel like it is important for people that have never been through the ear cropping process to see. The first 10 days while there is still stitches and the "cup" period is only bad because the pups wanna play and they do not understand why they have to relax. Either phoenix or zeus(his half brother) cried or wined or anything because of being in pain from the ears. It really bothered me that the people that were uneducated about ear cropping because they thougth I was a horrible person when really my dog was in no pain at all.
When I brought phoenix in for his surgery I brought a picture but really you do not need a picture you basically tell her short(military) medium or show. On both Phoenix and Zeus we asked for Medium/Long. She will use her vet school years to predict how big your puppy will be and what will look best for them.
During the cup period when he still had stitches couple days before taking stitches out phoenix did slide into a wall while he was running around a corner in the house. He had some blood and because the stitches are like looped down the ear he had a loop handing but it was fine. Vet said leave it and we were there for an appt shortly after. During this time you will get cream to rub on their ears to get off any dried blood or scabs. They also tell you to get vit e and mix it with cream to make it last longer. I took this process to heart and twice a day when I was suppose to clean the stitches I made sure to get all the crusty parts off. This did not turn out well because over the 10-14 days(vet was out town to instead 10 days I had to wait 14 :/ ) I put so much cream that was like oil on his ears yes they were clean as can be but I got tape soggy and the night before getting cup off the cup flipped over and was hanging off his head. I simply took paper towel and wrapped it on top and around his whole cup and ears and taped it so the cup would stay on. So dont get your tape wet!!
I was complimented on how clean his ears looked so that made it better. After the cup came off they posted the ears up and then the pups were back to normal and able to play and do what ever they wanted. I take my dog to the dog park every night( before his 3 mile walk) because I feel its important for him to run with other dogs and be socialized but so many times people ask if its ok if he can play...... Would I take my dog to the park with bunch of dogs if he couldnt? I just wish people knew more about this because it was not a big deal at all and we have not had any problems(knock on wood)
We would take the tape off two hours prior to vet appt to see how they were holding up and phoenix had standing ears everytime but zeus(brothers pup) was not so lucky. It took him a couple week for him to catch up but it was because of his diet so she put them both on pro plan and the next visit zeus ears were looking good. I will post pictures of zeus ears (red collar).
She says to wait until about 6 months because in 5th month all the teeth grow in and it causes stress on them. The teeth also are using calcium and they need calcium for their ears to stand correctly and get strong. They also gave us a pill that goes in their food twice a day its just a vitamin pill. Along with that we feed them yogert with their dinner to help with the calcium(vet told us we can do this I didnt think of it) ......but that is what I get from the whole calcium deal lol
We have two more appts and we take tape off 4-6 hours prior to appt to see how well they are doing then we are finished!!
I am very happy with the boys progress and for the Fl people if you were able to come to her then do it! She is so sweet and I am so happy with her work.
Dr. Leigh Mc Bride
Sumter county animal hospital
352-748-5454
