Other options when posting ears

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les strat

Discussion Starter · Aug 30, 2006

On my intoduction, I mentioned I might leave Maggie's ears unposted and see how they go unless they start to tip (which they didn't), so I reposted that night.
Well, something told me to take the posts off and check everything out, and low and behold, there was a small piece of meat right under the tip that was missing - like it had blistered off!!! Now I am not taping tightly at all. I think this piece will not leave a scar (God I hope not), but any bigger than this would definitley scar.
BTW, I was using tampon with tongue depressors taped to them. I can't use tampons alone as the way her ears are cropped with a big scallop near the top, it wraps around and was creating a permanent swirl on her tips, hence the flat tongue depressors.
This has scared me so much, I am thinking of just watching them from here out. My bud that breeds danes says when they are this far along (5 months) and standing well, he'ds watch it and if the tips need a little support, he uses something that will just support the tip - often just a strip of tape.

What do you think? This has scared ther crap outta me!

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TracyJo

· #2 · Aug 30, 2006

I don't have any experience posting ears but I do know that many members here swear by "breathe right strips" to provide support for the tips.

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Fitzmar Dobermans

· #3 · Aug 30, 2006

les strat said:
On my intoduction, I mentioned I might leave Maggie's ears unposted and see how they go unless they start to tip (which they didn't), so I reposted that night.
Well, something told me to take the posts off and check everything out, and low and behold, there was a small piece of meat right under the tip that was missing - like it had blistered off!!! Now I am not taping tightly at all. I think this piece will not leave a scar (God I hope not), but any bigger than this would definitley scar.
BTW, I was using tampon with tongue depressors taped to them. I can't use tampons alone as the way her ears are cropped with a big scallop near the top, it wraps around and was creating a permanent swirl on her tips, hence the flat tongue depressors.
This has scared me so much, I am thinking of just watching them from here out. My bud that breeds danes says when they are this far along (5 months) and standing well, he'ds watch it and if the tips need a little support, he uses something that will just support the tip - often just a strip of tape.

What do you think? This has scared ther crap outta me!

How far are you from Nancy? I'm sure she would have some ideas for you and if you are close enough, she would help out with it.

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les strat

Discussion Starter · #4 · Aug 30, 2006

velmadobe said:
How far are you from Nancy? I'm sure she would have some ideas for you and if you are close enough, she would help out with it.

She lives about 30 minutes away. I guess I need to give her a call.

She kept Maggie for me at the beginning of the month when we went on vacation, and we decided the tongue depressor + tampon + skin bond would help with flattening the curl in the tips, but it has seemed to bring about more skin irritation, specifically blisters.

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LeighaG81

· #5 · Aug 31, 2006

TracyJo said:
I don't have any experience posting ears but I do know that many members here swear by "breathe right strips" to provide support for the tips.

I tried that with my five month old Apollo-his right ear is a bit weak at the tip so I bought the breath right strips...needless to say it was on for a good sixty seconds before he shook it right off. Four strips later of trying I called it quits, they wouldn't stay on.

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BackInBlack

· #6 · Aug 31, 2006

LeighaG81 said:
I tried that with my five month old Apollo-his right ear is a bit weak at the tip so I bought the breath right strips...needless to say it was on for a good sixty seconds before he shook it right off. Four strips later of trying I called it quits, they wouldn't stay on.

If you put a dab of skin bond on them, it will help them to stay. Just brush a little on the ear, then a little on the strip, wait about 30seconds to a minute for them to get "tacky" then press the strip on there and hold it in place until it sets. Hope it helps

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les strat

Discussion Starter · #7 · Aug 31, 2006 (Edited)

OK. I tried a variation of the Breathright strip trick. I doublebacked 2 thin pieces of sports tape (insted of the strips) and used Skin Bond and supported the ear from the little nub to the tip. It seems to be working fine- keeps them from being a bit floppy when she plays hard and doesn't weight the ear.

Thanks for the suggestions.

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PeeWeesMama

· #8 · Aug 31, 2006

geeeez she is beautiful....sorry...just can't get over how pretty she is. <drool>

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doberlover

· #9 · Aug 31, 2006

PeeWeesMama said:
geeeez she is beautiful....sorry...just can't get over how pretty she is. <drool>

Ditto. Please post more pics of her.

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les strat

Discussion Starter · #10 · Aug 31, 2006

No problem!

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DaKari

· #11 · Aug 31, 2006

She is gorgeous! Beautiful head, beautiful eyes, beautiful ear crop!

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LapDog

· #12 · Sep 1, 2006

Gotta love beautiful clean clear headshots!!!!

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