Long Coat's Ears are taking too long to come up? What's best way to remove the glue after taping? - Page 1

Hello and Happy Holidays!

My 6 month female Long Coat German Shepherd's ears are taking a long time to come up. This picture was taken a couple weeks shy of 6 months. She is now 6 and a half months and they are not much more perked up now.

My boy's ears  (also a Long Coat) came up at 4 months. I am told long coats take much longer for their ears to come up, as all the feathering around the ears weights the ear down. Her breeder thinks I should tape them... and I pretty much agree, even though I hate to do it. My boy's father, also a long coat... his ears didn't come up until he was a year old! When I am outside in the cold, her ears come up more... when she is charging a ball, they stand up erect... this picture doesn't really do her ears justice.. they are actually perked up a litte more now... not much. 

I have ear inserts ordered, and I need to figure out the best way to adhear them. I am told to use Kamar adhesive.. but the woman who sells this stuff says it is going to be murder to remove from a Long Coat Shepherd's ear.

I am just curious what advice people hear can offer... from their past experiences with either Long Coats and slow rising ears.. and or taping long coat ears....

Thanks a bunch.

Jacob Angel 

We take tubes to fit ears,back* wrap them with masking tape, fit them in then, use Painters tape it does not  stripe the hair when you take it off. You may have to change it several times, but it is worth the effort. I just do not choose to glue, when pulled off its like starting all over again. This is our experience.

Please be careful what you put in your dog's ears. The moron breeder who sold me my second shepherd used glue in one of his ears and that poor boy suffered from ear infections his entire life. The vet finally just gave me an economy sized bottle of ear drops to use as needed--which was almost every month for 11 years.

http://hauspharao.com/health/ears.html

why would you tape them? aren't they suppose to stand up on their own ?  I know,  I am probably asking a "dumb" question.

When do they normally stand up?  The litter I am getting a pup from already has some pups with their ears up.

I would suggest clipping the excess fur off the ear first.  This often helps out with the ears standing on their own.  also give your dog lots of bones to chew on.  This helps strengthen everything in their heads and jaws, plus they get a little extra natural calcium from chewing on the bones.  By shaving the ears, this way if you do end up taping up the ears, it won't be as hard to get the glue off.  I would suggest surgical glue and also by the adhesive remover.  It is a product that you spray on and it helps dissolve the glue.  We used this on one of my sisters Great Danes ears.

Before you get into all this glue, try feeding the dog RAW meaty bones only for a month or so.  Crushing through the bones of a chicken will strengthen the tendons that go from the jaw to the ears and are part of the system for prick ears.

Do not ever feed cooked bones, it could kill your dog.  There is a thread about do you feed raw chicken that might be helpful.

I hope I do not sound preachy, I just know how you feel and this is my advice.

Why bother, you are only kidding yourself, if they are meant to come up they will, if not, tough.  Why put glue or other solvents in the Puppies ears and risk irritation. Leave well alone, i'm sure nature will sort it out.

Regards Paul.

Give the dog a bone:)

chewing helps the ears to stand.

tape isn't worth the hassle some things just ain't meant to be.

if they stand that's great if they don't well never mind:)

i WOULD TELL YOU TO STOP, THE DOG WILL NOT BE MATURE UNTILL 2 , SO GIVE IT A REST, AND IF THE DOG HAS A FAULT ,THEN IT IS WHAT IT IS, yOU CAN TRY TO EXCRISE THE MUSLES BY GOING IN ANOTHER ROOM AND IT SOUNDS STUPID ,BUT DO WHAT I CALL A WOLF CALL ,THEY WILL PUSH ALL THE EAR MUSCLES TO HEAR WERE IT IS COMING FROM. hAVE YOU EVER SEEN A SHEPEHRD WHEN HE HEARS A SIREN AND HOWLS,THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE THE PUP DO, BUT EVERYWERE ,SO HE TRIES TO HEAR WERE IT IS COMING FROM, AND WILL TILT HIS HEAD AND TRY TO TURN HIS EARS TO HEAR. gO ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND CHANGE PITCH,GET FAMILY TO HELP AND THE HIGHER THE PITCH THE BETTER. WE HAVE FUN AT MY HOUSE WITH 3 OR 4 PEOPLE AND WE JUST DO THE HOWL AT THE MOON MY NEIGHBORS HATE IT.THE DOGS  AND WE LOVE IT AND IT IS ALOT OF FUN, ENJOY YOUR DOG UNLESS YOUR BREEDING A CHAMPION THEN JUST HAVE FUN WITH YOUR DOG. HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY DEE