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by JRANSOM on 23 June 2009 - 23:06

My pup is 11 weeks old and his ears came up about 5 days after I brought him home and have been up ever since.
However, this morning his left ear is completely flopped over. My question is, since it was up once, is that an indication that it will come back up and eventually stay up. With my female, once her ears came up they stayed and never went down.

Jen

by Sam1427 on 23 June 2009 - 23:06

It's very likely that your pup's ears will go through various stages. I assume you brought him home at about 8 or 9 weeks since that's usually when people get puppies. Try not to worry about his ears. It is likely that if they were both up for several days that they will come up again.

I had one pup whose ears were up at 8 weeks and never went down again. She was the exception. She had and still has very light ear leather - light referring to weight, not color. Most of them went through all kinds of stages, and the pups with heavy, thick ear leather went through the most stagesand their ears came up the latest.

by JRANSOM on 23 June 2009 - 23:06

Thanks Sam,
Yes I brought him home at 8 weeks. His ear leather seems to be somewhat on the light side. My females was heavier at that stage but still went up and remained up.

Jen

by Mystere on 24 June 2009 - 17:06

If they were both once up, that's a good sign that it will come back up. I have had pups whose ears came up, stayed up, even through teething. I have had one whose right ear went up and down so often, it drove me bats.

It finally came up and stayed up.

The pup may be gearing up to teeth. Give him things to gnaw on to exercise those little muscles that help the ears to stand. A nice knuckle-bone will do.

by sueincc on 25 June 2009 - 18:06

Something you don't want to do is think of ear forms or braces at this stage of the game, you can actually hinder the ears from standing if you do. Most every GSD pup I have ever had went through some interesting ear "positions" before they finally decided to stand permanently. One day both up, the next day one down, the next day both leaning in on each other, and so on.

by JRANSOM on 26 June 2009 - 01:06

Thanks Mystere & Sue.
He'll be 12 weeks tomorrow. I know it's still early, I just don't want him to end up with the "airplane ears" that his left is right now. I'll just be patient and wait.

Jen

by bea teifke on 28 June 2009 - 02:06

i had a pup at 5 weeks her ears were up and by the time i got her at 7 weeks they were down,it took her till 3 1/2 months for them to go back up, i thought that was good.
i am sure they will come back up, cause they once were up.
i also had one female take 8 months for that other ear to come up.
she did a back and forth ear thing.

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