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I have a Czech/west german female and she did the same thing. Her ears took about 8 months to come up. They are up solid now. She is about 68 pounds. I would give it some time. She is still very young they will come up. I would not tape them though. I would just leave them alone. Like someone mentioned above I would give her nuckle bones to chew on daily. That will help strengthen her ears. Also make sure that the crate she is in is big enough for her so that her ears do not touch the top. If she is in a wire crate that is better since her ears can poke thru the top. The main thing right also is to make sure that when you or someone else pets her to not mess with the ears at all. That could break the cartalage in them.

Hope this helps. Good luck with her. Post her pedigree. I am curious about it. Thanks

 I have my first GSD pup. He is 6 1/2 months old. His would stand one day and drop the next. Then one would stand and the other would fall. His left ear drove me nuts, I was almost certain it was never going to stay up. His ears are very large and I can't wait for him to grow a head that fits those monster ears. I am not so sure that he can't hear german radio with those things.

I learned that he needed big meaty bones and I kept him busy chewing, and chewing and chewing. I refused to let anyone touch his ears... I demanded that everyone that wanted to pet my pup, to keep their busy hands off of his ears. 

One morning at about 5 /12 months they both came up and never dropped again. Personally, I wouldn't have taped them yet, by I admit, I was close to doing that. My bride believes I finally worried them up.

I had raised Dobermans for over 30 years, so worrying cropped ears up is something I became very good at. LOL

Good luck and If the base looks ok, I sure wouldn't give up on the pup yet. 

Xeus the dog in my avitar is my 8 mo old pup Thunder.  He was one of the 3 male pups I had in my litter we elected to keep.  I loved everything about him but was concerned about his one ear not coming up.  The whole litters ears came up fairly early except his.  By 5 months old I was starting to get really nervous about this ear and thought about taping but was told to wait a little longer.  I guess he was around six months old when that ear all of a sudden just stood straight up like the other one.  I thought maybe because he was such a big pup it may had something to do with it taking so long for the ears to stand.....he's like a big baby Hughey right now. LOL

But to answer your question I myself would not have given him up even if that ear was not gonna cooperate.  There were too many other more important characteristics I was not willing to give up with the dogs workability, temperment and overall apprearance to get myself crazy over that ear.  Think of it this way....you sell the dog and get another pup, the new pups ear come up but as it matures you discover the dogs not showing the temperment drives ect that you would have liked; now you're disappointed once again and the end result is you have yourself a nice looking dog with ears that stand up. LOL 

I can understand wanting to possibly breed this pup in the future, this ear thing being a slight issue for you...but you're not showing and are training dogs for PP or competition, hence the workability of the dog would be my primary concern in making my decission.  Was this the only pup in the litter that the ears both haven't come up yet?

I wouldn't stress over the ear, train the dog to it's fullest potential and take it from there. 

Yes, very important make sure she is in crate that is big enough for her, many people that had problems with their dogs ears I found out that the crate was way too small. If you don't keep your dog in a create than you don't have a problem, remember the small thing always matter :) big bones will do the trick, it always did :)

I believe I do need a valume. I have been waiting so long for this female that I may have put to much stress on myself. See the thing is that this is not about trading her in and just getting rid of her like a used car. this is the problem the family and I already have our competition/family/PPD several actually and even a lap dog. living in the city I can only have so many. Now as far as her workability she is super. I thank you guys for the advice, and I am going to go and buy the knuckles now.

I dont worry about ears until the dog is 6 months and they still aren't standing. Remember right now she is teething, and the calcium is going to her teeth, not her ear cartilage. Relax.

Xeus:   My goodness, boy, kewl it...You do have an investment, and you probably are keyed up..But give the pup another three months..Most of my big headed , big eared kids took to 9 months to stand proud..I never have taped or touched an ear.and never will....give bones..and just let it be. I would also start the knox gelatin also..I heard it is good..

You sound like your burning the wick at both ends again....are  your officers working out well???? Ice , snow and stress...take a break....p,m me later..

YR

Maybe Ive had a litle too much coffee or the Holidays are driving me nuts. i am glad I can count on the board to bring me back....

When posters are talking about raw bones, that does NOT mean taking a frozen bone and sticking it in the microwave on defrost.  Microwaves cook unevenly (even on defrost) and could make some of the bone brittle and you could end up with a dead dog or a huge emergency vet bill.

A raw bone that the pup can crush it's teeth through will strengthen the tendons that go under the jaw and up to the ears.  A good example is a chicken drumstick.  My pup started on those at eleven weeks and went right through the teething etc.

A knuckle bone from the butcher is cheap and keeps hem busy as do marrow bones.

Could you explain this statment"I want to breed in the near future" at 16 weeks old you can,t be serious about using her as  a breeding bitch ?.  She can,t be ofa,d till she is 2? are you going to title her? .