Ears Standing - Page 1

At what age would you start worriying about your dog's ears not standing??

by roughly 4 - 5 months it should be erect in normal cases. There are working dogs whose ears are erect at 8 weeks!!!!

But then the longer it takes for the ears to erect the more chances are that the cartilage is essentially weak and the dog will have soft ears in the long run

eras may become erect at 4 months and then go down as the dog's milk teeth shed and then go up again. This is no exact science but there are ballparks

Shoul I go ahead and tape them up now???

How old is the dog? Are the ears longer than the norm? Is the ear tissue wider or thicker than the norm?

Beardog

He is 14 weeks old,and to me  the size of the ears look normal.

I imported a female at 13 weeks, most beautiful ears and ear set that I ever saw. The ears dropped a few weeks later when her permanent teeth were coming in. They were down for a month or so. Came back up and are spectacular at 4 years of age. 

I had a similar problem with a young male that had an ear that dropped and didn't come up until 7 months old. I used the tape and expensive devices like the tents, etc. gave up on all of that and let nature take it's course. Nature worked. If you tape and tent the ears you ALWAYS have to be concerned with infection and irritation. 

If teeth are loose or coming out give a little extra calcium in the feedings, but not so much as to cause urinary tract problems. You can have too much of a good thing.

My best advice is to have your vet look at it and don't sway his opinion, LET NATURE TAKE IT'S COURSE is probably be his opinion.

Yes let nature take its course, I dont believe in the use of tape or fixtures.  

Give it time.