will my dogs ears stand up? march 16th added pics - Page 1

Jake is now 8 month old. during his puppyhood he would get 1 ear to stand up at a time, but never both at the same time. last week both ears would go up if i have a toy and he looked up to me. the tips of his ears would fall a little back though. i had just taped his ears last monday. i took the tape off today to see if there was any change, there wasnt. so i taped them up again. to those who've taped, how long did the dogs ears have to be taped up before they stayed up? i hope i didnt start taping too late, if i did than thats ok too, i still love my pooch.

8 months old may be a bit late. Do you have a recent picture of what his ears look like now?

Christine
blackthornkennel.com

with tape or without?

You should never tape the dogs ears up this late in the game..The first three months is when your dogs ears will come up by them selfs...If they are 6 mnths or older then that what they are going to do.. If you or your family members played with there ears when they were little that may have caused a laim ear, or it could have been genetics.

Sorry to hear about the ear issue, hope you can accept your pup like it is and luv him anyways. Who knows one day they may spring up by its self..My female had a laim ear until she was 4 mnths old and now they never come down..

I had 2 mali pups from our A litter,their ears weren´t up when they were 8 months old so I taped their ears and it took just 2 weeks of tapping and their ears were up.6 pups from that litter had their ears up when they were 6 weeks old,4 of them by the age of 4 months,just with these two,it took a little bit longer.Later I found out that brother of my dam´s sire had his ears up when he was 8-9 months old.
Don´t give up,you may also try adding calcium and D vitamin.I give my dogs BioCal Plus when they grow,change their teeth.

I think that is very true,  and in my experience they more often tan not do stand up eventually, with or without taping. Maybe taping can help speed up the process.  Probably the ears will always be slightly soft, but  I believe the chances are good that they will stand up.  I have only had this  problem in one puppy I bred, but I have seen it with many other dogs.  This male pup did not have both his ears up until  9 months - some people recommend a flavorless gelatine but I think a supplement with chondroitin and glucasamine is more helpful. Should have been started earlier,  but no harm to start it now, it may help strengthen the ear cartilage.  Giving him big bones to chew may help too.  And someone once told me, if you have other dogs, keep the pup separated from them but where he can see them, this is supposed to help strengthen the muscles at the base of the ear as he will be attentive and alert watching the other dogs, and more likely to put his ears up.  Ditto playing with a ball a lot.  Good luck and don't give up!

here are some pics of Jake after 1 week of taping.  i was playing with him at the time, but before this he never had both ears up at the same time.

 

I'd say they will come up.  The base is really strong and I don't see any creases.  Give him something to chew and they should come up ok.

Edited to say

Fine looking pup by the way!