These EARS are NOT correct!

[pazzo]

My 12 week old puupy ears went goffy! He arrived a beautiful 8 week old pup with CORRECT ear set. This past week and a half......??????? the look like almost like they are back all the time and stick out a bit. I don not remember my Nico having this issue. My question is will they correct themselves or I was told they may have to be taped, he was sold to me as a show quality pup, but with these ears....I don't think he'll be winnin' anything! LOL!
I was just wondering if anyone else had this problem.

Actually, he could grow 3 ears, I still love him! :D
Thanks for the input.....
Dana
and my puppy Santo

[lblax]

they will do all sorts of wierd thing while they are teething which starts about 12 weeks they do not need taped

[moonbeam]

I have massaged my last 2 Rottie's ears since the first ones ears remained stuck out funny. If you massage the ears next to the skull and move your fingers down to soften the hard spots, it may help. It helped mine and I have not taped at all. Do the massage a few times a day.

[Luvs]

I am VERY familiar with ears like that! Akasha had perfect ears when I brought her home at 8 weeks old. It wasn't long before her ears were just like your puppies. I blame my husband, because when she first came home he commented about how perfect her ears were and how we were not going to have to worry about them. Boy was he wrong

Have the breeder you got your puppy from show you how to massage his ears. That helped Akasha. I also tried taping her ears but she just ripped the tape off. She has good days and bad days. Her ears will be perfect and as soon as we get to a show they are all funky. I swear she does it just to irritate me ;) I did notice Akasaha's ears got worse while she was teething and then got alot better afterwards.

Good luck!

[pazzo]

Ok. The massage thing? It sounds good, but my breeder is 2,000 miles away...so....can someone try to explain it to me. It seems to me like he got a crease in the back of the ear, because when I take that crease out they become correct. Moonbeam you said start at the skull and move down to soften the hard spots, is that where the skull and the ear meet? his problem seems to be on the SOFT part of the ear....
am I making any sense?
Thank you guys for your responses! I thought I was the only one.....

Dana

[pazzo]

Luvs,
are Akasaha's ears correct now? Even if his ears stay funny his personality makes up for it, so he'll be one of those "prettier on the inside" types! LOL!

[lblax]

your dog is 12 weeks old they start teething around that age they change constantly while they are teething...you can massage you can tape your dogs ears will still end up how they are genetically made up. every rot goes through this even german shepherds do this it is normal!!!!!

[pazzo]

Larry,
Thanks for your input, I am glad to hear it's a stage. So no tape, no massage, and I will cross my fingers and pray! :D
I am just concerned because my other rotti never went through this stage. (I even pulled out the pic's at the same age!) so I guess I will know after he's done teething if they will return to normal? I'll keep you posted.
Thanks again. :)

Dana

[los1]

Originally Posted by pazzo

Larry,
Thanks for your input, I am glad to hear it's a stage. So no tape, no massage, and I will cross my fingers and pray! :D
I am just concerned because my other rotti never went through this stage. (I even pulled out the pic's at the same age!) so I guess I will know after he's done teething if they will return to normal? I'll keep you posted.
Thanks again. :)

Dana

Yes, my pup went threw this also. I was nervious just like you and took the advice of some with tape , massage and Vet even told me some glue. Well the person who said it would be fine if you did nothing because of the genetics it probaly 100% right. When I did this the taping yes, may have may not have done it right but some hair got pulled off now his hair is white now where it grew back. So I say do nothing things will be fine. IT started with 1 ear than as I massage it and it was fine than it was the other(lol) proves it's just a stage. Wish I would have gotten the advice you got from the few you said it will be ok even if you did nothing. Now I had to dye my babies hair. Just cosmedic to me because I have no attention in showing him.

[poohbearsmom]

Depending upon the ear set, ear size, and leather thickness... and depending on your intentions of showing, you may indeed need to tape.

Have your breeder take a look at the ears. Massage may be the way to go, or taping may be necessary, to keep the ears from setting wrong. Your breeder will be able to assist you in taping them properly, so that it is comfortable for the pup.

Teething can wreak serious havoc on the ears...LOL. Luckily, massage worked on Pooh and Attila... Deit needed no ear attention, but I massaged him anyway - he enjoyed it.

If you have serious show intentions, please do not leave it to mother nature, without your breeder's input. Your breeder should know the lines well enough to give you the best advice here.

Good luck!

[lblax]

Originally Posted by poohbearsmom

Depending upon the ear set, ear size, and leather thickness... and depending on your intentions of showing, you may indeed need to tape.

genetics!!! you can tape and make up for poor genetically formed ears....... but if your dogs ears were good at one point and mysteriosly at 12 weeks they start doing everything under the sun then its the teeth and it will continue through out the whole tething prosscess..... but the bottom line is if he had good ears he will have them again unless genetics says otherwise... massage all you want it wont hurt a thing and your dog will love it..... i have seen adult rottweilers with fly away ears but every one that i have seen where rescue dogs or poorly bred dogs i cant think of a rott that was well bred having bad ears....a lot of the taping success stories stem from people getting frantic when teething starts and they start taping and there ears turn out great and they attribute that to the taping but in all reallity it was genetics that made the ears correct..... call your breeder and ask her if she has had any malformed ears in her lines and go from there

[los1]

Originally Posted by lblax

genetics!!! you can tape and make up for poor genetically formed ears....... but if your dogs ears were good at one point and mysteriosly at 12 weeks they start doing everything under the sun then its the teeth and it will continue through out the whole tething prosscess..... but the bottom line is if he had good ears he will have them again unless genetics says otherwise... massage all you want it wont hurt a thing and your dog will love it..... i have seen adult rottweilers with fly away ears but every one that i have seen where rescue dogs or poorly bred dogs i cant think of a rott that was well bred having bad ears....a lot of the taping success stories stem from people getting frantic when teething starts and they start taping and there ears turn out great and they attribute that to the taping but in all reallity it was genetics that made the ears correct..... call your breeder and ask her if she has had any malformed ears in her lines and go from there

I agree with your response 110% my first rotti never had the problem so when this 1 did i panic and for what ears are fine now except for my stupid part now have white on bottom ears. Whats meant to be will be.

[poohbearsmom]

Originally Posted by lblax

genetics!!! you can tape and make up for poor genetically formed ears....... but if your dogs ears were good at one point and mysteriosly at 12 weeks they start doing everything under the sun then its the teeth and it will continue through out the whole tething prosscess..... but the bottom line is if he had good ears he will have them again unless genetics says otherwise... massage all you want it wont hurt a thing and your dog will love it..... i have seen adult rottweilers with fly away ears but every one that i have seen where rescue dogs or poorly bred dogs i cant think of a rott that was well bred having bad ears....a lot of the taping success stories stem from people getting frantic when teething starts and they start taping and there ears turn out great and they attribute that to the taping but in all reallity it was genetics that made the ears correct..... call your breeder and ask her if she has had any malformed ears in her lines and go from there

Not all dogs with funky ears are dumpster dogs, Larry. True, that if there is a slight fault in the ear to begin with, i.e. leather thickness, set, size.... during the teething process, they can go whacko. Sorry, but this IS an instance in which I'd help a dog out.... sometimes they DO NOT correct on their own, and produce that beloved Flying Nun Ear Carriage.... So, why handicap an otherwise nice dog in the ring, by leaving the ears be? OR, furthermore, why keep a dog that has a lot of things to offer to the gene pool out of the ring because of a little ear funkiness.

IF the ears are REALLY bad, taping or massaging will not help in the long run, anyway - and THAT is a dog I'd keep out of the gene pool.

Genetics- yes. This is where the OP's breeder needs to be consulted.

Genetics- yes. Knowing the lines that produce certain, and breeding to improve faults is a good thing.

I'll tape ears over finding out my puppy's got a crippling affliction ANY day of the week. ;)

[pazzo]

Ofcorse MY breeder had to go get married and take a 2 week long honeymoon! How dare they, right in the middle of my CRISIS! :D I would think with the pedigree this puppy has, that I am safe genetically speaking. But then again stranger things have happened.

I just don't want him to be teased when he grows up, my husband already calls him a "misfit" (from rudolph) :D LOL!
I will let you know what the breeder says! Thanks for all the info!
Dana

[SABELLESMOM]

Originally Posted by poohbearsmom

Not all dogs with funky ears are dumpster dogs, Larry. True, that if there is a slight fault in the ear to begin with, i.e. leather thickness, set, size.... during the teething process, they can go whacko. Sorry, but this IS an instance in which I'd help a dog out.... sometimes they DO NOT correct on their own, and produce that beloved Flying Nun Ear Carriage.
IF the ears are REALLY bad, taping or massaging will not help in the long run, anyway - and THAT is a dog I'd keep out of the gene pool.

Genetics- yes. This is where the OP's breeder needs to be consulted.

Genetics- yes. Knowing the lines that produce certain, and breeding to improve faults is a good thing.

I'll tape ears over finding out my puppy's got a crippling affliction ANY day of the week. ;)

Absolutely! And I'll even go so far as to add that I always felt so badly about Jazmine's ear...it had an extra fold. In the summer, she would suffer greatly as the area at the apex would get moist. Eventually she'd have this boil like blister at the apex INSIDE the ear. It required anitbiotics, and ointment. There was nothing wrong with her breeding or actually even her ear position in relation to the skull. Perhaps the one ear lacked a bit of thickness. My feeling is she was contracting and holding a small ear muscle tense and tight. If someone had taped her ears she could have been spared pain and discomfort every year.