Ear question

[taytas]

Hi all, Nothing major here, just a quick question about my new pups ears. He is only 14 weeks old and in the last few weeks his ears have what looks like turned inside out (see attached photo).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78996282@N00/2055120420/

I pop them back and they sit fine like all other boxers ears but soon as he moves his head they go back like the photo, Was just wondering if anyone else had seen or experienced this and will they stay like that or will he grow into them?

 

[gmacleod]

It looks as though your pup has extremely soft ear cartillage. It's not uncommon for pup's ears to go all over the place during the teething phase. But all the same, I think in your little guy's case, it might be a good idea to give them a bit of help to train the creases into the right places.

You can do this with massage, and you can also tape them in between massages (if you do only one of these, choose the massage). Here are a couple of links with pictures and instructions: http://www.raevon.net/MASSAGE.html
http://raevon.net/TAPING.html

 

[taytas]

Thankyou for the quick responce, will give it a try.

 

[Dazey]

My pups ears do crazy things too

My 5 month old pup's ears sit different from day to day I was really
worried about it too but from the advise of the moderator with the
teething stage and my vet insuring me that this is normal I am at ease

 

[RolenKisses]

I will second what gmac said...I massaged Rolen's ears every night when he was a puppy and it worked! His ears sit very nicely!

 

[Lola's mum]

Me too, Zeb & Casper especially had fly away ears plus they liked me massaging them

 

[beausmommy]

Beau is 3 and his ears look just like that! I got him when he was 9 months so I guess no one tried working on them when he was teething. Gmac, can I still correct this through massage or is he too old?

 

[gmacleod]

He may be too old... but it's not going to hurt anything to try Most dogs rather enjoy an ear massage, so it can be quite a nice sort of relaxing, bonding sort of experience. In short, it might help settle the creases in the ears into the right places - but if it doesn't, no harm done.

 

[beausmommy]

I will try it out tonight! I just want him to look like he has ears in photos so maybe I can try taping them before I take them! Thanks