puppy ear cropping @ 14 weeks of age

[Amy Murphy]

I am in a situation where I don't know who is right and wrong. My vet and the books about Boxers said to crop the ears 12-14 weeks of age.My breeder and other Champion breeders have told me to do it at 8-10 weeks of age.They say that if I do it any older that the ears will not stand up right.So my question is has anyone had their pups ears done at 14 weeks of age and are they standing and how long did it take?







:confused: Mother of a flashy fawn male needing some advice

 

[JulieM]

Our vet won't crop past 12 weeks of age. I'd say find the vet that does the show crops in your area and see what he/she has to say - it's no good following our recommendations if you can't find a vet to do the surgery at that age I would say that 14 weeks is the *latest* they should be cropped. I have also heard arguments the other way - that the later they are cropped the easier they are to get to stand. So, who knows. Our pups have all been cropped between 11 & 12 weeks, and took anywhere from 2 months to a year to stand (actually, the one that we taped for a year never did stand correctly. The longest it took for ears that stand correctly was 9 months.) The time it took our last puppy was dramatically shorter than usual - 2 months - and I'm not sure if it's because we found a different way of taping or because that puppy was the first one we had on a raw diet.

 

[MAGGIEMOM]

We had ours done a little over 12 weeks because they were full and could not get her in. since she was about 9 weeks when we bought her then called the vet that does our ears they were full the one friday and out of town the next so we had no choice. We did not have any trouble though. after the initial wrapping came off and the stiches were removed she only need one wrapping for them to stand.

I guess we were lucky.

 

[alaska]

I had my boys ears done at 9 weeks, I think I taped them for 1 1/2 months at the most, I never had that much problems.