One Ear Up One Ear Down

[Justin0406]

My pup ears have been at full attention since week 10... Now one of his ears have flopped... Sometimes it goes back up but it's not strong like the other ear which alway stands at attention. He just turned four months. I was told the flop may be due to teething... Which is another issue... lol Any suggestions...

[Whitedog404]

I'd suggest ear forms. My puppy (who's 6 months old today), was flippity floppity since I got him at around 11 weeks. And at around 5 months old, I started to worry because those big ears never stood up more than a few moments at one time. Ear forms went in for three weeks and recently came out. Gorgeous erect ears that haven't flopped once. In a week, the forms will go back in for three weeks, per the woman I got him from. I suspect his ears might be just fine if I didn't put them back, but he doesn't even realize he has them in, so I might as well. You could wait until he's 5 months old, then consider them. I wouldn't wait much longer than that. You can get the forms and glue here:

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[just another truck]

Since his ears were up, and then one dropped, I would agree with teething. Hunter is 6 months, most of adult teeth are now through, and his ears are regaining strength..

[Stosh]

Once they go up, they'll go back. Ours were up, down, up, down- Uschi looked like she was signaling a right turn for a while. Teething will cause them to drop. Make sure you give him plenty of things to chew to strengthen those muscles.

[VegasResident]

yeah I say once up will go up...teething does make em flop. My boy had one up at 7.5 weeks and that one is back down again at 10 weeks. Waiting for other one to pop up and down. My last GSD had one up and one down at 12 weeks flopping everywhere and as you can see from my album she ended up with wonderful ears!

[Helly]

Jasper is 12 weeks old...you can see the base of one ear sort of trying to come up. Please tell me its too early to worry

[crisp]

I'm not sure how old he is now, but he sounds too young for ear forms. If he's just starting to teeth, the teeth are getting most of the calcium from his diet. Supplement that with cheese, milk, etc. Giving little bits of cheese during training works great.

[Jax's Mom]

If those were his ears before they fell, they'll come back perfectly.
Jax had both up at 8 weeks then fell, then alternated and at 6 months they went back up within a day, which was 3 days after his last baby teeth fell out. It was really neat.

[VegasResident]

Originally Posted by Helly

Jasper is 12 weeks old...you can see the base of one ear sort of trying to come up. Please tell me its too early to worry

not time to worry. Really the first time you should even think about issues would be at 4 months (teething) when calcium is pulled.

What you can do is add some calcium (yogurt etc) to the diet. But if you do add Ester C. What C does is help the body move calcium easier throughout the pup thus helping it go to the ears.

If you want you can start the Ester C now and add it to the meal. This will help the pup better absorb and utilize calcium coming into the body, which in turn helps the cartilage stand.

[doggiedad]

my dogs ears did the ear dance untill he was
5 months old.

my last GSD did the ear dance untill he was 6 months
old.