Ear question

[NWhaley]

Okay for those of you who have seen diesels picture in my introduction his ears are standing he's a 1 yr old, however they don't stand all the time, being a new GSD owner It gets kind of irritating people calling him a mixed breed, and a certain family member "dad" always saying when are your ears going to stand? Beautiful erect ears in this one picture huh? now see the picture of him with them floppy. I would love for them to stand all the time is it far to late to do anything about it? If so I'll live with him being a "stimulated" ear stander because I love him dearly I'm just curious..

First Picture on the left him as a puppy I believe this was taken in Nov last year. Next picture was from this spring, Next picture ears up again camping about a month ago, last picture of us, this is what his ears do! what do you all that have owned for several years or know the breed really really well think?

[Samba]

You could try to train them up with an insert in them. I don't know how successful it would be at this age. I am currently working with taping a 1 year old's ears and so far not much improvement. But, his don't stand occasionally like yours.

I used breath rite strips and mole skin. Maybe I can get a picture of Luke's ears today.

[NWhaley]

gosh anything would be great I tried a method with glueing the roller to the inside of the ear but his ear didn't react well to the glue at all made the skin on the inside peel.. Like I said he'll be laying down wake up and his ears are up.. Which is great! but I'm having lost hope needless to say.

[NWhaley]

Okay so here is an extremely recent photo taken just today when he woke up from his nap EARS UP! in about 2-3 minuets they'll be down.. See where my frustration lies..lol

[The Judge]

My dog does the same. They do stand for more than 75% of the day though.

[NWhaley]

it depends for Diesel most of the day they are up but when I go to pet him or he comes to me they fall like I said if I can help them since they already do stand most of the time that would be fantastic! if not no big deal he's everything I could want in a GSD

[jakeandrenee]

Are his ears back when he is very happy and excited???

[NWhaley]

Originally Posted by jakeandrenee

Are his ears back when he is very happy and excited???

yea they flop back like some shepherds I've seen do...

[jakeandrenee]

When Jake is excited when I get home and take him out of his crate or in the morning his ears are back. I am sure others will know more but this seems very normal to me.

[NWhaley]

yea like right now they are drooped down not standing he's sleeping and bent over at the tops... The base is up so their not as flat as say a retrievers ears obviously from the picture lol but it's frustrating sometimes. He's a big boy for his age.. If this helps any I give him bones to chew on and when he chews his ears start to stand also it's very weird to me being a first time owner and all..lol.. I do appreciate any input.