No Hope?

[k_sep]

My pup is about eleven weeks old and I took her to the vet today to get her second round of shots. The vet I saw told me there was zero hope of her ears coming up. He said they were too "heavy" and if they hadn't come up by now, they weren't coming up at all. Now, I've read all over the place that they can come up as late as 6 months, but when I told him this, he got snappy and told me that he sees dogs all the time and sees them day in and day out, so he knows what he's talking about. It's not that big of a deal if they don't come up, but I was sort of looking forward to seeing them up! (Granted, I don't know how much GSD is in her). A few days ago, she got up from a nap and had one ear up for about ten minutes, then if flopped back down. It's done that a few times today after she was running for a bit, but it always flops back down.

BAsically, I want to know if the vet doesn't know what he's talking about, or is it hopeless? Latest picture of her for reference:

[wolfstraum]

lol your vet is wrong! Lots of ears come up late! Yes, it looks like the ears are heavy - but does not mean they won't come up....posting them would help definitely, Also give her beef leg bones/marrow bones to work on to exercise the facial muscles, and think about posting them

there are ALOT of posts about ears on the board.

Lee

[k_sep]

What age should I post the ears?

[selzer]

The puppy in the middle is Bear at ten weeks:


Same pups a few weeks later,Bear on the left:


Same pups even later:


Here are pictures of pups at 13 weeks:


I do not think those ears need to be up yet. I agree with giving her plenty of raw meaty bones, and they are likely to be just fine. ASK your breeder if you should do anything.

[k_sep]

No breeder I found her in a dumpster whining , so I don't know anything about her parentage.

Thanks for the pictures though, it makes me feel a bit better. I shall get some bones for her to chew on.

[Tihannah]

My pups were 16-18 wks before there ears came up. And I've heard of many coming up long after that. If she's already showing signs of them coming up briefly then you should have high hopes of them eventually standing up permanently! My male didnt start showing signs of them popping up until around 15 wks!

[selzer]

Well, she is cute as anything. I would not give up on those ears. Give it another month anyway, even two, and then go through the process that is described better than I can with some molefoam inserts, and glue. But I think it may not be necessary. Good nutrition will help. They go up and down while teething.

Thanks for rescuing her.

[kr16]

The pup looks pure breed to me and looks like a great looking dog.

How do you know how old it is if you found it in a dumpster? This same vet telling you the age?

Find another vet, your vet is hopeless not the dog. My pup is 16 weeks, one ear is up other is down, than up, than floppy, than down, than up. At 11 weeks they were barely up. i never considered doing anything to them at 11 weeks.

Heavy ear, lmao.

Seriously he told you that, wow.

What is a heavy ear and how is that determined? Id like to see that in the vet journal of medicine. Maybe a long stock coat has some extra hair like mine on the ears, doesnt add much weight.

No offense your vet sounds like an arrogant person who is clueless. Thats a polite way of putting it.

[k_sep]

Originally Posted by kr16

The pup looks pure breed to me and looks like a great looking dog.

How do you know how old it is if you found it in a dumpster? This same vet telling you the age?

Find another vet, your vet is hopeless not the dog. My pup is 16 weeks, one ear is up other is down, than up, than floppy, than down, than up. At 11 weeks they were barely up. i never considered doing anything to them at 11 weeks.

Heavy ear, lmao.

Seriously he told you that, wow.

What is a heavy ear and how is that determined? Id like to see that in the vet journal of medicine. Maybe a long stock coat has some extra hair like mine on the ears, doesnt add much weight.

No offense your vet sounds like an arrogant person who is clueless. Thats a polite way of putting it.

It was a different vet that estimated her age for me about a month ago (she said she looked between 6-8 weeks old, so I just estimated her to be about seven at the time, which would make her eleven weeks atm, but I'm not sure). The other vet was much nicer and I don't like the vet either. That's why I figured I'd ask. When she was getting her shots, the vet told me to hold her so she wouldn't move and I was trying to get her to lay down and hold her, but he got mad because she kept squirming. He snapped at me and told me "it's not rocket science, just hold her head" when I was just trying to make it easier on him. He was definitely a jerk.

[idahospud49]

She's adorable! I'd definitely say your vet is crazy. If he thinks her ears are heavy what would he think of

that was at 8 weeks old.


Today at 5 1/2 months. I think they have stood up pretty nicely!