Hi, Kennajo! Just posted a reply for your ear issue- if you want to try it, it did work for me and my GSD some years back... called Clovite- vet recommended it and it worked-my GSD had very floppy ears, they were so huge compared to his head, I despaired of them staying up. I do think the Clovite worked, as his ears did come up and stay up. And they were very strong, never flopped again once they came up. Can't hurt!