Would you glue either of these pups. Both are just turning five months old. The female has one ear up, the male is significantly heavier and neither ear has gone up yet. Breeder glued them before she sent the pups to me. I'm feeling like the one up ear girl can be left, but the two ear down boy should be glued? Yes or no?
None of her pups I’ve ever seen as adults have ear issues ? Just seems to be what she does. The girl came glued at 9 weeks. The boy came glued at 18 weeks with photos showing they were glued prior to that while he was with her.
It is not standard practice with any breeder I know of to glue ears at that young age. The only reason to do that is if she knows she is breeding soft ears. And no you wouldn't see problems, because the ears are being taped when they are puppies.
The thing is that the more you mess with the ears, the more chance there is of creating a problem.
I had a GSD with a floppy ear. I taped it, according to the accepted ways. The ear never stood up. The cartilage to hold it up just wasn't there in one ear. It was a wasted effort.
However, my dog was about 110 percent perfect in every other category, so who cares? Actually, it turned out to be something of a benefit because it really seemed to attract women who would comment on how it showed he had "personality."
I came to the conclusion that lots of women like slightly flawed dogs because of their experience with human males. They seem to find (some) flaws endearing.
If I have another dog with the problem, I doubt that I will care that much.
My first GSD....his ears didn't completely go up until 8-9 months old. I'm glad I waited. I think you should too. Sometimes people are too impatient and do it too soon.
I was worried about my current girls ears too. They were floppy for a very very long time. But eventually both went up. Definitely let them be. If at some later point you want to tape, go to a vet or a better breeder!
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