Great news everyone!!!! Both Byron's ears are up!!!! They have been up for about 2 days now. Hopefully they are up for good. He did the complete ear dance and his adult teeth are in (not sure if all of them are in though).
He looks sooooo handsome. No taping at all was necessary What an experience!!!

 

Helly- My pup is about 4 and 1/2 months also. Do you have any pictures of your pup so I can see what his ears look like? Byron's ears did the ear dance, they were all over the place so I kept some hope. I didn't want to tape them just because I wanted to prove everyone (everyone meaning my family and friends) that his ears would come up on their own (which I did prove to them!!). I too gave Byron cottage cheese and yogurt but not too much since I heard that too much calcium is bad. Anways, if Jasper's ears haven't showed any sign at all of coming up then I would definitely tape.

 

Doggiedad- Come on, cut me some slack :crazy:. I will definitely get him a life vest for the next trip to the beach. Didn't think about it before.

 

Okay here are some pictures so you all can some of the ear dances Byron did. I have so many pictures but I would be here forever uploading them all. The first picture is when he was 7 weeks old. You can pretty much see what his ears went through (and in return, what I went through LOL). I'm not sure if they are up for good, his right ear still slightly leans in on to the top of his head but I'm sure with time it will get even stronger.

 

Here are a few pictures of Byrons parents. The dad has the darker face and the mom has the lighter face. Byron looks just like his daddy.

 

Just to let everyone know, Byron still has both ears up. Neither have fallen! I'm so happy and excited that his ears haven't fallen. He will be 5 months next week so I think he's just about finished teething. Thanks everyone for all your support and advice!

 

diana happy to see ur pup ears up!! it sure is a relief...LOL ur Byron is beautiful. unfortunately my pup's ears are still up and down at 5 months from ur experience take a look at him and let me know what ya think. should i tape them or let them stand with the time..? (he's not done teething yet but very close to be done)

 

Hi WhiteVegas! Sorry I haven't been on here in a while to see your post. As far as your pups ears, I would definitely consider taping. Byron will be 6 months old this Saturday and his ears are still up. I noticed your pup has one ear up in 2 of those pics. Does that ear go up from time to time? Either way, at 5 months and almost finished teething, if I hadn't seen a siginifcant improvement in Byrons' ears, I would have taped. Ears up or ears down, we'll love them either way :wub:

 

Also, do you give your pup any extra calcium? i would put a little yogurt once a day in Byrons' food bowl, mixed in with his puppy chow. I've heard that also helps. Make sure he has plenty of chew toys too. These are little things that I did with my puppy.

 

i cant find this answer anywhere... WHY do their ears go down while teething? does it have to do with something with calcium going to their teeth? or the jaw muscles not working as hard because of pain? or just plain hormones?

 

This is how it's been explained to me....Calcium is needed to strengthen the cartilage in the ears, which keeps the ears standing erect. When the puppy starts teething, the calcium that is used to strengthen the ears then becomes directed to the mouth during the teething process. This is why you then can give your puppy extra calcium (not too much though) such as yogurt or cottage cheese, to supplement for the loss of calcium in the ears. After teething, the calcium is no longer needed in the mouth and is redirected back to the ears, the cartilage regains strength therefore standing the ears back up. :crazy:

 

My boy 5 months old and finally firm ears! Now they do the normal Yoda when sleeping and go straight back when excited...phew....I understand the concern. I hit like around 4.5 months and one was still floppy friendly.

 

makes perfect sense to me!! thank you

 

No problem..Byron has what they call "friendly ears", which is when he runs they flip at the tips. His ears are always up straight, even while he sleeps though. I'm figuring with time they will firm up. Either way, I'm just happy they're up!

 

Hey everyone, just thought I would give an update on my baby boy Byron. He's 7 months old, he will be 8 months on the 13th of January. His ears came up when he was 4 1/2 months old. They are still up, he's growing well and he's the love of my life.:wub:

 

He's so handsome! Nice full tail too.

I feel the same way about my Panzer - sure do love him.

 

Thanks!!!

 

It's good for other puppy owners to see this. Maybe they won't worry so much.

 

Thats a good looking family

 

Thank you very much!!:blush:

 

Maybe he's not a purebred?

 

Roxy had one ear up at 14 weeks and the other went up and down until she finished teething at almost 7 months. A GSD breeder at my vet suggested additional calcium (cottage cheese/yougrt) but with vitamin c to help move the calcium through her system. Apparently, bones absorb more of the calcium than cartilage. This breeder had said not to worry until 7 months. But she has had luck taping a 10 month old ears to radar height. Be patient!

 

Lol, he has very sweet eyes! The other Wgsd in this thread is about the same age as zack, i freaked about his ears too, but hes got radars now. >< I wouldve taped if they werent up by 5 months.

and seltz i laughed so hard at the big pointy scarey ear comment lol!

 

LOVE this picture-great looking boy!

 

Thanks Courtney!!! Me too!!! This dog is like my son.. I love him soooo much, ears up or down

 

One of the board members noticed her dog's ears always went up when they played fetch. Feeling that it couldn't hurt & might help, she got in the habit of playing lots of fetch games throughout the day. The dogs ears came up beautifully. Perhaps the fetch helped, or maybe not, but it's a healthy activity, deepens the bonds & they both have a blast with it.

 

Thankfully I never really had to go through the whole floppy ear thing. I brought Nuhkia home with the flying nun syndrome. About 2 wks later (3mons old) one ear came up! This was after I had introduced her to a bull chew. It never went back down, and then about 1-2 wks later I gave her a kong with peanut butter on the inside that had been frozen. After she got done licking the peanut butter out of the kong and hr later, the other ear had poped up! It went back down and back up for about a wk. I just kept doing the kong about once a day with peanut butter, other than that she played with it through out the day, and within that wk the ear was up and has never went down. So for the past month both ears have been up and perky!

However for the past 2 days, she been teething and 2 molers have poped out today! So I am watching her ears like a hawk on a mouse!!!!!!

 

My guy's ears stand now when he sits. He will be 9wks tomorrow