Ear up? - Page 1

  Do you think her ears will up?5.5months old girl.I saw her ear up at the moment she  wakeup,but down again.

She's still too young to worry about her ears standing up, Most GSDS have their ears up after 12 weeks and one may has a reason to start worrying if ears aren't up by 20 weeks.

Ibrahim 

She is 23 weeks now?

Okay I apologize, I misread her age, in this case allow me to let the more experienced share their knowledge with you, excuse me for that, I don't want to say something not useful to you.

Ibrahim

Is she teething still? That can make their ears go up and down a lot.  The general rule-of-thumb is "if they have been up, they will come up";  not entirely fool-proof but it is usually the case.  They may come up shortly when her gums are less sore and yet go down again for a while in a couple of months, but then come up and stay up after that. Personnally at 5 1/2 months I would not worry yet, and would not do anything;  but this is the right time to put splints in if you are going to try that.  Me, I have no success with splinting and dont believe it makes much difference, but I'm sure others here could guide you if you want to try that route.  Good luck.      
Afterthought:  another thing you could try is gentle massage, of the base of each ear, regularly every day.

Have they both actually been up before? I know when they're teething they can go back down. I know you said that one was up this morning. Is that the only time? Has the other one been up? At her age I wouldn't worry, she's still young and can be teething. I'm with Hundmutter, splitting really doesn't help much. The reason splitting works with ear crops is that the scar tissue forms back into that standing position. I don't know how much it helps with just posting.

     I try already, after 5-7 days ,it only maintain standup one or two days ,down again.

Soft ears are genetic. If you want this dog for breeding I would not splint or tape and would not breed her if the ears didn't stand on their own. If she's a pet, then you may feel as if she will look better with her ears up, so give it a try.

Why does teething effect the ears, that is interesting. Curious minds inquire...

I think they use more calcium to build adult teeth and so lose some of what is going into ear cartialage?