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Taping Ears To Stand
When you get your puppy the ears should be standing up straight as you see above. Taping of the ears is the responsibility of the breeder. If they are laying down flat or semi-erect than it was the result of a lazy breeder. You can tape the ears yourself to get them up.
You can use medical tape or something with light adhesive on the ears. Trim the hair off the front, back and edges of the ears, being careful not to cut the folds of the ear before you put them in tape. Clean each ear with a little rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball. I use 1 to 2 inch wide tape. Take the ear and hold it streight up and run the tape around the ear as shown above.
The above example shows the ear in tape. The triangle inside shows the shape of the ear. Press tape gently together to make sure it's stuck to the ear. Proceed with the other ear in the same manner.
Once you have both ears taped separately, then run a support piece of tape between the two to keep them totally erect. Run the piece of tape around the two ears from back to clear around the front, taping it against itself in the middle between the two ears.
The above example is what you should have when finished. Both ears are completely covered with masking tape.
Do not leave on for longer than one week. At that time take the tape off by sliding a small pair of scissors up behind the tape from the back of the ears and carefully cutting the tape up the back. Gently pull it away from the ears. Clean well with a cotton ball dipped in rubbing alcohol. Let the ears stay most of the day without tape. Put them back in tape within 24 hours. Even if standing upright for the 1st time, put them back in tape for atleast one more week. Make sure that you are trimming all hair off the ears, back, front and edges until the ears are up and standing on their own.
Note: You must keep atleast the top half of the ears well trimmed or eventually they could go down again, even as an adult so remember to add this to part of your grooming schedule.
