I personally have never taped ears.....I just let them progress naturally and sometimes it takes time. But I have heard a LOT of good reports of successful ear taping from experienced chi people. I have also heard of some of them using a certain type of glue....maybe liquid nails...but I don't know enough details to pass it on. I have also recently begin hearing that some are taping them over.....like gluing the tip to the BACK of the ear and having success with that....that seems a little too uncomfortable to the chi in my opinion.
I am glad you had some success with the ear taping. Are you the one that was asking how to do it a month or so ago? I can't remmy who was asking, but someone was, so I forwarded several people's versions of how to do it. Again though, I have never done it myself...just heard good things about it. Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: emily Bloise To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 7:19 AM Subject: Re: Re: [Chihuahuas] ears? Marsha I tried the tape trick to Pablo's floppy ear and it seems to be working. His ears are always up. He has had tape on the inside of his ear for about a week. I imagine I need to keep it taped for at least a month. Does anyone have any suggestions. I just used clear medical tape and made an upside down T in his ear. the pieces are small. I amy shrink them down as I go along. He looks so handsome with his big ears straight up! -- em, Pita & Pablo :) ===================== From: marsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2007/02/13 Tue PM 07:17:39 CST To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] ears? to some extent they do have some control. Look at one that is alert to a sound and ears will be straight up, then look at one that has been scolded for something and his ears may be down..And one in his normal calm state may have them more at the 11 and 1 positions (on a clock).to some extent they have some control. But in the puppy stage it is really just a matter of their muscles in the ears trying to develop....Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] ears? I have to wonder if they have some kind of conscious control over it. My guy had the up/down thing going forever until we went to an all-chi playgroup event in rochester, ny. (his first dog social with just chis) It was a st paddys gig as the dogs were all in costumes so henry had to be 6 months old. At that time his ears were never consistently up. (and I was a little worried) He was a bit shy (there were like twenty plus chi's) but soon he befriended another little shy female and they started to romp around with the pack, suddenly both of his ears were like little erect pieces of cardboard! It was so strange to see my boy look like that, when they were all running together I would not have recognized him (as there were a few blacks) except for his little green jacket (a sock sweater ofcourse!). It was a long drive home and by the time we got back and for months later I never saw those ears that straight again. Oh what we do for love and pride! best, michelle and henry in the beautiful Catskill Mountains, NY Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.
