HOW LONG
WILL IT TAKE FOR MY GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES EARS TO
BE ERECT
Some German shepherd puppies ears stand up as early as 7-9 weeks
old. Do not be alarmed if your pup's ears don't stand until 5-6
months of age. Unusually larger ears may even take longer.
Most often if your puppy is teething this can slow the
process as well.
You can stimulate the ears with your fingers and/or massage
them to strengthen the cartilage.
You can provide "Pet-Tabs" once daily, which is rich in
calcium to help the cartilage develop stronger.
How-ever, please be careful. To much calcium will build-up on
the bone tissue and cause severe pain and abnormality in growth.
It can also cause Panosteitis (growing pains and/or inflammation
of the bones).
In
some cases German shepherd puppies ears never stand. This is called
"soft ear". Soft ears are a genetic inheritance. Sometimes taping
can be successful.
Dogs with soft ears should not be bred even if taping is
successful.
It is a major disqualification in the show ring.
If the ears stand up but wiggle at the tips when the dog is
running. This is identified as "friendly ears". Friendly ears
are not a disqualification in any means but is not pleasing to
the eye.
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