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Permalink Reply by Garrett, Katie, & Conan on September 13, 2009 at 2:04pm

Hm.. sounds like it stood before.. but now it's not? That I'm not sure about. Conan only had one ear stand until he was almost a year. The other one did sometimes, but not consistently. We thought we would have to tape it, which you could try, but it eventually stood on its own. When we did try to tape his though, he wanted nothing to do with it. Hope you have better success!

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Permalink Reply by Paige and Baxter on September 13, 2009 at 2:12pm

This has happened with Baxter....it's either been that something got in his ear (dirt, etc.) or if he recently had a bath, it turns out to be a little bacterial infection from water remaining in his ear canal. I put some anti-bacterial ointment (from my vet) in his ear and it clears up in a few days.
Hope this helped,
Paige

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Permalink Reply by MollyJo on September 13, 2009 at 6:07pm

One of my Corgis (I've had four..) had this problem, her ear just never stood up though. She was a runt. I always thought it was cute, but if you're really concerned, wait a few weeks and then see a vet about taping it. I've never heard of it being an ear infection though like Baxter... that one is new..

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Permalink Reply by Carlie on September 13, 2009 at 6:51pm

Kiwi's ears didn't fully go up until she was 9 mos. old and even now, when she gets really, really tired one ear flops over. Orzo is 6 mos and has one ear up and one down. We are waiting for all of his adult teeth to finish coming in. Sometimes it's difficult for the ear to fight over the calcium needed for their teeth. I wouldn't worry too much, but if you're very concerned you can tape it up for about a week straight, after that it should stand.

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Permalink Reply by Brooke on October 3, 2009 at 10:49pm

I did decide to tape it. I simply slightly wrapped a bit of medical tape around the upper middle of her ear. Now it is standing up straight. Hopefully when I remove it in a week it will stand on its own.

Emma doesn't seem to mind the tape at all. Quiet a relief. I have always had cats until this point and a taped ear would not have gone over well with any of them. :)

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Permalink Reply by Shepdog on October 4, 2009 at 3:01am

My crew dropped/sagged their ears when they were teething badly, and they restood once they got their permanent teeth. I've found that's pretty common, actually. Happens in German Shepherds too.

I don't think it will hurt to tape it at all, we did the same thing with the boys. :)

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Permalink Reply by Derek on October 4, 2009 at 9:50am

Miranda's ears never went up, her whole litter had this problem. The ears just need to be taped. I thought it was cute and she was already 4 months old so I left it alone. Her ears are still down and she is 2 1/2. If you really want the ears up, talk to the breeder or a vet about taping it. You have to be careful not to cut off circulation when you do it.

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Permalink Reply by Sky and Lyla on October 4, 2009 at 4:05pm

My Corgi came to me with both ears up and they have always stayed that way, so I've never tried it, but I've heard you can add a littler cheese or plain yogurt to their diet for a few days and the extra calcium helps the ear stand up.

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Permalink Reply by Sunni A. on October 4, 2009 at 7:45pm

Eddy's ear went up at around 6 months old, 2 months ago roughly. But sometimes when he wakes up in the morning, that ear is flopped over and it will go up within an hour. I've been told that the teething stage is the most likely time it will go up due to jaw and head muscle development.

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Permalink Reply by Alice on October 5, 2009 at 2:00pm

It's possible for one or both ears to remain floppy. It's also possible for the ears to be up and then have one flop back down (my Mom's Cardigan had upright ears until 9 months of age when one ear fell and as still down now at 2 years of age). It could be that she is teething. While teething they are using calcium for the teeth and it can weaken the cartilage of the ears. This is usually temporary and to assist them you can add extra calcium to their diet such as cottage cheese once a day. Taping won't hurt. We had to tape Finnigan's ears. His were not up by 14 weeks as the breeder said they should be so we started taping and they ended up standing.

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Permalink Reply by Beth on October 5, 2009 at 6:23pm

We taped both of Jack's, but not for long.

The breeder said that Maddie's were very soft and would still sometimes flop down til she was around a year old, if she was swimming or playing in water or it was very hot.

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