Post by terrasculp on Mar 20, 2009 20:46:47 GMT -5
Hello,
I have a female boxer that has natural ears. She's eight months old and is the light of my life. I'm confident that she's the best dog to have ever been born...
However ... there's this one thing that is driving me nuts...
About three weeks ago, my little girl's right ear started to stand a little higher than the other, which flops forward and looks "normal." I had hoped that one or the other ear would either fall or stand - for conformity's sake, if anything...
I must confess that it is starting to bug me and I'm a bit ashamed about that. Still, it seems the ear that is "growing up" is becoming more prevalent as time goes by. I hope you can educate me about this malady...
My questions:
1. Will the tall ear eventually flop back down like the other one? Or, as she continues to grow, will the normal looking floppy ear start to straighten?
2. Is there anything I can do to make the ears both fall the same way? Either up or down. Both ears on their own are perfectly acceptable, but with one ear pointing up and the other flopping down, she looks ... UN-symmetrical.
She's currently on a major growth spurt, if that helps. Other boxers that have shared my life have all been cropped, and it was simply a matter of rolling and taping the ears - that's easy. This is my first "natural ear" boxer. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards,
JD
Dallas, GA.
I have a female boxer that has natural ears. She's eight months old and is the light of my life. I'm confident that she's the best dog to have ever been born...
However ... there's this one thing that is driving me nuts...
About three weeks ago, my little girl's right ear started to stand a little higher than the other, which flops forward and looks "normal." I had hoped that one or the other ear would either fall or stand - for conformity's sake, if anything...
I must confess that it is starting to bug me and I'm a bit ashamed about that. Still, it seems the ear that is "growing up" is becoming more prevalent as time goes by. I hope you can educate me about this malady...
My questions:
1. Will the tall ear eventually flop back down like the other one? Or, as she continues to grow, will the normal looking floppy ear start to straighten?
2. Is there anything I can do to make the ears both fall the same way? Either up or down. Both ears on their own are perfectly acceptable, but with one ear pointing up and the other flopping down, she looks ... UN-symmetrical.
She's currently on a major growth spurt, if that helps. Other boxers that have shared my life have all been cropped, and it was simply a matter of rolling and taping the ears - that's easy. This is my first "natural ear" boxer. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards,
JD
Dallas, GA.