Doberman ear posting - improved method

Hmm, I don't have yet. I will take one tomorrow. When we go outside and she is really alert the ear tips are stiff and looks fine. I'm just all lost with this ear posting because it's so hard to estimate when you can leave them without. I thought they where ready because they where so nice for a week. Now I'm not so sure anymore.

We are past 8months mark so teething should be over by now (at least no teeth's falling anymore). :)

She is sleeping now, so will take a picture tomorrow.
 
zener said:
Hmm, I don't have yet. I will take one tomorrow. When we go outside and she is really alert the ear tips are stiff and looks fine. I'm just all lost with this ear posting because it's so hard to estimate when you can leave them without. I thought they where ready because they where so nice for a week. Now I'm not so sure anymore.

We are past 8months mark so teething should be over by now (at least no teeth's falling anymore). :)

She is sleeping now, so will take a picture tomorrow.
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Oh sorry, I was thinking she was still a young pup... Oops. ;) If it's not a super long crop she could very well be done by now. If it's just the tips that are wiggling you can always try the Breathe Right strips to keep them supported.
 
Yes, it's just the tips that are wiggling around when she is "jogging". If you know what I mean. We tried breathe rights but they didn't stay on even a full day.

I don't think it's super long crop but definitely in the longer side.
 
Hehe, she woke up and got this picture how they look. :)

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LOL what a cutie. They look pretty good so you could give the breathe rights a try. There's a tutorial her in the section on how to do it if you've never tried it before.
 
Ears got even floppier with the weight of the breath rights so we are back to square one and back to posting. Maybe we just should take this for sure and post them for 1-2months before even trying to leave them without.
 
zener said:
Ears got even floppier with the weight of the breath rights so we are back to square one and back to posting. Maybe we just should take this for sure and post them for 1-2months before even trying to leave them without.
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Yes if the weight of the breathe rights is pulling them down you're best off to post for a while longer without leaving them down. Don't worry, you're almost there. :)
 
Here's my first try at posting. I'm using cardboard tampons wrapped in duct tape and Torbot Bonding Cement finished off with cloth medical tape.

First off, what a messy job! Lol! Each ear, as soon as I rubbed the adhesive on he shook his head and it went all over me. Hoping it washes out of clothes well! Anyway, it was fairly simple and I hope from the not well taken pics I uploaded that you all can give me your opinion. I'm thinking he needs a bridge. At first they seemed pretty straight now they seem out to the side. Hoping that as each week goes by he'll get more used to it and won't shake his head so much or rub his ears on the bed. image.webpimage.webp image.webp image.webp
 
Not bad for your first time! A couple of observations would be to put a piece of tape at the top so they don't curl away like the one is, and to cut off the tops of the posts just above the ear so she's not bumping them on things.
Edit: I see you do have the tape at the top, it was the excess post I was seeing.

And yes the glue does wash out of clothes. Last fall I was showing my friend how you really have to shake it before using it and I didn't realize she had already loosened the cap for me to save time. LOL It did not come out of my dining room chair though, but I lost about a half a can with that one shake. :D
 
Thanks JanS . Wow that sounds like something I would do! I do hope that he will get used to the postings. He shook his head alot last night, but didn't seem to annoyed by them. I will trim postings tonight. Do you think they are going out to the side too much? Maybe I should use some duct tape and make a bridge through the middle?
 
They will shake their heads until the glue dries, but ours have always stopped after it dries.

As for the center brace I only use it the first couple times then keep it off so the ears don't want to start pulling in too much, which looks terrible. I just use the white tape for the center brace since the duct tape is probably too wide.
 
OK, we've been posting and the ears are nice and stiff again. Now I fear to stop... Maybe we should still keep them posted? Today is the day to change tapes.

Finished building fence in the back yard yesterday so we can relax outside more.

Here is what she looks today:

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They're looking good! I would test it for a day and the big test is usually when they sleep on them since that's when they want to come down if they're going to. How old is she again?

At any rate if you see any drooping I'd get them right back up and go for another 2 weeks.
 
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