Ear Articulation
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Archer
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Whether or not you should keep posting depends on two things. How old is he?
How do his ears look when the breathe right strips are off for a while? If he is still within teething age, keep posting. Same is true if his ears waver at all when the breathe rghts are off.
I agree with My Buddy. The pictures appear to be normal natural movement of the ear. That crease you are seeing is their natural bend. Folding back of the ears is normal, and represents an expressive ear. What you don't want is the ear to flop in or away from the head. Let me see if I can find some examples to show you of what that looks like. Hang on.....
He is only 5 months old. Keep posting until he is done teething. Otherwise you risk the ears falling. The might look good now, but the body robs itself of calcium during the teething process and the ears require all the calcium they can get as the cartilage develops. Don't take that to mean you need to supplement him with calcium as that would be detrimental and cause developmental long bone and joint issues. It just means to get him out of those breathe rights and back into posts
How do his ears look when the breathe right strips are off for a while? If he is still within teething age, keep posting. Same is true if his ears waver at all when the breathe rghts are off.
I agree with My Buddy. The pictures appear to be normal natural movement of the ear. That crease you are seeing is their natural bend. Folding back of the ears is normal, and represents an expressive ear. What you don't want is the ear to flop in or away from the head. Let me see if I can find some examples to show you of what that looks like. Hang on.....
Aww, Bob is handsome. We were posting at the same time.
He is only 5 months old. Keep posting until he is done teething. Otherwise you risk the ears falling. The might look good now, but the body robs itself of calcium during the teething process and the ears require all the calcium they can get as the cartilage develops. Don't take that to mean you need to supplement him with calcium as that would be detrimental and cause developmental long bone and joint issues. It just means to get him out of those breathe rights and back into posts
Yes during the the teething process it's crucial to keep posting we still post although I think the ears are done and he's done teething. What you are seeing in the bend is normal and awesome you'll see what I mean by that once you see him moving those ears in all sorts of directions. When our boy was teething we wouldnt let the ears out of post for any longer then an hour. You don't want to see any folding you can loose progress if they roll on them or sleep on them stuff like that till they are done
DeniseA
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I'm glad to see this post as we're at about tne same stage... a couple of weeks ahead is all . I'm still posting though I've been letting him have a bit of ear freedom during post changes. He holds his ears beautifully then though the tips still move a bit. It's my thought that though his molars are in the fact he still does that massage type of chewing with the rope back there he's not really finished. After all this work and time I think it's worth a few more weeks, especially since it's a long show crop.
I'm glad to know that crease is normal.
I'm glad to know that crease is normal.
With the long shows we had one as well we were told from the forum the tips will always wiggle as long as they aren't folding it's normal
