Glueing ears- instructions

[mbfrench]

Tomorrow my groomer and I are gluing Callan's ears. I finally decided to go ahead as his ears ars are starting to fly (he is 4 months today). Of course, now that I decided, his ears are tipping nicely today, thank you! go figure!

Anyway, I'm torn between several techniques.

1) Ann's technique where you brush up the fur in front of the ear and put the glue on the outside tip of the ear so that you are gluing the ear behind that tuft of hair

2). The opposite, where you glue on the inside tip of the ear and put the ear tip over the tuft of hair rather than behind.

And do you brace between the ears first or after tipping?

And then finally, I was reading today about simply weighing the ears with speed sew and tungsten powder. What are thoughts about that. I recognize that wont correct the set between the ears but sure seems easier!

Ps. My first Sheltie was when I was 8 years old. The breeder recommended putting chewing gum on the tips! Now that's easy! Anybody doing that anymore?

Always glue to the inside of that tuft of hair.I used to roll my finger,and it would attach very nicely. Then take the hair and brush forward after gluing. It helps bring that topline of the skull forward,and looking at the pup after it is all done,the pup will look like he has a nice rounded edge. Hard to explain,but always glue to the inside.
If you need a bridge done,look closely after the ears are glued. On the inside edge of each ear,near the skull,you will see wisps of hair growing.Take only a dab of glue,bring ears up close,and roll some glue to that wispy hair,rolling it between your fingers. Wait till it is dry,before you let pup off table.

I have seen videos,where breeders will create that bridge first,bringing the sides of ears together,once dried,then they would roll the year over at the correct breaking point,and glue down to inside edge of ear. (so tip to inside edge of ear,using that tuft of hair).

 

[BarbV]

Always glue to the inside of that tuft of hair.I used to roll my finger,and it would attach very nicely. Then take the hair and brush forward after gluing. It helps bring that topline of the skull forward,and looking at the pup after it is all done,the pup will look like he has a nice rounded edge. Hard to explain,but always glue to the inside.
If you need a bridge done,look closely after the ears are glued. On the inside edge of each ear,near the skull,you will see wisps of hair growing.Take only a dab of glue,bring ears up close,and roll some glue to that wispy hair,rolling it between your fingers. Wait till it is dry,before you let pup off table.

I have seen videos,where breeders will create that bridge first,bringing the sides of ears together,once dried,then they would roll the year over at the correct breaking point,and glue down to inside edge of ear. (so tip to inside edge of ear,using that tuft of hair).

What do you mean by the inside tuft of hair?

What we did was put the glue on the inside tuft of hair at the base of the ear, then bend the ear over the tuft. So that were gluing hair to hair. Is that what you meant?

Then we braced the ears together between the ears by twisting a few hairs together .

What we did wrong, is bending the ear too much (ie at halfway rather than 1/3...his ear tufts are pretty short though so to get something to glue too was hard) and bracing too far apart. He's only 4 months, so I don't think damage is done. I'll be taking it out this week and redoing.

 

[BarbV]

So since I was not happy with the first glue, I decided to take it out today after one week. Took some work to dissolve the glue and did need some minor scissor work. But finally.....his ears are temporally tipped again. I have no illusion they will stay this way.

The question I ask myself is: Do I continue? Weighing the pros and cons

I'm now leaning towards not gluing but I could change my mind again once hus ears start to gp fly again.

I'm pathetic.

 

[corbinam]

So since I was not happy with the first glue, I decided to take it out today after one week. Took some work to dissolve the glue and did need some minor scissor work. But finally.....his ears are temporally tipped again. I have no illusion they will stay this way.

The question I ask myself is: Do I continue? Weighing the pros and cons

I'm now leaning towards not gluing but I could change my mind again once hus ears start to gp fly again.

I'm pathetic.

I guess it depends on the ears but I don't think it typically works like that. I think the ears need to be set consistently to achieve the desired result.

 

[bkzoo]

I pull them in at 6-7 weeks and keep them taped until they are around a year. more or less depending on how they look.

I don't see how I could possibly do anything with this guys ears yet. Especially the bracing. These pics were taken one day before hi 6 week birthday. We pick him up in two weeks. At a loss here...

 

[Mom2Melli]

My minions have spoken (meaning husband and mother) and they vote for au naturale. Cubby will be as Cubby will be -- unless I see them leaning towards a 1 up, 1 down situation in which case I will intervene.

 

[Lightplum]

I don't see how I could possibly do anything with this guys ears yet. Especially the bracing. These pics were taken one day before hi 6 week birthday. We pick him up in two weeks. At a loss here...

The breeder should do it now, at that age its a simple pull in twist the fur with glue and they will come up ontop of the head. after they are up and used to be ontop of the head then the tipping.

 

[corbinam]

The breeder should do it now, at that age its a simple pull in twist the fur with glue and they will come up ontop of the head. after they are up and used to be ontop of the head then the tipping.

Linda is right. As an example, here's Enzo around that age with his ears done.

 

[bkzoo]

Wow - I know it doesn't hurt them, or we wouldn't allow it, but it just looks so wrong to me - sorry to be honest - I sure don't want to offend any of my new friends here. I got Trace at 9 weeks, his ears were tipped/glued, not braced. I really like the tipped look, just not sure how to deal with the new puppy

I'm doubting the breeder will do anything - don't get me wrong, she is very reputable, I just need to figure out what to do in 2 weeks... Maybe I should give her a call...

can Enzo come visit & show us how it's done? Were his ears as far apart as Baker's before they were glued/braced?

 

[Justicemom]

Wow - I know it doesn't hurt them, or we wouldn't allow it, but it just looks so wrong to me - sorry to be honest - I sure don't want to offend any of my new friends here. I got Trace at 9 weeks, his ears were tipped/glued, not braced. I really like the tipped look, just not sure how to deal with the new puppy

I'm doubting the breeder will do anything - don't get me wrong, she is very reputable, I just need to figure out what to do in 2 weeks... Maybe I should give her a call...

can Enzo come visit & show us how it's done? Were his ears as far apart as Baker's before they were glued/braced?

Bakers ear set is fairly typical of a 6 weeks old puppy. Bracing the ears up at that age doesn't bother them at all. They don't even seem to notice and it becomes a way of life. Actually introducing collars gets a bigger reaction.

I can anwser your question about Enzos ears before his first bracing and yes they looked the same way. I actually think Celtic were worse.

I took Celtics out tonight and they are standing on top of his head great now with the cutest little tip. He got 1 hour out of the glue to dry and back in. I have never had trouble getting the glue out and never have to scissor any hair. I use unisolve best remover there is in my opinion.

In regards to glue or not personal decision but if you want it it work, best to do it early and constantly. Waiting for the ears to do what they want and then trying to correct it has wrecked more ears. Thats why breeders start early and keep them in. Experience tells us the other way rarely works. You might get lucky but likely you won't. If the tip(or not being hound) is important to you, dont take chances. If you don't care, don't worry about it.