House training

Watson's Mom said:
I’ll see if I can find some glycerin. She’s got some sort of tape inside. The ear tip is attached to that in the side that’s still down. I’d take a picture but we all know the adage about sleeping dogs…:ROFLMAO: I’ll see if I can get one later. Or if I have one I can zoom in closer on.
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If it’s tape then it’s probably the Japanese ear tape. It’s easy to do but then I’ve done it with 2 dogs now lol...the more you do it the easier it gets. I use the tape which I spray with starter fluid (available at any car part store) which makes it extra sticky (I don’t find the tape stays in good enough without it).
I can send you more detailed instructions on using tape if you want.
 
I second contacting the breeder to see if she’d show you how to do ears. It’s always easier if you can watch someone do it. I use rubbing alcohol to get the tape out but my breeder uses something different...I’ll have to ask her again for the name of it. Works super fast, even the alcohol takes awhile.

That adhesive is hard to get out, don’t think an oil would do it but if it does let me know! Blueberry hates the smell of rubbing alcohol...she tries to get away the minute she smells it! Oh and I’d take the tape out of both ears since the one is out. And if your going to tape or glue do it soon, the longer the ears are prick the more chance they’ll stay that way.
 
Piper's mom said:
I second contacting the breeder to see if she’d show you how to do ears. It’s always easier if you can watch someone do it. I use rubbing alcohol to get the tape out but my breeder uses something different...I’ll have to ask her again for the name of it. Works super fast, even the alcohol takes awhile.

That adhesive is hard to get out, don’t think an oil would do it but if it does let me know! Blueberry hates the smell of rubbing alcohol...she tries to get away the minute she smells it! Oh and I’d take the tape out of both ears since the one is out. And if your going to tape or glue do it soon, the longer the ears are prick the more chance they’ll stay that way.
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Her breeders are three hours away; I’m not driving that far just for ears on a dog that is not a show dog.

I looked again and it looks like there are two pieces of tape. One holding the string. And the other on top of that. I’m guessing the tape was glued to the hair on the ear tip. I should be able to get that out easily enough and redo it. Or just glue the ear back to the tape from whence it started. I’ll figure something out even if it’s removing everything and let them do what they way.

I work with a lot of wildlife rehabilitators, they use pan spray oil to remove animals, like snakes, from sticky traps that they get in; I imagine it would work the same for tape.
 
Supplies... Japanese tape, Dr. Brannen's grooming adhesive, Uni-solve wipes, blunt nose scissors, a recipe card, patience, 20 extra hands to hold the puppy.

1) Trim interior hair, I found it easiest to roll the ear over my finger and cut the hair straight across. The go up and down the interior side trimming all that hair as well. You want as much clean ear leather as you can get.
2) using the recipe card make a pattern of the interior ear you have. Cut a piece of japanese tape according to your pattern, round off the bottom edges and the tip. Try to avoid touching the tape too much.
3) using a paper towel, lay the Japanese tape glue side up on the towel. This requires using your finger nails, the stuff sticks to everything. Spray the piece lightly with Dr. Brannen's.
4) with someone holding puppy, stick tape in ear. You have a little time to realign properly but not much.
5) ensure you have no stray ear hair stuck under that tape - run your pinky all around the tape in the ear.
6) sandwich ear between palms of your hand to 'heat up' tape and set it in ear.
7) if pup is still not to wiggly, take another piece of tape, spray it, roll it over onto itself so you have a mini toilet paper roll. Stick to ear tape in ear a tad below the ear line, making sure that you have enough tape on top and bottom to cover this piece.
8) fold ear over and sandwich between palm of hands.
9) treat puppy, can take a break here to allow squirmy puppy to run around a bit or just tackle ear #2.

Advice...
1) I am a total failure at ear glue and ended up with large bald patches on Brodie - ask Ann - he was a mess! I find ear tape SOOOO much easier, it holds forever and endures through rough play without ripping out hair. Nerve wracking the first time, I quickly got the hang of it.
2) you will have adhesive ALL over your hands and it's worse than crazy glue!
3) if her ear leather is quite tough, you can split the top and bottom pieces in half leaving that fold area bare.
4) anytime you think of it, massage that fold area.
5) I use the Uni-solve wipes to remove the tape only once it comes up partially on it's own as yours has, they are small, effective and less messy to me than the bottle of uni-solve used with a cotton pad.
6) I either use alcohol (which can be irritating to the ear) to clean the ear after the uni-solve or soap and water to wash the ear area, then leave for a day before tackling a re-tape or do removal in the very early morning and then reinstatement in the late afternoon.
7) if your two play like my two, keep them separate for at least an hour.
8) pup may scratch at their ears at first, try to distract them. If the scratching keeps up, you've done something wrong like caught some hair in under the tape that is pulling or went too far down in the ear with the tape.

Deacon still has his ear tape in at almost 11 months. He has REALLY tough ear leather. I kept Brodie's in and out until about 13 months. He had one funky twist to an ear before we started and ended up with that same funky twist after all that time. His ears aren't perfect (they are to us!) as one is partially pricked, but they are cute (to us!). I have a feeling after all this time, that Deacon's ears will end up pricked regardless. He has VERY thick ear leather. I have been uber on top of things with Deacon's ears where I let Brodie's stay out a bit longer in between and I shouldn't have. Not sure I will get a better response though, they seem determined to do their own thing. Both my dogs have good ear 'set' where the ear lines up with the eye so I did not fuss with a bridge or string in-between to pull them closer together.

Feel free to PM me if you'd like. I have some other tips and tricks if interested.
 
Sandy in CT said:
Supplies... Japanese tape, Dr. Brannen's grooming adhesive, Uni-solve wipes, blunt nose scissors, a recipe card, patience, 20 extra hands to hold the puppy.

1) Trim interior hair, I found it easiest to roll the ear over my finger and cut the hair straight across. The go up and down the interior side trimming all that hair as well. You want as much clean ear leather as you can get.
2) using the recipe card make a pattern of the interior ear you have. Cut a piece of japanese tape according to your pattern, round off the bottom edges and the tip. Try to avoid touching the tape too much.
3) using a paper towel, lay the Japanese tape glue side up on the towel. This requires using your finger nails, the stuff sticks to everything. Spray the piece lightly with Dr. Brannen's.
4) with someone holding puppy, stick tape in ear. You have a little time to realign properly but not much.
5) ensure you have no stray ear hair stuck under that tape - run your pinky all around the tape in the ear.
6) sandwich ear between palms of your hand to 'heat up' tape and set it in ear.
7) if pup is still not to wiggly, take another piece of tape, spray it, roll it over onto itself so you have a mini toilet paper roll. Stick to ear tape in ear a tad below the ear line, making sure that you have enough tape on top and bottom to cover this piece.
8) fold ear over and sandwich between palm of hands.
9) treat puppy, can take a break here to allow squirmy puppy to run around a bit or just tackle ear #2.

Advice...
1) I am a total failure at ear glue and ended up with large bald patches on Brodie - ask Ann - he was a mess! I find ear tape SOOOO much easier, it holds forever and endures through rough play without ripping out hair. Nerve wracking the first time, I quickly got the hang of it.
2) you will have adhesive ALL over your hands and it's worse than crazy glue!
3) if her ear leather is quite tough, you can split the top and bottom pieces in half leaving that fold area bare.
4) anytime you think of it, massage that fold area.
5) I use the Uni-solve wipes to remove the tape only once it comes up partially on it's own as yours has, they are small, effective and less messy to me than the bottle of uni-solve used with a cotton pad.
6) I either use alcohol (which can be irritating to the ear) to clean the ear after the uni-solve or soap and water to wash the ear area, then leave for a day before tackling a re-tape or do removal in the very early morning and then reinstatement in the late afternoon.
7) if your two play like my two, keep them separate for at least an hour.
8) pup may scratch at their ears at first, try to distract them. If the scratching keeps up, you've done something wrong like caught some hair in under the tape that is pulling or went too far down in the ear with the tape.

Deacon still has his ear tape in at almost 11 months. He has REALLY tough ear leather. I kept Brodie's in and out until about 13 months. He had one funky twist to an ear before we started and ended up with that same funky twist after all that time. His ears aren't perfect (they are to us!) as one is partially pricked, but they are cute (to us!). I have a feeling after all this time, that Deacon's ears will end up pricked regardless. He has VERY thick ear leather. I have been uber on top of things with Deacon's ears where I let Brodie's stay out a bit longer in between and I shouldn't have. Not sure I will get a better response though, they seem determined to do their own thing. Both my dogs have good ear 'set' where the ear lines up with the eye so I did not fuss with a bridge or string in-between to pull them closer together.

Feel free to PM me if you'd like. I have some other tips and tricks if interested.
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Thank you! I will try to PM you!
 
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