http://www.burlywood.com/collies/ears.htm
Look at the first picture on this site (the one with the picture of the 2 braces, and 4 circular pieces.
What I do to start: I trim away the hair inside the puppy's ear.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Narmowen/IMG_0148.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Narmowen/IMG_0149.jpg
(Yes, these two were pictures of an adult dog, but the trimming is the same). You want to trim the hair away so the moleskin sticks better.
Now, take the moleskin (the thin moleskin-the thicker moleskin doesn't work as good.) Cut 2 pieces, about as big as the pad of your thumb. (like the circular pieces in the first link.) Remove the back, and put them in the microwave, sticky side up, for about 15 to 20 seconds. It makes the glue more tacky, so it sticks better.
Then, stick them in the ears, http://www.burlywood.com/collies/ears3.htm (4th picture down, where it's showing where the brace is at.) Take the tips, and glue them down with Tear Mender (or Speed Sew, or whatever you use), in whatever way is appropriate. If they are tipping too low, glue them a big higher. If they are tipping too high, glue them too low. If they are winging to the outside, glue them tipped in. If they are winging in, glue them tipped out.
If you want to brace them, create a hair brace.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Narmowen/102108_141301-1.jpg
With the puppy looking at you, take the hair that's on the inside corner of the ear. Take a small fingerfull, and pull it inwards. If the ear doesn't move, it's not the right bit of hair.
In the above picture, it's the bit of fur sticking straight up on the inside of his ears that's got a bright yellow circle around it. Take the same piece from the other ear, and pull the ears into the correct set. Take the glue, and place a drop between your fingers, and then wind the glue in with the hair, creating a hair rope. When you let go, if the ears go too far apart, simply cut the bridge in the middle, cross the two pieces, and reglue them.
Take the tips off in approximately a week if they are being exagerated. Look at their placement, and if they look like their tipped properly, then glue the tips down where you want them to. (Not exagerated.) Once they are setting properly, it's just a matter of keeping them glued.
In my puppy's picture, I stopped glueing them about a month before he stopped teething, so I didn't get quite the earset I was looking for. (I wanted them a bit more tipped).
Look at the first picture on this site (the one with the picture of the 2 braces, and 4 circular pieces.
What I do to start: I trim away the hair inside the puppy's ear.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Narmowen/IMG_0148.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Narmowen/IMG_0149.jpg
(Yes, these two were pictures of an adult dog, but the trimming is the same). You want to trim the hair away so the moleskin sticks better.
Now, take the moleskin (the thin moleskin-the thicker moleskin doesn't work as good.) Cut 2 pieces, about as big as the pad of your thumb. (like the circular pieces in the first link.) Remove the back, and put them in the microwave, sticky side up, for about 15 to 20 seconds. It makes the glue more tacky, so it sticks better.
Then, stick them in the ears, http://www.burlywood.com/collies/ears3.htm (4th picture down, where it's showing where the brace is at.) Take the tips, and glue them down with Tear Mender (or Speed Sew, or whatever you use), in whatever way is appropriate. If they are tipping too low, glue them a big higher. If they are tipping too high, glue them too low. If they are winging to the outside, glue them tipped in. If they are winging in, glue them tipped out.
If you want to brace them, create a hair brace.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Narmowen/102108_141301-1.jpg
With the puppy looking at you, take the hair that's on the inside corner of the ear. Take a small fingerfull, and pull it inwards. If the ear doesn't move, it's not the right bit of hair.
In the above picture, it's the bit of fur sticking straight up on the inside of his ears that's got a bright yellow circle around it. Take the same piece from the other ear, and pull the ears into the correct set. Take the glue, and place a drop between your fingers, and then wind the glue in with the hair, creating a hair rope. When you let go, if the ears go too far apart, simply cut the bridge in the middle, cross the two pieces, and reglue them.Take the tips off in approximately a week if they are being exagerated. Look at their placement, and if they look like their tipped properly, then glue the tips down where you want them to. (Not exagerated.) Once they are setting properly, it's just a matter of keeping them glued.
In my puppy's picture, I stopped glueing them about a month before he stopped teething, so I didn't get quite the earset I was looking for. (I wanted them a bit more tipped).
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