Cooper'sMama
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Just something that crossed my mind. Jades glue never stays for more that a day or so. Is this normal?
The Ears Experiement
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What glue ate you using? It's pretty normal from my experiences depending on pup. Ruutu didn't start leaving his alone until he was 8-10 months
Justicemom
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Not in my experience. Mine all last 2 weeks or more even with other dogs playing with them.
Now Justice had really small(I mean REALLY small ears!) and his ears popped out often even with no help. His ears barely tip and it was a huge effort to get that. Normal ears usually last until I take them out.
Jess041
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Missy would throw herself on the floor to pull the glue out. It really bothered her I guess. So I used a combination of tape, moleskin, and glue. It worked really well as far as staying in for long periods of time.. but her ears just never wanted to stay down. I think hear ear leather is just too thin. Interestingly, when we went swimming over Labor Day weekend, when the hair on her ears got wet, it was just enough extra weight to make her ears tip. I love her expression with the pricked ears, but I would also be happy if they would tip.
Justicemom
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Funny the first time I left Celtic's ears out for any period of time he did the same thing. He was 5 months and his ears had been glued since 6.5weeks
Cooper'sMama
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I was using eye lash glue
Cooper'sMama
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I tbought it was a easy, less stressful thing. I guess because I work at a vet and see anesthesia and sedation all the time, it is not as invasive to me. Although, I had a heart attack when cooper got neutered and was waking up. He didn't get acepromazine, so he woke up quicker than dogs that do get it. I was trying to take out his catheter while he was still out so it wouldn't pull his hair. But he woke up super casts. But i sat inside his kennel with him for over an hour lolol. They call me the crazy Sheltie mom at work.
missjenneygirl
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I totally agree with Rachael and Linda. The ears need to be placed either with glue (I'm not a fan of glue after the puppy is 8 weeks) or Japanese tape.
It seems to me people keep trying to reinvent the wheel, and when it doesn't work, they poo-poo the whole concept.
It seems to me people keep trying to reinvent the wheel, and when it doesn't work, they poo-poo the whole concept.
Must be that Scandinavian air making the air tip around here, then.
But no, really, both weighting and softening has been used and is being sworn to by many seasoned sheltie lovers and breeders. I agree that different methods work better for different pups, but saying it doesn't work seems a bit silly when there is plenty of physical evidence proving the opposite, doesn't it?
I'm afraid (and this is probably just my bad english, sorry!) I don't quite understand what you mean in terms of "training a break" and "bends them without tipping them". The idea isn't to weight them down to the floor, but to help them stay tipped through teething and until the cartilage sets. Am I missing something? I'm sorry if I'm not understanding this correctly. The sheltie society over here doesn't really have a glueing culture, I don't even think I had heard about it until I joined this forum.
