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Question by Rodes
Submitted on 3/27/2004
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Why did my 5 week old German Shepard puppy's ear fall? His Ears were standing all the time and all of the sudden one is not.

Answer by Missy
Submitted on 4/20/2004
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PLEASE, DO NOT WORRY.... My German shepherd's ears went down a lot to. It's just that the cardilage in the ear is not fully developed. He's/she's still very young. If they don't stand after he/she turns 1 year then you have to worry. BUT, PLEASE CHECK YOUR SHEPHERDS PEDIGREES AND ASK THE BREEDER IF ANY OF HIS/HER SHEPHERDS EVER HAD DOWN EARS IN THEIR BLOOD-LINES, IF THEY HAVE, THEN HE/SHE MIGHT HAVE DOWN EARS. My pup has fully erect ears and his ears didn't go up untill he was almost 6 months old. Just give them a little while to stand up, if they don't after 1 years, ask your vet what to do.

Answer by Sue
Submitted on 5/11/2004
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My puppy is three months old and her ears were straight up and now they have fallen. I hope they come back up???

Answer by shepherdlover45
Submitted on 7/9/2004
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mines were standing up but only one came down why

Answer by vicky
Submitted on 8/3/2004
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my puppy is 8 weeks old a weighs just under 5kg,is this too little for a Shepard,I am hoping she will be a large breed,we saw her mother and she was massive,will this run in the family?

Answer by connells
Submitted on 11/18/2004
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If you massage your puppy's ears it gets the blood flowing in them and helps them to stand up. You can also tape them by folding them in half length ways and put one small piece of tape all the way around close to the top.

Answer by GSD GIRL
Submitted on 9/26/2005
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Well my puppy is 6 weeks old and his ears can stand up half way , but I have been told DO NOT AGAIN, DO NOT mess with them is could caulse the cartlige to develop wrong. I hope this helps, if it don't you can go to http://www.leerburg.com/tapingears.htm He will tell you everything about it.

Answer by lewis
Submitted on 10/5/2005
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what it is, its your dog going through a pasific teething stage, i have bred german shepherds for 15 years and there has been so many cases of them coming up and down dont worry !!

Answer by marshll
Submitted on 3/30/2006
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how do you care for a 5 week old puppy

Answer by jenneanne
Submitted on 7/13/2006
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A lot of the time the ears will fall/perk while they are teething.

Answer by Mohamed
Submitted on 3/31/2007
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Maybe you unintentionally damaged the cartilage by over petting his/her ears. Check your vet!

Answer by LA
Submitted on 4/4/2007
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Skip Shepherd get a Pit!!!

Answer by frank
Submitted on 4/6/2007
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Dont worry give it time,if they dont go up by eight months then you might want to consider taping you dogs ears and to find out how to do that go on google and search ''taping german shepherd ears''.

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