Posting, or Taping Cropped Doberman Ears

[trinitydobes]

Posting, or Taping Cropped Doberman Ears

There are several methods and styles of posting your puppies ears. I have listed links below to several – watch them all and chose a method that will work the easiest or you. This is important because you will be taping your pups ears until 5 or 6 months and the longer the crop (i.e. show crop) the longer you will be posting.

Be patient and persevere for as long as it takes for the ears to stand the end result is so worth all the hard work.

A tip from someone who has been posting pups for 30 years – chose to re-post when your puppy is tired and ready to go to sleep – many will sleep right through the process.


From the DPCA Website – Old school for some but I still use this method very successfully today
Written by Carol Petruzzo, Carosel Dobermans
dpca.org/BreedEd/kb/index.php/articles/47-ear-caretaping/153-taping-advanced-for-puppies

Even though these videos are of a Great Dane the process is exactly the same. This set of 3 are the BEST ear posting instructions I have ever seen – so I highly recommend. The first video shows you how to TAKE DOWN the ears once posted – this is very important because you could inadvertently cut the pups ears if you are not careful – these 3 videos are excellent

Great Dane Ear Taping Instructions
Summit View Great Dane Ear Taping (1 of 3)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=chiV4ekcezc&feature=related
Summit View Great Dane Ear Taping (2 of 3)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xITqbP4NwWc&feature=related
Summit View Great Dane Ear Taping (3 of 3)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdUUvfcFqIM&feature=related
Doberman Ear Taping by Noblesshofwww.youtube.com/watch?v=WP1HrL8MnuU

Veterinarian instructions for How to Wrap Cropped earswww.youtube.com/watch?v=W7JG2MKaC2I&feature=player_embedded

Ear Taping Instructions by K9 Dobermanswww.youtube.com/watch?v=e39bE8ctNJc&feature=fvwrel

Molded Foam Inserts
I love this system for posting the ears – its much like above but it has a kit with all the supplies –
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_t4p-_d3oI

German Shepherd Ear Supports - I found out about these ear inserts from my long time friend who has German Shepherds. They would need some trimming but I think they would also work for gluing in the ear to train it to stand – and you don’t have to worry about all that taping!!
www.prodogz.com/Dog_Ear_Supports.htm

[Shadowlands]

Thanks Gail. I know there will be plenty of folks who will need a reminder on taping soon.

[cathynu]

....... been VERY BUSY posting Ms Lilly's ears ...... One doing really well, the other is still kinda "broken" ..... but with a little perserverence that too will soon be perky and purty

[cassie]

I know there is a range of time one may have the ears cropped but what would be the most ideal age. I am picking up puppy This weekend and he will be 8 weeks old. We did Jackson at 10 weeks Ruby at 13. I would love to know from those in the know when the very best time is.

[Shadowlands]

Some breeders do it as early as 7 weeks but most seem to do it between 8-12 weeks. At the absolute longest at 16 weeks but not too many wait that long. So I would split the difference and say about 10 weeks on average is when most do it.