I'm not into showing dogs. I just like how a Chihuahua looks better with their ears standing up. As for saying that 9 out of 10 Chihuahuas ears will stand up....knowing my luck mine would be the 1 out of 10 that didn't....lol Nina is only 11 weeks old, so I figure I'll give her a bit longer to see what her ears are going to do. At 9 weeks they were starting to look promising, and then they flopped back down. They do seem to be perking back up a bit now, though.
I so appreciate everyone's feedback on this!! I just want to make sure anything I do to Nina won't be uncomforable for her. --- In [email protected], "charlierom2003" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Over the years working with chihuahuas, I have mostly heard 2 > different explanations as to why the ears change like this while they > are puppies. I don't know if either is correct, I doubt anyone really > knows. #1, which I favor, is that it has to do with teething pain, > that when their teeth hurt like that, part of the response involves > relaxing the muscles that stand up the ears. #2 is that while they > are growing quickly, the calcium in their system is mostly being used to > develop bone, so the cartilige in the ears gets reduced calcium for a > while, making it softer and more floppy. > > Regarding taping/splinting, I've done it at the urging of others, and > since 9 out of 10 will have the ears come up naturally anyway, you > never really know if it did anything or not. I'd certainly not bother > to do it if I wasn't seeing in that pup a potential showdog. Done > properly it doesn't seem to bother the pup at all. " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
