I had always hear that they take awhile to stand up. Savannah however has had her standing since about 4 weeks old. Is that odd? I have an album started for her here :) I also have already posted but I guess it is awaiting moderation???
Savannah is only 6 weeks old and we will not be bringing her home for 3-4 weeks. At 6 weeks she weighs only 12 oz. Sherry ----- Original Message ----- From: susantn1962 To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:49 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Nina's ears 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.
