German Shepherd puppies in Virginia
Here is a pic of Connie’s ears after her vet retaped them. The vet watched my videos to learn my method of taping. Vets do ear cropping which is totally different than simply taping ears that won’t stand. I think the vet did a good job, but I would have liked for the ears to be a bit farther apart. The ears don’t need to be immobile, just upright and facing forward. She is such a pretty girl! Thank you to Connies’s mom for the nice pics!
Good news: Connie’s ears are up! After just 6 days of tape, the forms got a little dislodged, so her owner had to take all the tape off. And lo and behold, they look perfect! Yay!
Bad news: They fell back down…. They had to be retaped. I don’t have a pic of the retaping. They only lasted a day, and one started to flop. Boooo.
I like this quick video so I can see the similarities and differences between Clyde and his sire Cash. I also really like Cash’s temperament. He basically ignores Clyde, as he is no threat.
Same with this video, although Cash is a little more interested because See See is female. I really like that See See is confident around a large dog she doesn’t know.
Just got these great pics of Maverick, now called Ranger. His new owner described him as “Seriously handsome. His ears are tall, his tail is long, and he eats like a horse. Well loved.” Thank you Tammy, for taking good care of him and loving him.
I have been communicating with Connie’s owner frequently about her ears. She is rightfully concerned that they need taping. After a couple of weeks of up and down , and now mostly down, at 5 months old, we decided to tape. In this video, you can see Connie, who is the only longhair, with her ears flopping around and down before we taped. The puppy with the taped ears is my See See, the male puppy with the ears up is my Clyde, and the smaller and a bit younger puppy with ears up belongs to Vera Symonds of Trademark Kennels. Her name is Meg, and she is a cousin to my litter, because her dam is a sister to Cash, the sire of my litter. The big gentle dog is Cash. Thank you Vera, for letting us meet there to do the ear taping. It was a great afternoon of socializing the puppies, and a perfect halfway point for us to meet.
Connie has had no trouble with adapting to the tape on her ears, her owner reports, after two days so far. See See’s ears have been taped for only about 5 days so far, but this is the third taping for her. Trying to leave it on as long as possible for best results.
I really love to get pics! Dressy lives out of state so I haven’t gotten to see her since she left. I’m not sure how much time elapsed between these pics, but check out those ears! Also so glad to hear that she has graduated from her puppy class and learned basic commands, and she is another natural retriever!
This weekend was a four day dog show weekend, starting Thursday. Winston was entered all four days. Honestly, there wasn’t a lot of competition.
Winston won on Thursday! Yay! We lost on Friday. Boo. He got reserve on Saturday. Ok. Sunday, I hurt my foot and didn’t go! Sunday was going to be the tiebreaker!
He is entered in a show next weekend, but my foot hurts, so I doubt we will make it. I will post his win pic when I get it.
I get to see Mustang every now and then because he lives in Richmond. His name is “Chief” now, and at almost 5 months, he weighs 60lbs. His ears look great, after some iffy up and down time. I love his nice dark colors and great substantial structure. Being a longhair, he looks huge.
I just got these fabulous pics showing how Loosy’s ears are doing. Very impressive, and the socialization is going great too. She gets to go hiking, swimming, and meets lots of people along the way. I love hearing this, because I know the family is not just having fun with her, but all the early socialization pays off big time as she will become a well adjusted adult dog.
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