POSTING YOUR PUPPY'S EARS
Your Doberman puppy is going to require regular ear tapings for quite some time. He/she probably will not like it, but it is a fact of life that he/she will have to get used to.
Before starting you should make sure you have all the supplies:
go to this website to buy some of the supplies on-line they have the tape and other things listed below: http://www.revivalanimal.com/
Walgreen's is where I get the tape, but you have to ask them to order it and all of them may not be able to get it for you.
Johnson & Johnson Zonas Porus 1" Tape or Porous 1" Adhesive Tape, from Curity
2 - Tampax Tampons, (whatever size fit in your pups ears) Start with slender regulars and work your way up as your pup grows Bandage ScissorsCotton balls and rubbing alcoholAn assistant to help hold the puppyPREPARATION
Clean the puppy's ears with a cotton ball and alcohol. While the ears are drying you can prepare the tampons and the tape. Unwrap the tampon and cut the string off. Then run a piece of tape around the middle of the tampon to hold it together.
Next cut about six pieces of tape 4-6 in. long and place them within arms reach. Now you are ready to have your assistant hold your puppy still.
POSTING
Take one of the tampons and insert it into the ear well as deep as it will go. This is important, you will not hurt the pup. If you don't put the tampon deep enough into the ear they can pop the tampon out and get the taping off.
Begin taping the ear to the post. Start as low as you can (this is important as it will keep the tampon from popping out of the ear.) Tape the ears toward the inside of the head in a clockwise and counter clockwise direction depending on the ear. You want the natural fold of the ears to fold back as it wants to go. Be careful not to tape too tightly. It is very important that the tape makes good contact with the ear and sticks to the ear well. Keep taping until you reach the top of the ear, being careful not to bend the tip.
BRACING
Bracing is important during the first 2-3 weeks after ear cropping or if the ear tips are pointing toward each other or laying on top of the puppies head. To brace the ears, start by wrapping a long piece of tape around one of the ears at the base of the skull, crossing it over to the other ear, and taping the tape to itself. Then wrap it back around to the first ear in a similar fashion. The ears should be held just shy of vertical by the brace. Do not let them point toward each other. Bracing should not be used after the first 3 weeks unless the ears are touching each other or flipping inside out or laying on top of the head.
