Ear bracing materials: Japanese tape Zoeze or rubbing alcohol Cotton balls Scissors *Clean ears thoroughly with Zoeze or Alcohol before using tape, and let dry.*
Just wanted to say I totally love you for showing me this. We were told to glue the ear on our collies and we found this the easiest video. Great work. To anyone saying negative comments about training the ears, it's part of the standard. This is a functional thing in the working environment as well.
What are some differences between gluing and taping a sheltie's ears? I am a first-time sheltie owner, and I'm trying to decide which would be better for my puppy. Thank you!
Do you take the brace out at anytime yourself to see how they are sitting , or do you just leave it alone until it comes out .Do you ever leave the brace off so the skin can air . If so how many days do you leave it out for
Jane Mitchell I re- do the ears every 2 weeks. I use Unisolve to remove the tape, and give the puppy a bath. I leave them un-braced for 1, maximum 2 days. This is plenty of time to let the ears "rest" and for you to see how they are looking.
@@candescentshelties how often do you replace the tape? I know you said there was a part that comes undone first, do you basically just redo the entire thing once something starts coming undone?
Many Sheltie owners like the look of a Sheltie with ears that tip forward. It softens the expression and the breed standard calls for erect ears that tip forward. Some people don’t care, and leave the ears to point straight up or flop down, and that is fine too.
I have a sheltie pup and I'm trying to tip his ears using Tear Mender as I did my older sheltie buy the older one tears the tipping out when they're playing. I think your method might work better. I've never heard of Japanese tape and so far I haven't been able to find it in my area. It looks the same as surgical tape. Is there a difference?
Yes great video for glueing ears, my question... I find very disturbing is all the crates some with dogs locked in them and very small crates. Yes most of out of there crate atm. From what I can see 3 high of 6 in a garage 18 crates from what I can see. I don’t know the situation of where this person lives or the set up in her garage as to heat or HVAC
Tina, the dogs are not in small crates. These adult crates are 30", 1 size up from the recommended Sheltie size. Actually, since then, we upgraded to 36"crates. The top row of crates is not used. They are up there for storage, easy to grab to put in our vehicles and for dog shows. Yes there is heat and air conditioning out there...you can hear it running in the background. The garage is where our dogs eat (separately in their crates) and I do their grooming. The garage is 1 door away from the main house. Otherwise, they are right here in the house with me, with frequent play sessions in our huge back yard. Yes puppies are crated when we aren't watching them...they are being house trained!
@@BeckyDFW yes. their bark is too loud. so they cut out part of their vocal cords to make a muffled sound. it doesnt' hurt them at all. Do you do this surgery ?
@@TheDrakulie no that's horrible you should never debark a sheltie. If you don't like loud barks don't fucking get a sheltie. Are you serious? They won't bark all the time, and with proper training you can get them to stop with a cue. Shelties NEED their voice to herd. You do that and it's like not letting YOU speak for your whole life, because you speak too much. How would you feel? I get your point but it's just wrong.
