I would be more worried about the husband then the ears. If he keeps saying she she is shy, then you never know what other problems they will complain of later when the ears do come up. The ears I would not worry about, 12 weeks being down is NORMAl. Bases are up, and the rest should follow when she is done teething.. Gail BAUMAN <gailbauman1@xxxxxxx> wrote: just had a puppy buyer in - they wanted a female and liked one of them, but had had a prior bad experience with buying a pup who's ears had never come up and didn't want that to happen again - my pup is 12 weeks old and will be a pet - the bases of her ears are up but at the moment the tops from about 2/3 up are hanging off to the sides - if I recall correctly her father's ears did the same thing but came up on their own a bit later with no problems/taping/whatever, as did her mother's - they said they wanted to wait to see what happens with her ears, but the dad kept remarking that she must be shy because her ears were down - all the while the pup was jumping on the mom's lap and licking her face and playing with their 8 year old son.....*SIGH*...but, I told them I wanted them to think things over and not make a snap decision and be unhappy with it - anything I can do at this point to help the ears come up? what are the chances they won't, with no ear problems on either side of the pedigree and parents' ears that came up with no taping or whatever? most of the other pups' ears are up to some degree or another, either flopping over to the side but up, or what have you - she's the only one with the tips that are hanging off to the sides __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Links | Database | Polls | Members Notice. forwarding of any information that appears on the German Shepherd 4 Show list is not allowed. Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity 4 New Members Visit Your Group New business? Get new customers. List your web site in Yahoo! Search. Parenting Zone on Yahoo! Groups Your one stop for parenting groups. Moderator Central An online resource for moderators of Yahoo! Groups. . __,_._,___ Ann Marie www.geocities.com/amarigermanshepherds/Amari.html Home of Ch Fairway's Leah v Nadelwald TC OFA R/Best in Futurity Ch Amari's Ava Gardner TC OFA Ch Amari's Beware of Foxy Roxy CGC OFA (Group placer) Breeder/Owner of Ch Amari's Bandit of Broadcreek OFA (Multiple Group Placer) Amari's Cinderlla von Hornberger (Ch. pointed @ 11 months) Amari's Blissful Jazz CGC TDI (Ch. pointed) --------------------------------- Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================