I taped my Mick's ears until he was eighteen months old. I brought him to training for his Futurity. He was like fifteen months old. Joann Corbin said "when are you going to give up on that dog's ears"?? I said I am not. I love him and want to keep him and I will not keep a dog with a down ear. So his ears ARE going to stand up whether he likes it or not. And three months later they finally did. Mick is now seven years old. Mick has these huge ears. In fact they belong on a donkey not a German Shepherd!!! Amy Greenhut Justrock German Shepherds Gen Oak Leopard Tortoises &  Tortoise Rescue Behold The Turtle,  He Makes Progress Only When He Sticks His Neck Out A Quote By James B. Conant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Galasso" <uwish@xxxxxxxxxx> To: dan-ann@xxxxxxxx Cc: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 3:32:44 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: when do you give up Hi Sally:  I've taped right up to a year of age on a few of them.  My last litter was the worse and these are the ones that I had to tape for so long.  I hate taping ears and having ear problems, but without up ears, well a shepherd just doesn't look like a shepherd.  Barbara sally wrote: > At what point do all of you give up on ears?  If you have been taping etc > for 6-7 months when you do say enough? > Sally > www.embroiderybysally.org >    > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2008.  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 - http://showgsd.org > NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ > ============================================================================ > > >  ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008.  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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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 - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================