Dog ears that dont stand up straight
I hope someone has some insight into what might be going on with my English Bull Terrior pup. He is 4 months old and about two weeks ago his ears stood straight up. Then last week one flopped over. A few days later the other one started laying across his head pointing towards the flopping ear. Quite a sight!!!!
Today the floppy one is straight and the other one remains laying across his head. Is this common? Will they finally straighten up? Thanks
Jackthebull
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probably his growth..my boston had that problem when he was a pup and as he grew older, they both stood up.
Beachbaby
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They might straighten out or they might not. Only time will tell. Both of my Aussie mix’s ears flopped when she was a young puppy. As she aged one ear stood up. The other looked like it was going to stand up, too, but it only got as far as flopping over a bit closer to the ear tip. That’s where it remains to this day as an adult dog - one ear pricked, the other floppy.
Tempest
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Puppies ears go through all kinds of changes until the settle into a permanent position and shape so you’ll have to wait until he is fully grown to see what they end up looking like.
According to the breed characteristics, the ears are supposed to stand up when adult but, having said that, I also have to tell you that not all purebreds conform exactly to the breed characteristics. Even among purebreds there are diffferent qualities (in most breeds just ’show’ and ‘pet’ but in hunting dogs you also find ‘field’ and their looks differ, sometimes a lot, like in the example of Labrador Retrievers).
The other thing is that, unless you got that dog from a reputable breeder (somebody who is registered with the breed association and well known for quality puppies), there is no way you can tell if your AKC registered puppy is actually pure… and even if he really was pure, he could still not conform (white Boxers o German Shepperds with crooked ears, etc).
But that does not mean that he won’t be a great dog so don’t worry so much about details and enjoy your puppy, funny ears and all.