Glueing A Collies Ears
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There are many factors, some of which are genetics. If her parents didn't have tipped ears, her chances are less that hers will, even with intervention. Also, you start ear training at 8 wks so you can form the cartilage. At 5 mos, those ears have been "weight lifting", making themselves strong and will resist gluing. You could try, but the chances are slim to none that it will bring them over. Sorry. 
YES! you can still glue ears and YES it will still work at 5 months old!
Our Sheltie breeder still glues her bitches ears a few weeks before a show, then takes the glue out right before the show - her Shelties ears look fabulous for the show. Its a temporary fix though. BUT her bitch is also over 3 years old. The others I haven't seen her glue b/c they turned out fine.
As colliewog said - it more then likely wont make a permanent effect.
We will have to glue our Sheltie bitches ears a few weeks before a show b/c hers didn't form correctly - mostly b/c she scratched the glue out each time, or Riot decided to try and make her part Belgian with the ears and rip them out during a play session lol (They make GREAT tug handles) lol
Our Sheltie breeder still glues her bitches ears a few weeks before a show, then takes the glue out right before the show - her Shelties ears look fabulous for the show. Its a temporary fix though. BUT her bitch is also over 3 years old. The others I haven't seen her glue b/c they turned out fine.
As colliewog said - it more then likely wont make a permanent effect.
We will have to glue our Sheltie bitches ears a few weeks before a show b/c hers didn't form correctly - mostly b/c she scratched the glue out each time, or Riot decided to try and make her part Belgian with the ears and rip them out during a play session lol (They make GREAT tug handles) lol
You glue the ears down (with a skin-safe glue) to encourage them to tip properly. Here's an example: http://www.burlywood.com/collies/ears.htm
Typically this is done during the teething phase, as the ears go haywire with the stress of teething and you want to be sure they form the proper tip if you're going to show. If you aren't going to show, then it really doesn't matter what the ears look like.
Typically this is done during the teething phase, as the ears go haywire with the stress of teething and you want to be sure they form the proper tip if you're going to show. If you aren't going to show, then it really doesn't matter what the ears look like.
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Curiosity actually got the best of me and I glued her ears yesterday in the afternoon. She looked so funny!
This morning when she went outside I noticed she had managed to unglue one of them and she looked absolutely magnificent with the ear properly tipped but hey, I think i'll leave the ears they way they are because at this stage the gluing will only tip the ear temporarily.
This morning when she went outside I noticed she had managed to unglue one of them and she looked absolutely magnificent with the ear properly tipped but hey, I think i'll leave the ears they way they are because at this stage the gluing will only tip the ear temporarily.
SummerRiot said:
Nopers, we once had an "out of standard" Sheltie bitch that had pricked ears, foxy face and a miscolouring of white up one leg. She EXCELLED at obedience though. Always scored with the top 10 percentile.
always a score of 190+ out of 200.
Looks dont make brains
always a score of 190+ out of 200.
Looks dont make brains
And your right about looks dont make brains, I fostered a pregnant bitch once, she was a total mutt and not very cute, but that girl was SMART! I know a couple that owns 2 Afghan Hounds and the older dog is gorgeous, but a total ditz! lol
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According to the current AKC standard, DQs are:
Disqualifications:
Heights below or above the desired size range, i.e., 13-16 inches.
Brindle color.
Other faults are listed, but not DQs. The only thing they say about white is that more than 50% is an elimination fault.
http://www.akc.org/breeds/shetland_sheepdog/index.cfm
Disqualifications:
Heights below or above the desired size range, i.e., 13-16 inches.
Brindle color.
Other faults are listed, but not DQs. The only thing they say about white is that more than 50% is an elimination fault.
http://www.akc.org/breeds/shetland_sheepdog/index.cfm
Its the same for the CKC Red
But, you'll RARELY see a Ch titled Sheltie with a big miscolouring up a leg. She had too much white up there. There is such a HUGE Sheltie competition at each show, she had other faults that would never allow her to get a CH against other nicer Shelties. She was a rescue though, so we weren't expecting to "use" her for anything other then obedience
She was placed before in a thought to be loving home, everything checked out, but they were hiding a huge mask. Their kids beat her with newspapers, she was petrified of men - very bad. We took her in, re-trained her, re-socialized her, she was fabulous in the end
But, you'll RARELY see a Ch titled Sheltie with a big miscolouring up a leg. She had too much white up there. There is such a HUGE Sheltie competition at each show, she had other faults that would never allow her to get a CH against other nicer Shelties. She was a rescue though, so we weren't expecting to "use" her for anything other then obedience
She was placed before in a thought to be loving home, everything checked out, but they were hiding a huge mask. Their kids beat her with newspapers, she was petrified of men - very bad. We took her in, re-trained her, re-socialized her, she was fabulous in the end
It is a shame that color has to cause problems in the ring when it's not associated with a health problem. I understand not showing double merles because they are a sign of "weakness", but colored headed whites and white factoring is completely different and is not associated with any health problems. And thankfully color is not an issue in Collies because my dogs have white splotches all over! (And I love it!)
My friend breeds shelties and her pups are 5 months right now and she glues their ears and says they will be permanent. She also glues her 2 year old bitch's ears but her's will never tip properly because the person who bred her didn't glue them properly as a puppy. Another friend of mine has a sheltie who never once had his ears glued until he was eight months old. She glued them for a month and now they are permanently tipped (and LOVELY!).
You'll need a good glue. Both my friends used Speed Sew.
You'll need a good glue. Both my friends used Speed Sew.
I've never found white markings "in the wrong place" to be a problem in shelties. My friend's foundation bitch is white factored as are many of the dogs in her pedigree, and they all have alot of white on them (some are even questionable as to whether or not they have over 50%) and the only dogs in her pedigree that aren't champions are the colour headed whites.
This is she..
This is her father..
Some of the dogs in her pedigree..
This is she..
This is her father..
Some of the dogs in her pedigree..