medical supply store/pharmacy. Duct tape, scissors
and rubbing alcohol (to clean ears with) I use an
old rag to clean ears, but some prefer cotton balls.
After you have prepared the puppies ears, let's start
making the "brace"
determine how long or short your piece of tape
should be. Some folks like using a ruler, but with
good eye and good judgement, means less work, and
I like less work!
Cut slits in each end of the tape, like so....
"U" by sticking the middle flap
backwards to the sticky side of the tape.
"brace", you will then trim it up a bit. For instance
the tabs shouldn't be this long and you will want to
trim across the top part of the brace as well as trim
the corners off so the tape won't bother puppy's ears.
corners, your brace will look like so.....
skin bond.......do so lightly, not in excess
please. Then wait a moment or two til the
skin bond is tacky, it sticks better this way.
puppy with scratch at the ears.
Next you are going to make the "rolled tape" for the ears to tip over.
Tear of a thin strip of tape approximately 3 inches long and an inch wide.
For smaller puppies, roll tape around your pinky, for larger puppies roll
tape around index finger.
***as the puppy grows, the ear will tip1/4 of the way down.
For older/larger puppies, you can tip 1/4 of the ears.
ears over while puppies are teething, they don't
normally need bracing at an older age, so tear
mender comes in real handy
you can find it at wal-mart. Or unisolve from Bruce Medical. You
can get tear mender at most pet supply catalogs online.
