Japanese Ear Tape

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I know we have a hundred threads on this, but I'm getting a little discouraged.

I noticed a couple days ago that Lexi's ear tape was starting to fall out a bit. It had been in for about a month, so that's to be expected. Anyways, 2 nights ago we took on the task of redoing the tape.

First, we cleaned took out the old tape and cleaned out all the adhesive. Her ears were a little red and seemed irritated, so I let her go the entire day without any tape.

Tonight, I set about putting new tape back in. I swear I'm doing exactly what the breeder told me, but I can't get it to stick! I roll up the tape into a roll about the size of my finger, then place it in towards the base of the flexi part of her ear, then curl the ear down on top of it and hold for a few seconds.

It looks great! And then it doesn't stay. It just rolls up until her ears aren't being "held" by the tape anymore.

Any thoughts or tips?
 
I never used Japenese ear tape, so I can't help here

But I'm an expert at building a Berlin wall of ear glue if you want tips there! Not! :rolleyes2::o
 
The tape sticks better to it's self. First clean the inside of the ear with alcohol on a cotton ball. You need to get rid of any oil. Cut a piece about 2" long. Use this as a back piece and place inside the cup (back area) of the ear. Start at the bottom and smooth the piece from bottom to top. Piece should be just about the nodule. Now make your roll and try again. The tape will hold much better. You aren't bracing her ears? Just doing the tips?
 
missjenneygirl said:
The tape sticks better to it's self. First clean the inside of the ear with alcohol on a cotton ball. You need to get rid of any oil. Cut a piece about 2" long. Use this as a back piece and place inside the cup (back area) of the ear. Start at the bottom and smooth the piece from bottom to top. Piece should be just about the nodule. Now make your roll and try again. The tape will hold much better. You aren't bracing her ears? Just doing the tips?
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Thanks! We will try again in a little bit tonight... maybe the issue was that we cleaned her ears yesterday with the alcohol but didn't tonight and all the oil is making it come off.

And no, we aren't bracing her ears. Her breeder said that she is holding them well on her head and that we don't really need to worry about it. She also said it's a huge pain. Do you recommend it for all your puppies?

Here's a picture of her "at attention" :

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=43763458&l=9ce3c91b45&id=12600332
 
THe key for Deja was the alcohol cleaning prior to the tape. also, when she went in to heat she ran a small fever for a couple days and the tape fell out and would not stick during that time. Once her fever went away it started sticking again. she had received booster shots for kennel cough during that time as well so I think it was more the shot than her cycle but the vet says fevers aren't common with that shot and it's common for dogs in heat to have raised body temp..
 
Lexi is gorgeous. I dont brace Baileys ears either. They seem okay. If her tape comes loose after a day or two, i dont clean again with.alcohol and it usually holds
 
All our puppies are braced until around a year old. When they start showing at 6 months, the yarn and tapes come out a day before showing, and get redone after the weekend of showing. Sometimes, we get them back in while we wait for Groups if we need to stay at the show. Makes it easier for me on Monday. It really is just a matter of what you are comfortable with, and how much time you want to devote to it. As long as the skull is growing, the ears are widening, unless they are braced. It is all a matter of degrees.
 
That is a good point about the skull still growing. I noticed we need to redo Zak's ears and his moleskin is coming loose. My breeder did say that this time we just need to glue the tip to the hair at the front of his ears. I do still have some Japanese tape so not sure if I should just glue them or use the tape and still brace?
He will be 18 weeks tomorrow. I would call my breeder but she just had a baby an I don't want to bother her right now.
 
So frustrated!

Okay, I'm about to give up. I have been trying to tape Lexi's ears since I first started this post. Not a single time has the tape lasted. In fact, most times it comes right up about 10 minutes after we put it in. I'm even taping tape to tape, and it doesn't stay.

The problem, from what I can tell, is that the strip that I put in her ear to tape the loop too, isn't long enough. But it's because her ears aren't big! So it basically ends up not holding or tipping much.

She's 5 months and her ears do seem to tip without tape, but I'm running out of time.

I've contacted 2 breeders in my area, and haven't heard back from either. Please, if anyone has any resources close to Charleston, I'm getting desperate! I'm hoping to hear back from Sherry Wallace (maybe she's in AZ?)
 
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