Amanda Chase Webboard User Reg: 07-04-2006
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I'm just curious - when does a GSD's ears come up? I read an article stating that they all the calcium goes to their teeth during this stage while their ears need it too.. to go up. Is giving a pup a calcium supplmenet okay? Romeo is going on 12 weeks and his ears erect at that base and flop over in the middle.. one is higher than the other. However... last week when we brought him home - his left ear was up completely. When should I worry that his ears wont stand? I met his parents - they were GORGEOUS GSD's... perfect - from my Pov. ~Thanks~
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I'm just curious - when does a GSD's ears come up? I read an article stating that they all the calcium goes to their teeth during this stage while their ears need it too.. to go up. Is giving a pup a calcium supplmenet okay? Romeo is going on 12 weeks and his ears erect at that base and flop over in the middle.. one is higher than the other. However... last week when we brought him home - his left ear was up completely. When should I worry that his ears wont stand? I met his parents - they were GORGEOUS GSD's... perfect - from my Pov. ~Thanks~
From a nutrition standpoint, I'd say NO to the calcium supplement.
There's an important ratio in the canine diet, between calcium (bones) and phosphorous (meat), and it shouldn't be fiddled with by feeding a balanced diet and then supplementing with either one without a vet prescribing it. That ratio is what bone growth and health depend on.
I'm curious about the article you read. Can you link it here?
Just some more info on ears,my 8.5 month old GSD's ears stand up when he's paying attention to something.When I got him and from then on some weeks they were up and some weeks they were a little floppy.Right now they are a little of both (sometimes up sometimes down).He comes from beautiful parents and I feel it has to do a lot with teething.He's pretty much through with that but still loves to chew the rawhide.Thats when I notice his ears floppy.I went through the same worry with my older GSD(4yrs. old now)and his ears are up and perfect,and he wasn't from as good bloodlines as the pup is.I'm not too worried about the pups ears right now.I've read and heard so many variations on this (everything from suppliments to a tablespoon of cottage cheese)and yet I still havn't got a definite answere.At this point I would just wait it out and see.JMO
But most was "Hear Say" from other forums. I wouldn't do anything without first consulting an expert in person obviously but I was curious as to how you all felt about it. I just want to do what's best for my little man. =0)
But most was "Hear Say" from other forums. I wouldn't do anything without first consulting an expert in person obviously but I was curious as to how you all felt about it. I just want to do what's best for my little man. =0)
Whoever "Dawn" is, she's pretty casual about supplementing (with no mention of how much, even!) one of the most vital minerals in the canine diet, and one that really has to be balanced with others, as mentioned above.
You're 100% right about asking a professional. This is one of those things (Dawn's advice) where one small part of a dog is treated, whether it's necessary or not, to the possible detriment of the rest of the dog's system.
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