Adult Shepherd Ears

Question
I have a question about my dog and i cant find the answer anywhere.  I have been reading through you questions and answers but i think my one is a little my complex.  My puppy Keeka is just 16 weeks old n her ears are still flopped.  In most of you other questions you say if you have seen the ears up,  they will go up but that's the thing i have never seen her ears up.  Not only that but her fathers ears never went up and i am afraid her ears will be the same.  Here is a picture of her but it was only when she was 2 months i just need some help on how i can tape or glue them up. I don't want her to have floppy ears as i intend to breed her in a few years.  I really appreciate any help you could give me on this matter.  

Answer
Your Keeka is sure a cutey!  I currently have the same situation as you with my boy Legend.  Check his photos on my photos page.  One ear refuses to go up.  

In order to give them a hand, the time to glue the ears is around 5 months.  My boy will be 5 months July 1 and I plan to glue both his ears very soon, I have never done it myself either but have requested the assistance of a Breeder friend whose been doing this for 30 years with much success.

There are essentially two methods.

Taping
Where one takes a sponge roller (some people use other things) places it inside the ear and wraps the ear around it like a burrito, then like taping a sprained finger the entire ear is taped with medical tape.  The ears flop
over at the base but remain straight otherwise; this is left on for approx 1 month, I believe the dressing gets changed also (I will check how often).
Some people tape both ears then tape the ears together so they don't flop over.  I've even seen them tape a Popsicle stick one end at each ear to hold them both up.

Another method is to Glue I prefer this method because it allows the ears to breath more.

With gluing, a special medical adhesive is used, and something like the spongy tube insulation or pipe insulation is used, cut out in the shape of the ear then glued to the inside of the ear, essentially reinforcing the ear
so it does not flop.  Again, they tend to tip over at the base at first but the base of the ear becomes stronger first.  Again, this would stay on for approximately a month.  Apparently it takes about 4 minutes (the longest 4
minutes of your life) to hold the pup still while holding the ear to allow the adhesive to bond.  Apparently the dogs do try to remove this at first.

Here are some excellent articles about Gluing and Taping German Shepherd Ears with photos.

http://leerburg.com/tapingears.htm
http://www.articlecity.com/articles/pets_and_animals/article_769.shtml
http://selah1.homestead.com/ears.html

Glad To Be of Assistance

Sincerely
Gallant German Shepherds
http://www.gallantshepherds.com