Rough Blue Merle Collie Puppy - May 2, 2009 - Aaron (8 weeks)

This litter of rough blue merle collie puppies were born on March 6, 2009 and just turned 8 weeks old. This week we used a moleskin technique to "brace" their ears. Now, you can truly see their expressions with their ears up on top of their head and properly tipped. In order to hopefully have a permanent tip, the owners will have to be vigilant on bracing their ears through the time they are finished teething or at least 9 months of age.....We have braced ears for a longer period of time. Even letting the ears go prick for a single day during this period could do irreversible damage to getting the ear to tip properly. Therefore, doing this requires a serious commitment. They were squirming and took 3 people to keep the puppy from squirming enough to get the braces in. Here the puppies are have a lot of fun with a simple item "a shoe".

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[AmberElaine0824]

I have a collie that I got at 10 months old as a rescue. Everybody always compliments his ears because they say they're perfectly tipped. I thought it was just good genetics! lol