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My 10-month-old GSD has floppy ears. How can I make them stand?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Female | unspayed | 9 months and 21 days old

2 of my dogs (male and female GSD) are about 10 months now and their ears won’t stand, i tried giving them vitamin b shots first time it was okay then it was impossible to give them shots again they won’t let me do it, anyway am give them multivitamins and calcium oral now for over 2 weeks now but nothing changed my question is can i give the injectable solution orally and if not what should i do to get their ears up? Ps: both their parents have really pointed ears.

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Answered By Joy Fuhrman, DVM, MBA, CPA

Veterinarian

Published on October 1st, 2017

Typically, if a GSD's ears have not stood up by 6-8 months it is likely that they will not stand up at all. There are however, some taping methods that can assist the ears to stand up. You should talk to your veterinarian before taping the ears because it may make your puppies prone to developing ear infections. The amount of cartilage in a puppy's ears is determined at birth. Oral or injectable supplements will not affect the amount of cartilage in the ears.

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    Answered By Rodrigo Roca, DVM

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    Hello, its likely that the vitamins and added calcium will not help their ears stand. Unfortunately, some GSDs do not develop this desired trait and likely wont. What you can try to do is to bandage their ears in a standing position to see if this helps. I would not use the injectible vitamin B orally. Both calcium and Vitamin B can be found in well balanced diets and there is no need to supplement them unless your dogs have a deficiency. Best of luck and hope this helps

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    Answered By Megan, DVM, CVA

    Veterinarian

    Published on June 15th, 2017

    BLU is so cute! Some GSD puppies take several months for their ears to stand all the way up and some never stand all the way up. I had a patients who ears didn't stand all the way up until he was 8-10 months old. So you can continue to wait if you would like. You could also look into different taping methods to help encourage them to stand. Just make sure you don't put the tape on their too tight and change it regularly. Sometimes their ears are just so big and some do not have enough cartilage to make them stand up completely. I hope this helps. I think he will be adorable no matter what!

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