A Very Ear-y Situation

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A Very Ear-y Situation

February 12, 2020 by Millie & Walter

Hi everyone! It’s Millie here. Recently my pawrents noticed something different about my ears. First let’s back up and see what I looked like way back when I first came to my forever home.

Notice how both of my ears are half up and half floppy.
(picture taken 11/2012)

Within a few months my right ear was starting to stand all the way up.
(picture taken 1/2013)

By the spring of 2013 my right ear was all the way up but my left ear stayed floppy.
(picture taken 5/2013)

Through out the years this is the way my ears looked.
(picture taken 4/2014)

Picture taken 5/2015

Picture taken 11/2016

Picture 11/2017

Sometimes when my head was tipped back my left ear stood up on its own.
(Picture taken 8/2018)

It looks like my left ear is up a little more here than in the past.
(Picture taken 11/2018)

Within the past year my left ear has been less floppy.
4/2019

Only the tip of my left ear is floppy here.
(Picture taken 5/2019)

Here I am just a few months ago and my left ear is almost all the way up.
(Picture taken 11/2019)

Look at me now! My left ear is mostly up.
(Picture taken 2/2020)

We don’t know why it’s happened but most of the time my left ear has been standing more upright. It still goes floppy sometimes and I like to keep my pawrents guessing as to when it’s up and when it’s down. I hope you enjoyed seeing the evolution of my ear.

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Posted in Blogville, Dogs, Pets, Photography, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged blogville, dogs, ears, floppy ears, wordless wednesday | 22 Comments

22 Responses

on February 12, 2020 at 10:12 pm | Reply ATCAD

Well ear up or ear floppy Fenris is still head over paws for you. When I first came to live here my tail was always tucked between my legs. Now it’s mostly tail up for me. ~Tuiren
on February 12, 2020 at 11:19 pm | Reply Meezer'sMews&TerrieristicalWoofs

That is an interesting phenomena!
Dalton has prick ears…huge ones actually, but when the camera comes out, down they go! BOL!
on February 12, 2020 at 11:24 pm | Reply rubytheairedale

My ears used to be the ‘classic’ Airedale ears too, butts you knows, I gots to be an original too, like you! I likes my weird ear, and I likes your ears too….you are lookin’ FABulous! WEG (weird ear gurls) UNITE! ☺
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
on February 12, 2020 at 11:54 pm | Reply Anonymous

Wow. Very interesting. Beautiful Millie!
on February 13, 2020 at 1:39 am | Reply Kinley Westie

Hmmm, sometimes better nutrition can make ears pop up. Or like Finley, aural hematomas can make ears go floppy. It are interesting!
on February 13, 2020 at 3:48 am | Reply easyweimaraner

wow you are a wonder pup!!! that is interesting to see… and please post a photo when the next change happens ….
on February 13, 2020 at 4:34 am | Reply Zoolatry and Dougie Dog

Maybe it’s just that sometimes you have on your “listening ears” and sometimes you don’t! There’s a lot that is really not worth hearing …
And by the way (like me) we also noticed the arrival of some grey hairs over
the years, just a few, here and there …
Sigh. Yet, oh so lovely you are.
on February 13, 2020 at 4:46 am | Reply Yamini Ali MacLean

Hari OM
HAH – that’s weird, my angel Jade had exactly this same thing happen!!! I never did figure it out… whichever way the ears lay, cute will always apply! Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
on February 13, 2020 at 5:42 am | Reply Molly the Airedale

Wow, that is amazing, Millie!
on February 13, 2020 at 8:07 am | Reply Xena and Lucy

How odd. We’ve heard that as we age (peeps, too) thing tend to droop. Maybe you are getting younger, Millie. Xox Lucy and Xena
on February 13, 2020 at 9:47 am | Reply Tails Around the Ranch

Wow, that’s pretty amazing. I didn’t know ears could get starched straight! Either way, you still are one adorably cute looking girl.
on February 13, 2020 at 10:46 am | Reply Brian

That’s pretty interesting and you and your ears are really darn cute!
on February 13, 2020 at 11:08 am | Reply The Ao4

Wow! That’s a lot of talent you’ve got packed into that ear! Awesome!
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Thatcher
on February 13, 2020 at 11:19 am | Reply Sandee

You sure are a beautiful girl. I think one ear just took longer to stand up. So cute.

Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

Have a woof woof day, Millie. My best to your peeps. ♥
on February 13, 2020 at 11:29 am | Reply chesterspaniel

That’s interesting about your ear. My ears are just both floppy.

Hey, we woke up lots and lots of snow this morning, and it’s still coming down! Hooray!
on February 13, 2020 at 12:00 pm | Reply Cecilia Upchurch

Millie that is a miracle…truly….most humans get saggy skin when they age but OMDs pretty girl yours is getting tighter.
Hugs Cecilia
on February 13, 2020 at 1:14 pm | Reply Bella, Roxy and

That’s really interesting. We always thought ears went up as pups…if they were going to be up. But either way, you are gorgeous.
on February 13, 2020 at 1:32 pm | Reply The Gang at LLB

How interesting Millie…it does look good either way and it’s always good to keep the pawrents on their toes BOL!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
on February 13, 2020 at 2:51 pm | Reply Mara

Ooh, floppy ear syndrome! Or soon to be: it used to be floppy, but now it isn’t anymore ear syndrome.

Klem, Mara
on February 13, 2020 at 10:42 pm | Reply KB

Whoa! You really keep your pawrents guessing, Millie!
on February 14, 2020 at 5:33 pm | Reply The Poupounette Gang

We think your ears are lovely, Millie, whether they are up or down.

Woofs,
(Remotely commenting) Ollie
on February 18, 2020 at 9:42 pm | Reply The Oceanside Animals

Lulu: “Hmm … Maybe your ear is doing an extremely slow wave ‘hello’!”