DIFFERENT WAYS TO TIP SHELTIE EARS

OVER THE YEARS, 

I HAVE TRIED 

MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO TIP SHELTIE EARS 

IF THEY DIDN'T SHOW SIGNS OF 

TIPPING ON THEIR OWN;

ONLY IF YOU ARE REAL FORTUNATE

WILL THEY TIP ON THEIR OWN.

BUT WHY THE FUSS OVER SHELTIE EARS

YOU SEE, TIPPED SHELTIE EARS 

ENHANCE THEIR BEAUTY

WHEREAS PRICKED EARS 

MAKE THEM LOOK LESS ELEGANT

SOME SHELTIE OWNERS 

JUST ACCEPT WHATEVER THAT COMES ALONG

TIPPED OF PRICKED, 

THEY LOVE THEIR CANINE COMPANIONS ALL THE SAME.

IN DOG CONFORMATION SHOWS, 

PRICKED EARS ARE NOT PENALIZED

BUT TIPPED EARS ARE GREATLY PREFERRED,

MANY A TIME 

I HAVE SEEN DOG SHOW JUDGES FOLDING THE EARS

AS IF TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE TO THE SHELTIE EXHIBITORS

"SEE TIPPED EARS WOULD HAVE MADE THEM LOOK MUCH BETTER....."

HERE ARE SEVERAL VIDEO CLIPS ON EAR TAPING 

THAT I FOUND IN YOUTUBE

SEE HOW PEOPLE GO THROUGH THE PAIN AND PATIENCE

TO SET SHELTIE / COLLIE EARS...

(THANKS TO THE OWNERS OF THESE VIDEO CLIPS)

I am currently experimenting this method on Snowy, 
seems to be working...

AND WHEN THE SHELTIE IS A LITTLE OLDER 
LIKE 6 MONTHS PLUS OR SO; 
GLUE BOTH EARS TO MAKE THEM STAND CLOSER TO EACH OTHER...

I have yet to try this method...

This method seems more or less the same 
as the one below with different materials...

I first started with  THIS  method 
when I got my shelties from South Korea;
this was how the breeder there taught me...
Found it rather a fuss and did not work well for me...