This tape can be used to
train ears to sit on top of the head. It is safe, non-irritating, and
easy to use. Eliminates the use of moleskin and glues. Does not need
starter fluid to stick. It can be easily removed with a surgical tape
remover.
Bracing Ears: Cut piece of tape to
needed length. Trim excess hair from inside ears and clean inside ear
well with rubbing alcohol to remove dirt and oils. Cut and fold tape
as illustrated in Figure 1. Trim tape if needed. Apply tape to inside
of ears.
Note: Make sure that your hands are washed and free of
oils to ensure the best results when applying ear tape.
Read on for a more detailed
description of how to use this tape:
This tape takes a little while to get
the hang of but the party that sells it has had it in their dog's ears
for over a month, and usually remove its and replace it because it
creeps up, not because it comes out.
Some of the hints they have picked up
in over a year of use -have someone hold the dog throughout the
process on the
couch with person applying the tape sitting right next to them.
Trim the hair inside my dog's ear.
Trim the hair inside the ear very short, and then clean the inside of
the ear with regular rubbing alcohol (bought at any drug store or
Walmart). Use the rubbing alcohol on cotton balls for this cleaning,
and try not to wet the cotton balls too much. If it is wetted too
much, use a dry cotton ball to clean it off.
Next, wash hands with soap and water,
rinse well and dry, then take the tape out of the box, cut off an
appropriate size piece, make a backward roll, and place the tape on
the lower part of the dog's ear. Try to minimize how much you handle
the tape, just touch the bottom tips.
If bracing, put on the brace, then
put on the backward roll of tape as above.
This tape stays in quite a long time.
As far as the white gummy residue
when you remove the tape, you can use adhesive remover to remove it.
To remove the tape, just pull it out
quickly like removing a band aid from a kid. Then, put adhesive
remover on a cotton ball to wet the sticky residue and rub off most of
the sticky stuff. Finally, wash off the adhesive remover with rubbing
alcohol on cotton balls. You will usually need to wipe off with
alcohol a couple of times.
The old tape should have been in
about a month and will have 'crept up' quite a bit. Remove the old
tape, clean off the sticky gunk, and put in new tape which takes about
5-10 minutes. The new tape will last at least several weeks, and only
need replacing if it 'creeps' again.