Crested Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 I was just (again) surfing on Chinese Crested pages and then I bumped into this page [url]http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2169/closedears.html[/url]. I started reading it and started to wonder where they come from. I tried to make some research, but haven't been able to come anywhere. Do you have any idea of where this comes from? Ben doesn't have this problem (or the tiny puppy of mine), but I'm still very interested about this. I haven't heard of any CC's with closed ear canals here in Finland and I hope they don't even show up. It would be good to know where they come from thou. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crested Posted August 19, 2003 Author Share Posted August 19, 2003 Isn't here anyone that knows about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowlabsrule Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 Never heard about this before :o are they born with a closed ear or do they get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crested Posted August 20, 2003 Author Share Posted August 20, 2003 They are born with it, but it gets noticable in about 4-5 weeks of age. Some that are born with it don't even have an ear canal and moast of them are born deaf in that ear. Because I'm very interested in breeding and genetics, that's why I would want to know more about this. I'm a very qurious person when it comes to something that I feel passionately about (like Chinese Cresteds). Please, if anyone has a clue about this, tell me! (On the same page there is a story about a dog that didn't have any tear glands ([url]http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2169/taffy.html[/url]). Talk about a breeder that's seen everything!) /Crest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowlabsrule Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 Do they have more health problems than other breeds? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crested Posted August 21, 2003 Author Share Posted August 21, 2003 No, actually they SHOULD be very healthy. This breeder (who's page I first found out about this) has just had bad luck I guess. But I don't think it's only Crests that can have this problem, it must be other breeds too, but if there's no-one who knows about it then it must be that when the breeder finds out about this, he/she just "helps" the puppy to go to doggy heaven. :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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