Ear Chewing

[jr_inoz]

I have another dog staying at the moment, same breed as my current girl - shetland sheepdog.

My girl has decided that she likes the taste of the other girl's ears and sucks on them - they get very wet and sloberly. Not good on a dog you want to show! (My girl is not the dominant dog either, but the other girl doesn't seem to mind the ear sucking).

I have tried the following suggestions to get her to stop:

some salve on the tip of the ear, with talc mixed with black pepper pressed on it. She still sucks this off.

I moved onto talc mixed with Paprika - still does it

I then moved onto Cayenne pepper - still does it.

I am at a loss!! Not sure that I want to try dencorub or vicks on her ears, as I think this might damage her smell before it deters my girl from sucking.

Any other suggestions?

If I catch her at it, she gets well and truly told off. Doesn't seem to deter her though, They go off outside or wherever, and they come back, one with a wet ear.

[all that glitters]

No solution but my shepherd has a fascination with suckling and gnawing on dogs with long floppy ears (ie my mums golden retriever) they are SO tangly when we go to leave in the evening when we visit I've notice her do it on another dog with similar ears

[dancinbcs]

Bitter Bite or Bitter Apple spray from a pet supply store deters most dogs.