Xerxes Appt

[Lizgirl]

Nice job taping! Must not be your first rodeo. Which vet did you use?

[Sparrow]

Oh my gosh, his FACE. He is SO cute. He's gonna be gorgeous!

[Xerxes]

Nice job taping! Must not be your first rodeo. Which vet did you use?

Hey Lizgirl... see your a fellow Texan. This is my second Dane. My first dane, the breeder had the ears cropped before shipping him to me. This time the ears were not done. I went online and found a local Houston doberman forum. Pretty much everyone praised a vet out in Cinco Ranch where I live. How lucky was I? Her name is Dr crouch and she has been doing ear trimmings for 30years. I called them on the phone to see if they had ever done cropping on giant breeds and she had. Funny enough the next day a great dane breeder was coming down from Dallas with 12 of her pups to get them all cropped. So i was sold. Cost was 500 bucks whick covered everything including the lazer therapy hes been receiving when he pulled a suture. Staff is excellent... nothing but a positive experience for me and Xerxes

[Xerxes]

Pups ears are lookin great... still not standing on there own but i know that can take time.

[Xerxes]

Bam

[Sparrow]

Holy Batman, Batman! Can he pick up satellite signals with those? LOL They look great. How old is he now?

[Xerxes]

Holy Batman, Batman! Can he pick up satellite signals with those? LOL They look great. How old is he now?

Haha.. i know right. Just wrap them in aluminum foil and my tv would be set.

Currently Im still posting but we've had soo much rain here in Houston they got wet. Had to let them dry out for a couple of days before reposting. Its pretty much been an uneventful cropping. The 1 issue we did face, with having so much loose skin on top of his head, was that his ears kept falling forward. I actually came up with a game plan taping the base of his ears and tying it too his collar to prop them up

Btw baby is 4 months old

[Xerxes]

6 months... gorgeous day today in Houston so we hit the streets.

Ear update: Top inch or so still flops down after a few days so were still posting

[deb9017]

He has grown a ton since those earlier pictures! His ears look really good, and he is definitely growing into them!!

[Xerxes]

He has grown a ton since those earlier pictures! His ears look really good, and he is definitely growing into them!!

I know... i miss my little pup already.

[Sparrow]

He looks great! I know at around the 7 month old mark I used breathe right strips on the tips of Rupert's ears for another month. Your guy looks like he has thicker ear leather though so continuing to post all the way probably is best.

[Xerxes]

I know at around the 7 month old mark I used breathe right strips on the tips of Rupert's ears for another month.

Great idea sparrow... ill keep that in mind. Thx

[21softballstar]

Quick question, how do you pronounce his name? Since you've introduced him to us, I've always just pronounced it "zer-zex" but that could be totally butchered XD

[lisacp75]

Quick question, how do you pronounce his name? Since you've introduced him to us, I've always just pronounced it "zer-zex" but that could be totally butchered XD

Yes, inquiring minds lol. 😜 I was pronouncing it "zer-sees."

[Xerxes]

Yes, inquiring minds lol. �� I was pronouncing it "zer-sees."

Yup... thats the way i pronounce it

Proper pronunciation here:https://youtu.be/waKRQznHeOA

I got the name from the movie 300... Xerxes was a persian king