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We have been using the tape for over a year now. Even though we
are the one's who sell it - I still think it is great. Takes a little
while to get the hang of it, but I have had it in dogs ear's for over
a month, and usually remove it and replace it because it creeps up,
not because it comes out.
Some of the hints I have picked up in over a year of use - first I get
the dog and have my husband hold him throughout the process on the
couch with me sitting right next to him.
I trim the hair inside my dog's ear. Trim the hair of the top part
short, trim the hair inside where there isn't much hair very short,
and trim the hair of the bony part at the bottom real short. Then I
clean the inside of the ear with regular rubbing alcohol (bought at
any drug store or WalMart). I 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, I use a dry cotton ball to clean it some.
Next, I wash my 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. I try to minimize how much I handle the tape, just touch the
bottom tips. Next, I bend over the top of the dog's ear to stick it to
the tape, and press the outside of the ear together with my hand to
warm up the ear some. Then I have my husband press the ear with his
hand while I repeat the process with the other ear. When done with the
second ear, I tell my husband to hold that a while while I clean up
and put the tape and alcohol away.
If bracing, I put on the brace, tip the ear over and hold it to warm
it, then put on the backward roll of tape as above.
I have had great luck with the above process. My tape stays in quite a
long time.
As far as the white gummy residue when you remove the tape, you can
use either STR or Detachol to remove it. We now carry and sell the
Detachol.
To remove the tape, I just pull it out quickly like removing a band
aid from a kid. Then, I put detachol on a cotton ball and wet the
sticky residue and rub off most of the sticky stuff. I use a fine
tooth flea comb to comb out remaining residue. Finally, I wash off the
detachol with rubbing alcohol on cotton balls. Usually need to wipe
off with alcohol a couple of times.
I just used this process to replace tape this past Tuesday. The old
tape had been in over a month and had 'creeped' quite a bit. We
removed the old tape, cleaned off the sticky gunk, and put in new tape
in about 5-10 minutes. The new tape is still in, holding great. I
expect it will last at least several more weeks, and only need
replacing if it 'creeps' again.
Feel free to contact me if you have any hints or questions about the
tape.
Nadine Iroff
Triumph Shelties
triumphshelties@comcast.net
thttp://www.triumphshelties.com
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