Tilting their head and moving their ears is just them trying to hear the sound better and figure out where it's coming from, even if your standing right in i'm not op, who it think is the owner if the dog in the picture, but i do own a 1 and 1/2 year old german shepherd, and my god, cutest puppy ever.
German Shepherd Puppy Head Tilt Gif - German shepherd puppy tilts head.