diff --git a/packages/avatar-core/src/geometry.ts b/packages/avatar-core/src/geometry.ts
index 84a8ac4..3b4ae41 100644
--- a/packages/avatar-core/src/geometry.ts
+++ b/packages/avatar-core/src/geometry.ts
@@ -1454,8 +1454,8 @@ const accessoryLayers = (pose: AvatarPose, nodes: BodyNode[]) => {
         depth,
         front:
           node.layer === 'front' ||
-            (node.layer !== 'back' &&
-              depth > accessoryCameraDepthRadius(pose, node) * ACCESSORY_FRONT_CROSSING_RATIO),
+          (node.layer !== 'back' &&
+            depth > accessoryCameraDepthRadius(pose, node) * ACCESSORY_FRONT_CROSSING_RATIO),
       }
     })
     .sort((left, right) => left.depth - right.depth)
diff --git a/src/features/avatar/avatars.ts b/src/features/avatar/avatars.ts
index ad23ffa..cc12557 100644
--- a/src/features/avatar/avatars.ts
+++ b/src/features/avatar/avatars.ts
@@ -195,11 +195,7 @@ export const simpleBundledAvatarIds = [
 const simpleBundledAvatarOrder = new Map(simpleBundledAvatarIds.map((id, index) => [id, index]))
 
 // Remove hidden bundled characters from both fresh and previously persisted local libraries.
-const hiddenBundledAvatarIds = new Set([
-  'memento-piglet',
-  'oneworks-cat',
-  'oneworks-cat-cow',
-])
+const hiddenBundledAvatarIds = new Set(['memento-piglet', 'oneworks-cat', 'oneworks-cat-cow'])
 
 const retiredBundledAvatarIds = new Set([
   'memento-arctic-fox',
@@ -579,13 +575,13 @@ const oneWorksDogAvatar = (
       oneWorksNode('dog-ear-left', 'Left ear', 'teardrop', [-82, -65, 0], 0.18, 0.34, {
         scaleZ: 0.18,
         rotation: [-4, -10, 22],
-        layer: 'front',
+        layer: 'auto',
         color: earColor,
       }),
       oneWorksNode('dog-ear-right', 'Right ear', 'teardrop', [82, -65, 0], 0.18, 0.34, {
         scaleZ: 0.18,
         rotation: [-4, 10, -22],
-        layer: 'front',
+        layer: 'auto',
         color: earColor,
       }),
     ],
diff --git a/src/features/rendering/__tests__/rendered-scene-test.ts b/src/features/rendering/__tests__/rendered-scene-test.ts
index d102ea8..7b755da 100644
--- a/src/features/rendering/__tests__/rendered-scene-test.ts
+++ b/src/features/rendering/__tests__/rendered-scene-test.ts
@@ -98,18 +98,12 @@ describe('rendered avatar scene', () => {
     expect(forcedFront.frontNodeIds).toContain(avatar.body.nodes[0].id)
   })
 
-  it('anchors dog ears in front of the head across expressions', () => {
+  it('moves dog ears between front and back with head depth', () => {
     const studio = loadStudioDocument({ getItem: () => null })
     const avatar = studio.library.avatars.find(item => item.id === 'oneworks-dog')!
     const detachedEars: string[] = []
 
-    const neutral = renderAvatar(
-      poseFromExpression(defaultExpression),
-      avatar.body.primary as SurfaceConfig,
-      1,
-      { bodyNodes: avatar.body.nodes as BodyNode[] }
-    )
-    expect(neutral.frontNodeIds).toEqual(['dog-ear-left', 'dog-ear-right'])
+    let splitDepthExpressions = 0
 
     studio.expressions.forEach(expression => {
       const geometry = renderAvatar(
@@ -121,11 +115,18 @@ describe('rendered avatar scene', () => {
       const head = pathBounds(geometry.headPath)
 
       const earIds = ['dog-ear-left', 'dog-ear-right'] as const
+      if (
+        geometry.frontNodeIds.some(id => earIds.includes(id as (typeof earIds)[number])) &&
+        geometry.backNodeIds.some(id => earIds.includes(id as (typeof earIds)[number]))
+      ) {
+        splitDepthExpressions += 1
+      }
       earIds.forEach(nodeId => {
         const frontIndex = geometry.frontNodeIds.indexOf(nodeId)
-        expect(geometry.backNodeIds).not.toContain(nodeId)
-        expect(frontIndex).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
-        const earPath = geometry.frontPaths[frontIndex]
+        const backIndex = geometry.backNodeIds.indexOf(nodeId)
+        expect(Number(frontIndex >= 0) + Number(backIndex >= 0)).toBe(1)
+        const earPath =
+          frontIndex >= 0 ? geometry.frontPaths[frontIndex] : geometry.backPaths[backIndex]
         const ear = pathBounds(earPath)
         const headOverlap = overlap(ear, head)
         if (headOverlap.x <= 0 || headOverlap.y <= 0) {
@@ -134,9 +135,9 @@ describe('rendered avatar scene', () => {
           )
         }
       })
-
     })
 
+    expect(splitDepthExpressions).toBeGreaterThan(0)
     expect(detachedEars, 'detached dog ears').toEqual([])
   })