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Cleaning Your Dog’s Ears

Avoid dog ear infections by practicing preventive care. That means regularly examine and clean your dog's ears. Cleaning your dog's ears is important for good grooming and overall health. This is especially true for canines with pendulous ears, lots of hair in their ears, allergies or other medical problems that render them susceptible to ear infections.

Keeping the dog's ears clean is important because a damp environment creates an ideal breeding ground for bacteria and fungus, often leading to painful sensitivity, redness, swelling and infection.

Some guardians never check their dog's ears unless the dog is shaking or scratching its ear(s).

That's unfortunate because, by that time, there is usually an ear health problem requiring veterinary intervention to determine if the dog is infected, infested or needs treatment.

Before cleaning the dog's ears, inspect for potential problems. Take note of any matter in and around the ear canal, particularly excess wax. A dark wax may be a sign of ear mites.

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March 31st, 2008 | Posted in Ear Infections | No Comments

Purple Ear Solution Dog Ear Infections

It was a mild Saturday in January and my dog Cooper and I were off to our weekly outdoor training course. The training took place on a high school football field which was located near a river that flows through the middle of our city. Of course, as any of you know keeping a Labrador retriever dog out of the water even in January is a hard thing to do.  As with every Saturday over an eight week period I fished Cooper out and dried him off.

A week or so after the last training course was finished I noticed that Cooper was scratching his left ear constantly. It looked like he was very uncomfortable. When examining his ear we noticed that there was allot of "brown gunk" inside it and the smell coming from it was terrible. We took Cooper to the Vet for a check up and she confirmed that he had an ear infection. It was obvious that the infection had come from the water that he was swimming in every Saturday. We purchased a bottle of a commercial brand solution which was to clear his ear infection up.

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February 24th, 2008 | Posted in Ear Infections | 1 Comment

How to Evaluate Your Dog for Ear Infections

It's not unusual for dogs to get ear infections, as the anatomy of the dog ear encourages moistness. Both bacteria and yeast thrive in dark, damp environments. Often dogs will have floppy ears that cover the ear opening, keeping the internal ear moist and dark. Dogs with ears that stand up straight can get ear infections, too, since the inner ear of a dog is a long, mostly horizontal structure. Animals with a more vertical ear may not suffer ear infections as frequently as dogs, since moisture can drain down and out of the canal. Sporting dogs who spend a lot of time in the water, and who also have floppy outer ears, may be at the greatest risk for ear infections.

Dogs will exhibit many symptoms when they have an ear infection. Look for the following signs:

-Shaking or tilting the head
-Scratching, rubbing, or otherwise trying to stimulate the ear
-Foul odor emanating from the ear
-Discharge
-Swelling
-Ear is warm to the touch
-Inflammation of the ear
-Missing fur due to scratching

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January 15th, 2008 | Posted in Ear Infections | No Comments

Dog Ear Infections The Unlikely Romance

Don't compromise the health of your dog's ear. Take the time to maintain a regular hygiene for your canine's auditory facility, much like the way you keep your ears free from moisture and emptied from the buildup of earwax. It's something you and your pet should go through regularly; otherwise, you both will have to endure an unlikely romance with dog ear infection, which involves a regular stink coming out of your pet's ear that would leave the canine scratching or shaking its head. When complications strike, you might just find your pet losing its sense of balance while sporting an unusual tilt to its head or maneuvering odd eye movements. While your dog is still on the healthy side, you may just want to make an ear cleaning regimen part of its regular grooming habit. (more…)

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January 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Ear Infections | No Comments

Labrador Ear Infection and Purple Solution

It was a mild Saturday in January and my dog Cooper and I were off to our weekly outdoor training course. The training took place on a high school football field which was located near a river that flows through the middle of our city. Of course, as any of you know keeping a Labrador retriever dog out of the water even in January is a hard thing to do.  As with every Saturday over an eight week period I fished Cooper out and dried him off. A week or so after the last training course was finished I noticed that Cooper was scratching his left ear constantly. It looked like he was very uncomfortable. When examining his ear we noticed that there was allot of "brown gunk" inside it and the smell coming from it was terrible. We took Cooper to the Vet for a check up and she confirmed that he had an ear infection. It was obvious that the infection had come from the water that he was swimming in every Saturday. We purchased a bottle of a commercial brand solution which was to clear his ear infection up. Cooper's ear infection never got better though. We continued to use the solution and even bought a second bottle in our fight against it. (more…)

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December 29th, 2007 | Posted in Ear Infections | 1 Comment



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