Cleaning a Dog's Ears?

Spacecase

February 10, 20120 found this helpful

You can buy some ear wash at the vets office. They charged me $16. Then you pour it into the ear canal. Quite a bit, and let your dog shake it's head. That shakes out the dirt. Then using a cotton ball, stick you finger into the ear and wipe out what is there. Some dogs, depending on the breed, need further attention. They produce allot of ear wax and have excessive hair growth. The hair must be removed. My dog isn't one of those so I really haven't had to go any further then what I told you. I know one of those kinds of dogs is an Old English Sheepdog. My sister has one. You might want to ask your vet if you feel uncomfortable doing this.

angelarog

February 11, 20120 found this helpful

I use a ear cleaner with a drying agent from my vet.First I saturate a cotton ball then with the cotton ball in gently clean in the ear canal, don't worry about getting deep into the canal since the excess liquid will drip in while cleaning and seep into the canal. I keep cleaning with new cotton balls until I don't have debris on my cotton ball.

My vet told me it's not a good idea to pour the solution into the canal because letting moisture sit in the canal can be irritating that's why a cleaner with a drying agent will be helpful.

DEBY

February 12, 20120 found this helpful

Wal-mart an Kmart carry a ear cleaner/drying liquid, use a damp cloth and softly clean inner ear, do mot stick q tips in ears, place recommended drops in ears and take your fingers around back of ears and rub to make sure liquid covers all of the inner ear. If head shaking occurs take to vet, more than likely the dog has a yeast infection in ears and doctor should also pull out inner ear hairs.