[Guest]

We took Murphy to the vet on Friday and the vet told us he has a bacterial infection in his ear. From my previous experience with a poodle who had severe food allergies, I immediately thought it was mites- b/c it produced a brown smelly discharge in his ear and Murphy itches them constantly. The vet insists that its only a bacterial infection and gave us some antibiotics (?) that we are to put in his ear once a day. My concern is that now after 3 days of treatment, they dont appear to be getting any better and whether this could potentially be an allergic reaction (although my vet insists that Murphy is too young to present with food allergies). Any thoughts?

 

[tpurser]

Max also has brown stuff in his ears, the vet has seen him twice since we've had him, and has very mention anything about it being bad. I've never seen Max scratch at his ears either. So, I don't worry about it too much.

 

[movistar]

have your vet check for yeast infection.

 

[Guest]

we decided to change our vet as the original vet was not very helpful or responsive to our questions. The new vet has confirmed that it is a yeast infection, and the new medicine has cleared it up completely! Although, she did tell us that yeast infections can be chronic in long eared dogs, she recommends cleaning his ears on a daily basis with hydrogen peroxide...

 

[movistar]

I find with my water dogs (doodle, lab, poodle) that swimming brings on infections I bought from the vet a liquid ear cleanser/dryer I check their ears on a weekly basis and use the cleanser as needed or after they swim. If you want the name of the cleanser(s) (I have two!) let me know

 

[lacymknutson]

Labradoodle Hairy Ears

My labradoodle has very hairy ears and my vet said this was normal with this breed. She also is prone to getting brown goop and smelly ears which she likes to scratch at. My vet said that is was just and infection but the ointment he gave me didnt seem to help. He also told me that I should pluck her ear hair to help airflow into the ear to dry it out. I was curious if anyone had a good way to pluck the hair out of the ears? And another possible idea to why she has this infection or whatever but the vets ointment doesnt help.

 

[gracielou]

Also once a week you can take 3 parts water 1 part white vinegar and a little alcohol (not the drinking kind) :lol: and mix together and use a cotton ball dip in the mixture squeeze all of the mixture out. Wipe the ear out then take a dry cotton ball and rewipe again.

 

[movistar]

Re: Labradoodle Hairy Ears

My labradoodle has very hairy ears and my vet said this was normal with this breed. She also is prone to getting brown goop and smelly ears which she likes to scratch at. My vet said that is was just and infection but the ointment he gave me didnt seem to help. He also told me that I should pluck her ear hair to help airflow into the ear to dry it out. I was curious if anyone had a good way to pluck the hair out of the ears? And another possible idea to why she has this infection or whatever but the vets ointment doesnt help.

again have the vet check for yeast, not bacteria. the correct medicine should fix it within days. you will find that some people do not agree (and some vets) in pulling ear hair. with that said if you do decide to pull a pair of hemostats (sp?) do the trick nicely. if you do pull I suggest a stypic (sp?) powder or a wash after to avoid irritation. The liquid wash I mentioned will get through the hair to dry so I suggest you get some from your vet or use Lindas special recipe. This will work

Also once a week you can take 3 parts water 1 part white vinegar and a little alcohol (not the drinking kind) :lol:

are you sure grey goose wouldnt do the trick? I understand it can cure about anything lol :lol:

 

[Chesterpal]

Hey our vet suggested putting Chester's ears on top of his head with a scrunchie so they will dry out. We never tried it but it would probably work.

 

[Jac]

I agree with all of this good advice...

I'll add a couple of things...first, I am opposed to ear hair plucking...I know that I am in the minority here...but my vet said that as long as the hair is not growing in the ear canal itself (but only on the opening) there is no need to pluck...plus plucking can cause infrection itself.

I have also found that the ear hair has protected my dogs...I have often found twigs and stickers in the ear hair...where if they had no hair, the stuff would have gone into the ear.

About treatment when the infection actually happens...I have found that with yeast infection no regular treatment is enough...when my dogs get yeast infection, my vet gives a shot of cortisone (sp?) and that, with the other treatment, always works!

Sometimes I think that you need to give a more powerful boost to fight the infection...and the shot seems to do that.

I agree that if you can pull the dogs' ears up to allow them to dry out, you are better off...but you can also buy a product that goes into the ear as a gel and then you rub it in and it turns into a powder...this dries out the ears quite well.

And, perhaps that Grey Goose can help the owner deal with it all much better! Hey! It's worth a try! :lol:

 

[Angie]

I wait until Otto is lying down on the sofa next to me, I play with his ears and gently pull small tufts from his ear from the inner canal by the cheek, I dont use tweezers as this hair comes out easy it is just like fluff