Ear drops

orlao

Again I'd recommend Thornit but Frugalista is right, you need to know what you are dealing with first so he needs his ears swabbed at the vets.

Ears, eyes, teeth and nails training is something that is advisable to do with every dog before there is a problem - just daily/twice weekly handling and having a look in those areas so the dog gets used to it before they have sore bits and are understandably defensive of them.

Needless to say, I learnt that the hard way with a Rottweiler who had persistant earmites - while you can pin a smaller dog down and use the drops, with a large dog it becomes a wrestling match that you only have a 50:50 chance of winning

What I found with my dog was that just pop the drops in, no fussing, no faffing (even if you had to catch him unaware and do each ear hours apart) rub the back of the ear to massage the oil in which he liked, then (while praising madly in a very high pitched voice ) clean out the ear which he loved :rotfl::rotfl:I found that before I was doing it quietly IYSWIM I was approaching him all determined and gritted teeth, ready for battle cos he HAD to have his medicine and it must have been very nerveracking for the dog who already had sore ears and then had this madwoman trying to hang off them.

As his ears got better I made a point of just having a look (and sniff :eek:) in his ears regularly which earned him a high value treat and a fuss...as a result I have a dog who offers me his ear for a scratch if it's a bit itchy and thornit seems to have maintained the clean ears for 5 years.

libra10

"Has he been to the vets yet?? I wouldn't be sending off for anything until the vet has had a look at his ears first.

I can't imagine why anyone would leave a young pup in such obvious distress without seeking medical attention"
Frugalista

Thanks everyone for your replies.

I appreciate your concern frugalista, but believe me, if Barney was in distress we would hotfoot it to the vet's using the nearest jet plane!

Today we've walked miles, and he's been out in the garden all afternoon helping my OH to dig, and playing ball - absolutely no distress, apart from my husband not getting much gardening done as Barney demands his ball being thrown.

The drops seem to be working as he is shaking the infected ear less and is playful and active again.
We will continue for the week as the bottle states.

If Barney's condition seems to become worse we will book at the vets to be examined.

Really appreciate everyone's help.

elsien

I have fond memories of waiting till previous mutt was asleep on her side, then sneaking up and putting drops in before she woke up, then pretending I was just scratching her ears when she shot upwards at speed. Then waiting for her to go asleep with the other ear upwards to go through the same rigmarole. The things we do for our dogs....

libra10

They say that you have to be smarter than the dog, unfortunately Barney seems to run rings round us!

He's a very determined little fella!

TomsMom

libra10 wrote: »

That's one seriously cute pup there Libra .