Cleaning Your Dogs Ears to Prevent Infections

If you own a dog chances are he will develop an ear infection. I know all of you love your dogs so noticing that he has one should be th easy part fo you. If you notice your pooch shaking his head, excessively scratching his ear even with no fleas present an ear infection is likely the cause. Most of the time you can trace it back where the ear infection came from often time you cannot. If you take you dog swimming regularly the chances of a real dog ear infection improve dramatically. Just like human ear, dog ears aren’t made for accepting excess amounts of water , moisture or dirt. One hair in the wrong place can grow into a whopper of a dog ear infection. Most of the time it’s a yeast infection and dealing with them may require a veterinarian visit. Fidos ear will drain fluids as his body tries to combat the infection. As the condition worsens, a foul smell will be noticed. Hold on to your wallet those are never fun at the checkout desk. That’s all the more reason to concentrate a measure of effort towards prevention.

Cleaning your Dogs Ears, Prevention First
How often do you clean your own ears? I bet it frequently. Your ears are not exposed to the same environment as your dogs ears. You don’t have flaps covering your most sensitive fragile parts of you ear. I good cleaning with a mild diluted solution of distilled vinegar and rubbing alcohol will do the trick. The alcohol cleans and the vinegar has natural antibiotic that restore the chemical balance inside your dogs ears. Take an eye dropper and squirt a 2 ML of your solution on your dogs ear. Make sure you rub it in and allow him to give his a head a good shake. Repeat as necessary. Wipe the excess off with a cotton ball. Using a cloth or any other fabric may lead to more dog ear infections because a piece of lint is all that is necessary to start another dog ear infection. Now here is the most important part of this process. Your dog is not going to like the fact that you want to clean his ears. I bet he didn’t like a bath the first time either. Make your time with your dog ear infection prevention a time where he is rewarded. Get you treats ready in advance of your cleaning. H will come running the next time you want to clean his ears to prevent those nasty dog ear infections.