Dog Ear Care: Daily Check

Owners should insist on checking their dog’s ears every day. First check the outside of the ears for tangled hair and parasites. Then check whether there is earwax in the ear canal. A small amount of earwax is normal, but if there is a large amount of reddish-brown, streaky or smelly earwax, it means that the dog needs to see a doctor. Check your dog's ear hair. The ear hair in the ear canal can accumulate dirt, bacteria and moisture, which can eventually lead to infection. Therefore, it should be trimmed regularly to make the ears cleaner and more beautiful.

Dog Ear Care: Cutting Ear Hair

For puppies with floppy ears, the hair under the ear holes and inside the auricles needs to be cut short to enhance airflow and reduce the chance of infection. For dogs with long hair, it is best to trim the hair near the ears to avoid accumulation of dirt. When trimming the ear hair, first pull the ear back to the top of the head, then flatten it against the skull, and use blunt scissors to trim the ear hair, being careful not to scratch the dog's skin.

Dog ear care: ear cleaning

Healthy dogs do not need to wash their ears. Only when the dog’s ear canal is diseased, the dog’s ears need to be washed and coated according to the doctor’s advice. medicine. The method of cleaning the ears is to fill the dog's ear canal with ear cleaning water, rub it gently for 3-5 minutes, and then let the dog shake out the dirt in the ear canal on its own. Be careful not to use cotton balls or cotton swabs to pull out the dog's ears. This will cause damage to the dog's ear canal, and the dog will also feel pain and become resistant to ear cleaning. In the summer, the ear cleaning water can be used directly. In the winter, please heat the ear cleaning water to a temperature close to the dog's body temperature before using it. Pouring the cold ear cleaning water into the ear canal will also cause pain to the dog.