Thread: Dog ear infections

Originally Posted by Woody

Couple of my dogs had very hairy inside ears. Plucked this regularly and it releases a lot of wax buildup. Tried various vet remedies with temporary success. A good friend suggested a few drops of teatree oil mixed with an eggcup full of olive or coconut oil. I administered a couple of eyedrops into each ear canal daily for a week and had no more problems. Told vets and they frowned mightily not apptoving of "home remedies" at all; but for my dogs it worked better than any other treatment. May or my not work for others. Plucking excess intetnal ear hair is a good first step.

it is important to take these ear problems seriously, and anything you put in their ear needs to be safe
if you stick something in their ear when they have a ruptured ear drum it will make the dog go deaf
because of this and constant ear problems my dog is almost completely deaf