[nagdu] Ear infection

[minh ha]

I actually clean my dog's ears once a week with virbac epi-otic
solution recommended by GDB. I thought this was really excessive at
first so I stopped doing it a month into getting home and bam, Viva
got an ear infection. Back to once a week I go. I like my ears to be
clean so I imagine they do too. I've also heard of a new treatment
that vets are giving the dogs for ear infections; instead of applying
ear drops twice a day, the vet just fixes up a solution and it's kind
of waxy and puts it in the dog's ear. When the ear infection is gone,
the wax will fall out on its own. Viva hasn't actually needed another
treatment, but her puppy raiser suggested I look into it if she gets
another one as it's a lot more convenient than putting eardrops.

Minh

On 10/3/13, Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, 2 parts water, 1 part vinegar. It works on humans too.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Darla Rogers
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 9:43 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ear infection
>
> 	That is exactly what my vet said to do; he caught the beginnings of
> an ear infection when I took Mr. Finn aka Huck into the vet for a stool
> sample, so I had to use it twice a day for 10 days and now just once a
> week.
> 	I hear a mixture of 2 to 1 vinegar and water also works well.
> Darla & Huck Finn
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jewel
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 8:19 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Ear infection
>
> Faye is eating Taste of the Wild Pacific Stream, which is a high protein,
> low filler food. I will make sure to vacuum more often during this season,
> and maybe that will help. She has eardrops for twice a day, and that seems
> to be making her feel better. The vet also gave me some solution to clean
> out her ears once a week until this clears up, then once a month. Does that
> sound about right?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 3, 2013, at 9:02 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jewel.
>> Sorry Faye has an ear infection.  It's not a comfortable thing.
>> If my dog had an ear infection, I'd look first at his food.  It's my
> opinion that a frequent cause of ear infections is an allergy to wheat or
> corn. What food is Faye eating?
>> If it's not food, I'm not sure what you can do to prevent recurrences.
> Vacuum frequently?
>> Fall and spring can both be big allergy times.
>> Tracy
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jewel" <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
>> To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List"
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>> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 1:44 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Ear infection
>>
>>
>>> Faye has been scratching at her ear and quite agitated by it the last
>>> few
> days, so I took her to the vet today. She said it is an ear infection, and
> that Faye was the fifth dog just today that came in with an ear infection.
> She also said it is probably allergies. Is this common this time of year?
> What, if anything, can I do to prevent future infections?
>>> -Jewel
>>>
>>>
>>> reply://herekittykat2@gmail.com
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