I have a 5 month old Lab/Rottweiler. I just recently found out my pup had an ear infection in one of his ears. At first I noticed he was scratching his left ear until he'd let out a tiny cry, but he'd continue and was constantly doing it. A day or two after that I noticed that he started to smell awful in his ear. I figured that can't be good. I've been cleaning it out every day or two as best as I could with Q-tips and a warm wash cloth and keeping it as dry as possible.
Thank you.
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Please call your vet, explain your situation and ask what over the counter medicine or home remedies yo can try.
Your vet should know your dog and what will work best. No one on the internet should give medical or vet advice. This can cause more harm than good. I have seen it happen.
Any good vet will give occasional free phone consultations. If your vet won't do this try the vet at your local rescue.
Healing prayers for your pup!
Contact the SPCA or the Humane Society. This dog may go deaf if the infection is not cleared up.
Please dont use meds that may not work or could do harm. You need to see a Vet. Putting it off may really hurt your dog. You may be able to get low cost help from your local Humane society or aspca. Sometimes local rescue groups can point you in the right direction. No pet goes through life without a need for medical care. Part of being a responsible pet owner is preparing for those times.
Hi,
I am wondering if it is an ear infection or mites. Either way a solution of olive oil, oregano or garlic should do the trick, if the dog will let you put ear drops in.
The way to make this is to use 1/2 ounce of olive oil and mix it with one those gel vitamin E pills you can by at the store. Into this mixture goes one tsp of fresh oregano or one teaspoon of garlic cloves. When this mixture sit in a bottle for two days and then strain the mixture through cheesecloth.
An eyedropper should be filled half full with this solution. Put a half eyedropper-full of this in the dogs ear twice a day for six weeks.
Here is where I found the information:
www.vetinfo.com/
And this is a great mixture for humans as well. Garlic and Oregano have strong antibiotic properties.
I wish you the best. Also you might try to see if you can switch over to a grain-free food, since grains are so bad for the immune system and so inflammatory.
Have a great evening!
---Robyn
Thank you everyone who commented. I really appreciate all of your guys' advice. Thankfully Bowsers ear infection has cleared right up. His ear is not red anymore although he does itch it every now and then. The smell and black tar looking stuff is basically all gone. My routine and medication I used worked perfect, cleared it up after just one week. What I did was at first I would clean his ear as best as I could by simply using q-tips. After it was cleaned out good enough I used "Salinex Earigate" to removed the rest of the ear wax build up.
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