kit'smamma

I have not only had many a springer spaniel (DH was avid bird hunter)with floppy ears (dogs, not DH) but was a swimming parent for eight years. I don't know if they suffered from the same infection but swimmers suffer from what is called "swimmers ear" and team parents all swore by the alcohol/vinegar as a preventive. Primarily it just dries the ear out. So what if your kid sells like salad dressing. I've used the same preventive on the spaniels. The reason the Monostat works is that the dog is suffering from the same fungus we ladies get. Vet pointed that out to me. For a while there I was medicating one of the springer's ears and vagina at the same time. That was tricky as vet recommended we do that while dinner was ready so she wouldn't lick away the latter.

My vet always sniffs at the dogs' ears when they come in for annual check up or any ear complaint.

blondeslave

Yes, Gentian violet, alcohol and boric acid powder.

Patchesnposies

Yep, that was the "recipe" we used for our mastiff. It did a great job. I still have some in a bottle in the medicine cupboard, lol.

Might be time to toss it!

Krystyna

So glad to read through this post. I will try it all! Our poor puggle has constant ear infections. It seems the moment one is gone, the other ear gets it. Those big floppy ears do seem to catch just about everything there is floating around.

mythreesuns

We have two doxies. The smaller one's ears were so bad, the vet thought he had ear mites because the gunk was so black. It was not, it was a yeast infection. So we were given a ointment. It did the trick..but not a complete fix. So weekly we had to treat his ears, for over a year. The vet had us switch his food to LAMB and RICE. We treated his ears the day we switched his foods (2 months ago) and have not treated him since. He also had skin issues in his under arm areas, then his little sack got raw also. Everything has since cleared up. We found out the number three items for allergies in dogs is, beef, chicken and dairy.

chickadeee55

I can relate to this post, we have a lab and she always was getting ear infections, yeast.

We have her on grain free and chicken free food, and she hasn't had ear problems in years. I also use to use the vinegar and acholol mixture, worked everytime, better than using prescription drugs.

chance

Cider vinegar with equal amount of water worked for me. Cleaned ears out with a cotton ball dipped in this solution. Be sure to dilute it for the first few applications as it is too strong out of the bottle. ( burns full strength and pup will hate being treated).

BarbaraSue

we had a red-bone coon hound. his long ears were for ever getting infected. On and off with anitbiotics.
the vet said never use hydrogen peroxide in the ears as it will burn the dog.
the last culture showed not an infection, but canser. he had the start of tumors other places.
we lost him 3 years ago. miss him alot.

Doris1334

HAVE YOUR VET DO A CULTURE. MY VET TREATED MY POODLE FOR A YEAR FOR A BACTERIAL INFECTION. FINALLY HE DID A CULTURE AND FOUND IT WAS A FUNGAL INFECTION. ONE TREATMENT WITH THE PROPER MEDICATION TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
GOOD LUCK.
DORIS1334

overdew

A cold laser treatment from my chiropractor(an animal lover) and some emu oil in her ear cleared up a bad infection for my cat. Cold laser doesn't hurt, just looks like a red laser beam pointed on the spot for a few minutes. Don't know what the emu oil does except heal, but it worked. Blessings on you and your pet.