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Ear Infections: Cleaning and Medicating Your Dog’s Ears

A common complaint from dog owners is that their dog is shaking their head excessively, scratching at their ears or rubbing their head along the ground.  Often when the dogs ears are examined they are red, thickened, itchy, infected and painful. Dogs can be predisposed to ear infections because of a number of factors including recent swimming/bathing, allergies, ears that flop over and excessively hairy ear canals.  Ear infections are most commonly due to bacteria, yeast, a combination of both in a mixed infection or ear mites. To diagnose an ear infection, your veterinarian will look down the ear canal with an...