The necessity of cleaning the dog’s ears

The dog’s ear canal is L-shaped, so wax, dirt or moisture is easy to accumulate in the dog’s ear canal. The dog’s ears need to be clean and kept dry. If the dirt and moisture in the dog's ears are not removed regularly, it can easily cause ear inflammation. Moreover, there are ear hairs in the ears of dogs. If they are not pulled out regularly, bacteria can easily breed and form ear mites. It is especially easier for dogs with flat ears. Therefore, you must clean your dog’s ear canal regularly. Carefully inspect each ear and the opening of the external auditory canal once or twice a month. The skin on the inside of the ear and pinna should be light pink; if it's red, brown, or black, there's something wrong. Smell it and there is a foul smell in the sick ear. A little earwax is normal, but too much is not.

How to clean the external ear canal of dogs

Cleaning the outer ear shell is relatively easy, but you have to be careful when cleaning the ear canal. You can use a cotton swab dipped in a little olive oil and wipe it inward little by little. The cotton swab should not be too long, grab the ear with the other hand and wipe it slowly until it is very clean. If there is a large amount of earwax in the external auditory canal, add 1 drop of 2% borax water and carefully remove it with tweezers after softening. When the dog's head shakes, pull out the tweezers immediately to prevent damage to the tympanic membrane or ear canal mucosa.
It is recommended that the owner place the dog on the grooming table (if there is one) or a higher place so that it will not run around, and then use a cotton swab to remove the earwax from the ears; if the earwax has accumulated It is very thick. You can buy ear cleaning liquid and drip it into the dog's ears for about two to three minutes, and gently massage it near the eardrum. It will be easier to remove the earwax.

To clean the ears, you need to pluck the ear hair

For some long-haired dogs with floppy ears, the ear hair needs to be cleaned regularly to avoid acting like a filter and blocking earwax. discharge normally, causing inflammation of the ear canal. Removing the ear hair growing out of the ear canal is a particularly annoying thing, but parents who raise long-haired dogs such as Pekingese, Bichon Frize, English Shepherd, VIP, Yorkshire Terrier, etc. should be aware of regular ear hair cleaning . The so-called cleaning of ear hair means plucking the ear hair, not trimming it. Because if the hair roots are just trimmed, the hair roots will still remain in the skin, and these short ear hairs will continue to grow. With the appearance of new ear hairs, there will be more and more ear hairs inside the ears, and it will not be possible to clean the ears at all. The role of hair.
When plucking ear hair, grab a handful of ear hair and pull it out quickly. As you can imagine, this process can be somewhat painful, so the dog will feel uneasy. There is a special ear powder that can make this process easier. Before plucking the hair, squeeze some ear powder into the inside of the ear, and then rub it with your hands. The refreshing mint ear powder can relieve the dog's nervousness and reduce the dog's pain. Don’t worry about the ear powder remaining in the dog’s ears, because the ear canal after cleaning the ear hair is not obstructed by the ear hair, and the excess ear powder will be thrown out when the dog shakes its head. Finally, remember that every time you pluck the dog's ear hair, you must massage the dog's ear base, caress its head, comfort and praise it.