How to clean dog ears

Cleaning dog ears includes two aspects of work, one is to remove dirt from the ear shell, and the other is to clean the ear canal. Cleaning the outer ear shell is relatively easy, just wipe the outer ear clean. Just be careful when cleaning your ear canal.
Dip a little olive oil on a cotton swab, start from the entrance of the ear and rub it in little by little. Be patient, this is a careful job. The cotton swab should not be too long. Hold the dog's ear with one hand to prevent it from moving and to have a clearer view. Rub it slowly until it is clean. If there is too much earwax in the dog's external auditory canal and it piles up to form hard lumps, you can first use alcohol cotton balls to disinfect the external auditory canal, and then use 2% boric acid water or 3% sodium bicarbonate ear drops. Where earwax accumulates, the purpose is to soften the wax and make it easier to clean. After the earwax has softened, use small tweezers to gently remove it. At this time, you must be highly concentrated and the tweezers cannot extend too deep into the ear canal. If the dog shakes its head, take out the tweezers immediately to prevent the tip of the tweezers from stabbing the dog. The dog's eardrum or puncture the mucous membrane of its ear canal.

Reasons for cleaning dogs’ ears

Dogs’ ear canals easily accumulate dust and moisture, and dogs themselves produce a lot of oil, so the inside of dogs’ ears need to be cleaned regularly. Clean and keep it dry. Dirt and moisture can easily cause ear inflammation if they are not removed regularly. Especially for dogs with big ears, their long ear shells always droop down, covering the ear canals like a big lid. In addition, like other long-haired dogs, the long hair near the ear canals will also cover the ears. Blocking the ear canal will not only cause poor air circulation in the ear canal, but also easily cause the earwax inside to become moist, eventually causing ear canal infection and inflammation.
So, we not only need to check the dog’s ear canal frequently, but also pay attention to observation in daily life. If we find that the dog often scratches its ears or shakes its head vigorously, it means that the dog’s ear canal is damaged. There is something wrong with the ear canal. At this time, the owner should check its ear canal in time to achieve early detection and early treatment.

How to deal with dog ear inflammation

If it is found that the dog’s ears are inflamed, suppurated or infested with lice, fleas and other problems, drug treatment must be carried out in time after the cleaning work is completed. . For inflamed ear canals, 4% boric acid glycerin ear drops, 2.5% chloramphenicol glycerin ear drops, cortisone neomycin ear drops and other ear drops can be used for treatment, 3 times a day. If you don't notice any of the above symptoms, you can also sprinkle a little boric acid powder into the ear canal to keep it dry. There are also some specific issues that need to be paid attention to. In winter, dogs with extremely short hair are prone to frostbite on their ears. You need to apply a small amount of oil on their ears at any time and massage them. In addition, if you want to keep your dog's ears clean, you should also pay attention to trimming the long hair near the dog's ear canal regularly, and avoid splashing shampoo and bath water into the ear canal when bathing it.