EAR INFECTIONS A GOOD IDEA TO LET EARS BREATH

 

EAR INFECTIONS

With warm weather comes swimming!

Unfortunately water may get into your dog’s ears and ear infections may occur.

Symptoms are, head shaking, ear scratching, sore to the touch, red and inflamed.

Dogs with drop ears or hairy ears tend to be more prone to problems but any dog can have an ear

infection.  Use white vinegar to clean your dog’s ears it will help remove debris. Vinegar  is

effective  because it kills bacteria. Soak cotton balls to clean the inside flaps. Apply small amount of

vinegar into the ear canal. Massage ears to help get the vinegar into the ear canals.

Allow the dog to shake up debris and liquid from the ear canal, wipe

debris with cotton balls.

Prevention  to help stop ear infections caused by swimming, dry your dog’s ears after swimming.