I do let him get a fuzzy face and ears because it makes him look cute.
Posted on 02/25/2009 8:45:42 PM PST by txroadkill
Need Freeper Help. I have a 3 yr old cocker spaniel that has really bad ear infections. I knew it would probably be an issue when I got him but for the first 2 years he never had any problems. Now, however, he has had re-occurring infections and now the vet says that his ear canals have calcified to the point that they need to be “scraped out”, a procedure that will leave him deaf. Does anybody know of a better solution?
I use it, diluted, on my daughter's pug, about once a week.
If you want to be extra safe, just use vinegar/water solution. I use the vinegar solution twice a week.
I also use vinegar and water in a spray bottle as a leave-in rinse before towel drying (twice a week bath). Vinegar is a wonderful chemical. It disinfects, it resets the pH, and it is an astringent which helps dry her out, which discourages fungal growth.
That dog has gone from being a smelly, oozy, nasty little beast who would scratch herself to bleeding to being a luxuriously fluffy, clean dog in two months of Jeff Chandler dog therapy. People actually like to pet her now, her ears are clean and no longer stink, and she hardly itches at all.
Yeah, it sounds good, but why take the chance?
Oh, and daily fish oil pills have helped eliminate the allergy inflammations, too. Omega 3, you know.
I do let him get a fuzzy face and ears because it makes him look cute.
I ran across that recipe many times in my research and all the feedback was very positive. I was going to try it next if the peroxide and vinegar solutions didn't work, but they did.
Lady -- our B&W was a show dog until we got her.. .she had the full show coat and it was AUGUST!!!! she had lived up in the mountains...poor thing, first thing we did was give her a hair cut. What we do is leave their legs about two or three inches long, their ears long and the top knot and shave everything else. In the summer when we are boating every week we shorten their legs to about an inch and half long.
She's out hug bug... well all three are, but she is a velcro dog with my husband. She is also out tomboy cocker.. loves the water... you can see, Daisy (our ASCOB) is not fond of water, she is a princess and doesn't like to be dirty... Lady OTOH ~LOL~
Missy is a hunter, she will look for lizards all day long.
Fish oil capsules are excellent!
We have a mobile groomer who comes here once a month and grooms my three, but when we did it I always rinsed them with apple cider vinegar. Our’s seldom get the ear problems, but in the summer when they are in the water a lot we use the Vinegar recipe on the Zim Cocker site once a week after we come off the lake. It has vinegar, alcohol, boric acid and betadine in it.
We are sooooooooo lucky we don’t have fleas out here! but years ago when we lived down in Irvine and our dog played in the park we had real issues with them, including our cat. I found brewers yeast and garlic really helped — didn’t know back then cats were not supposed to have garlic — we also fed her ground up organ meats and heart.. the fleas left her alone after than and she had the most gorgeous black coat...
It doesn’t have to be apple cider vinegar, unless you are making a salad.
~LOL~ I know, I use the raw apple cider vinegar vs the distilled ACV.
I use the cheapest plain white vinegar I can find.
This never lets us down: http://www.nutriteam.com/servlet/the-197/NutriBiotic-Ear-Drops-wax/Detail
We’ve used it on dogs and kids. It worked wonders on a friend’s child who’d been getting tubed every year, too.
It’s one of those no-harm things. Good luck!
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