[Corin Stormhands]

So this is what the vet said about Sam's ears (my dog Sam, not Sam Cree, I assume his are okay)

He cleaned them out and says it looks like a chronic infection. He reminded me (I'd forgotten) that we treated something similar last year.

So he says to me, he says, "we'll give you some medicine and some antihistimines in case it's an allergy and we'll treat him daily, then weekly then down to twice a month, but this will be an ongoing thing..."

Should I believe all of that?

And what do I do if the dog is allergic to the kids?

[ksen]

And what do I do if the dog is allergic to the kids?

Find a good home for them that doesn't have dogs?

[HairOfTheDog]

Dogs don't get allergies in their ears, dogs get allergies in the place that contacts the allergin (is allergin a word?)

No, some of that doesn't make sense.

If he were itchy all over, I would suspect it is an allergy.

What are the medicines he got?.... If it was a yeast infection, which I would expect it is, he should have gotten

1 - a cleaner
2 - an anti-fungal that goes in his ears (Ottomax?)
3 - possibly an oral anitbiotic like amoxycillan if he has a secondary bacterial infection in his ears in addition to the yeast.

[HairOfTheDog]

But, on the chronic ear problem issue, maybe, maybe not. How old is the dog, and is this his first?

My labrador has had off-and-on yeast infections his whole life, dogs like labradors are chronically prone to yeast infections because of the design of their ears. Flop-eared dogs with a lot of hair in the ears who like water are chronically prone.

On the other hand, my cocker mix has the same susceptability, and she has rarely had yeast infections, though she has had a couple bad "swimmer's ear" type ear infections.

[g'nad]

And what do I do if the dog is allergic to the kids?