—Has the vet cultured ear scrapings for yeast or bacteria?
*yes, but it’s been so long I don’t remember the answer.... think he said yeast, but DUD say it was likely an allergy.
—Has his thyroid been checked?
[do that -first- if you have not already!]
*no, it’s never been suggested. I’ll check into it.. he has an appointment for next Saturday.
—Did he mention systemic allergies?
*It was a long time ago, but allergies were mentioned.
—You could try 25 mg of Benadryl and see if that stops the itching.
* I give him Benadryl from time to time and it DOES help.
—Do his ears stink and if so, what do they smell like?
*They do if we don’t wash his ears... we wash them often. Smells like a sweet puke from a drunk wine drinker. LOL
This has gone on for so damn long that I am surprised that he can hear ANYTHING.
I probably should have done this a long time ago, but I may very well take him to some expensive vet in Seattle (I hate going to Seattle) and just throw a bunch of money at this problem.
I don’t think I will ever again buy a dog known for chronic ear infections.
Falco is a wonderful dog, but I don’t want to do this again.
“Smells like a sweet puke from a drunk wine drinker. “
YEAST!
You do *not* need to throw a bunch of money at this.
Have a thyroid test done.
Make -sure- it tests for T4/free T4 and T3/freeT3 levels.
Anything less will not give you accurate results.
He ~may~ have a systemic yeast infection so discuss that with the vet but I’m betting on hypothyroid because low thyroid predisposes dogs to yeast infections *and* “pseudo-allergies”!
Give me a minute to upload a file and I will send you a link about hypothyroidism.