Dogs’ ears can easily hide dirt, and ear hair can also make the ear canal impermeable to air and moisture, which can lead to mold and bacterial infections and even cause hearing loss. Therefore, it is important to clean your dog’s ears regularly, and in the case of long-haired dogs, to remove the hair inside the ear before cleaning it, so that the ear cleaning solution does not flow into the ear canal and causes infection. The following is to share with you the knowledge about dog ear canal cleaning. Cleaning steps 1. Prepare tools: cotton swabs, ear drops, tweezers. 2. For dogs with less serious ear wax, cleaning is relatively simple. First, gently pluck the hair around the dog’s ears with your hands, pull up the ear, dip a cotton swab in some glycerin and apply it to the dog’s external ear canal, then massage the root of the ear with your hand and squeeze the dog’s ear so that the oil entering the dog’s ear is evenly distributed, and finally wipe it clean with a cotton swab or a small cotton ball. 3. If the ear wax is too hard, you should disinfect the outer ear canal with a cotton ball of alcohol and then use 3% sodium bicarbonate or 2% boric acid water (you can also buy special ear drops from a pet store or a veterinary hospital). Be careful not to insert the tweezers too deeply, your energy should be highly concentrated at this time, and if the dog shakes its head, remove the tweezers quickly to avoid stabbing the eardrum or piercing the mucosa of the ear canal. Dogs have very delicate ears, so please be careful when cleaning them. For inflamed ear canals, use anti-inflammatory ear drops such as 4% boric acid glycerin ear drops, 2.5% chloramphenicol glycerin ear drops, and cortisone neomycin ear drops, two to three drops three times a day. Pull your dog’s ears up to allow the drops to flow deep into the ears, and then gently massage them with your hands to help the drops absorb. If your dog’s financial situation allows, it is best to go to the vet and buy special anti-inflammatory ear drops, or use chloramphenicol eye drops instead in less serious cases, but if you are still not well after a few days, you should go to the hospital for medical attention. 4. Removing ear hair that grows out of the ear canal is a particularly distracting task, but dog parents who have long-haired dogs such as Pekingese, Bichons, Old English Sheepdogs, Poodles, and Yorkshires should have the awareness to clean their ears regularly. By cleaning the ear hair, I mean plucking the ear hair, not trimming. Because if you just trim, the roots of the hair will remain in the skin, and these shortened ear hairs will continue to grow, plus new ear hairs will appear, and there will be more and more ear hairs inside the ears, which fundamentally does not serve the purpose of cleaning the ear hairs. When plucking ear hair, grab a small handful of ear hair and pull it off quickly. As you can imagine the process can be a little painful, so the dog will feel uneasy. There is a special ear powder that can make this process easier. By squeezing some of the ear powder into the inside of the ear before plucking and then rubbing it with your hands, the minty, cool ear powder can ease the dog’s nerves and reduce the pain. Don’t worry about leaving the powder in your dog’s ears, because the cleaned ear canal is free of ear hair and the dog will shake the excess powder out when he shakes his head. Finally, remember to massage your dog’s ear after each ear plucking session, caress his head, comfort him and praise him. The above is how to clean your dog’s ear canal, hope it can help you. Note 1. Do not just pass your puppy’s ears. The ear canal of a puppy is very fragile and requires careful care from the owner to avoid problems. 2. If the ear wax is not too much, you don’t have to worry too much, the ear wax plays a natural protective role for the ear canal, and only when the ear wax accumulates too much does it need to be cleaned.
