I don't like pulling the hair out on Adie or her big sister Cassie (the shih tzu) I have the groomer clip the hair short. In the nearly 9 years I've had Cassie and the two years I've had Adie I have never had to deal with an ear infection. You have to stay on top of things and check their ears frequently though. Sometimes Cassie will actually get hair growing down into her ear that has to be pulled out of the canal and then clipped. I remember taking Cassie to this one groomer that pulled her hair out and Cassie would end up hand shy for at least a week after. She didn't let you touch her ears. I hated it and started requesting that they not do that. I later found a groomer that I love love love and she follows my instructions to the T. |