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Originally Posted by SueNCricket 2  Don't forget to wash out the ears after you pluck them to remove the powder.
As a groomer I teach a lot of my clients how to do this so they can maintain the ears between groomings.
You DO NOT put the powder in with a q-tip!
The powder should come in a little squeeze bottle. Gently squeeze a little "pouf" of powder into the ear canal. Take your fingertip and use it to make sure the powder is down in there where the roots of the hair are.
Pluck all of the hair out at once, do not do a few hairs every day.
It is like S L O W L Y removing a bandaid, lol.
After all of the hair is plucked out, then you pour about 1/2 tsp of ear cleaning solution (made for pets, proper Ph level) into the ear canal. then massage this fluid into the ear canal by going behind the base of the ear and massaging vigourously at the base of the ear. Then wipe the fluid out with a flat cotton ball type make up remover pad, or a cotton ball.
This is how the vets do it, and how professional groomers do it.
I hope this is helpful.
If the powder does not get washed out, it can cause a problem too. Don't do 1/2 the job. Your dogs will feel better and smell better.
Sue & Cricket |
I just thought of this and wanted to ask you...after the plucking, and after cleaning the ears with the ear cleaning solution, should I put the Ear Drying Cream in their ears? This is one thing that I did not do the other day after I plucked and cleaned their ears. My bottles of Ear Powder and Ear Cleaning Solution say to do it (of course, they have a 3-step system and want you to buy ALL 3-steps...lol) but I didn't know if it was necessary or recommended? I've done it before in the past with Stedman (when I used a different brand of ear cleaner) but I didn't do the Ear Drying Cream this time.
Should I???
