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Originally Posted by hollywillis  Hi all,
While I was giving Willis a brush last night, I was checking the insides of his ears, and noticed that one of them had hard rough skin inside,but greasy too (hard to describe)
Have any of you any advice on what it could be? I cleaned his ears carefully, and some of it did come off, they look better today, but there is still some left.
Could it be a yeast infection??? I read on the net about yeast infections, but not sure this is what he has, it says for a yeast infection to clean his ears around with vinegar.
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Get a vet's opinion but it sounds like something called 'leather ear' ....you can search the net for symptoms and treatment and it CAN be cleared up
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Leather ear, slick ear, English ear, black ear does affect some toy dogs, namely Yorkies, rather seriously. It can be responsible for hair loss on the ears, hocks, and the end of the tail and leaves a slimy black substance in those places. Some people think it is a fungus and some think it is a "rabbit mite".
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I'd try searching with words like 'Caninie Leather Ear' and see what comes up
This is a great site for yorkie related problems -
scroll way down to read about leather ear -
Alex's Yorkie Care Frequently Asked Questions. Page 3.
then you can call your vet and see if this is what's going on -