Well, I have always been a clucker. But now I groom them totally by myself, except for that. So, yesterday, I had to take my Chewy in...she had a foxtail in one ear, and both ears had an accumulation of wax and hair in there. The vet plucked her ears, and told me to keep the hair out of there (not way down in, just near the opening). He grabbed a lot, and she didn't flinch. Then he shaved around there, too. It made her face look a little thinner....lol............so I am going to try it from now on.