Thanks for all your tips. I'm still kind of scared. I just don't want to do anything to hurt the love of my life. Capt Noonie, hanks for your advice about just pulling a few at a time. How frequently does this have to be done? It's been about 6 weeks I think since he had all his hair inside ripped out by that awful groomer and left him extremely red and raw but it does seem to have grown back quite a bit. I smelled his cute little ears and don't smell a thing. I also have the ear cleaning pads. Someone wrote to use them regularly but about how often? Thanks again for answering my questions.