We love our yorkies no matter what they look like but having floppy ears does add the problem with air flow into the ears and possible future problems from ears that are too moist. It's a breeding ground for bacteria and yeast. Most drop eared dogs have a problem with this. Even using ear powder can cause problems as I recently found out. I took a girl to the vet that kept shaking. Not just her head but her whole body like she was cold or in pain. The vet didn't find anything immediately wrong with her but as we continued to talk he had a thought and looked deep in her ears. He asked if I used powder in her ears and I said yes. He said that sometimes the powder gets down deep and when it gets wet, if they can't shake it out the powder will turn it a cement like materiel. They took her into the back and deep cleaned her ears to get the "cement" out and she hasn't shaken since. That was as eye opener for me. Don't get me wrong, I check their ears all the time. There was no ear ickies so I thought everything was fine. Well, nothing was getting past the dried powder so it all looked fine but wasn't. Anyhow, it will be a bigger challenge to keep the ears dry if she had drop ears. If you can get the ears up, there wouldn't be as much a problem with this. |