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Originally Posted by Lou  Personally I hate the thought of pulling hair out the ears of my furbutts. After seeing my sweet little shih tzu shy away from us touching her ears after she visited our first groomer a couple of times I opted for no plucking. Our current and wonderful favorite groomer knows to trim the ear hair on all of my pups. (Three of them are yorkies). In ten - going on eleven years I have NEVER had and ear ache or infection in any of my dogs. I check their ears regularly - heck I check EVERYTHING on them regularly and I see no problem with clipping instead of plucking. |
Hair inside the ear can cause moisture to stay longer, and this is what leads to infection. You need to be really careful when bathing, and make sure the ears are dry afterwards. Dogs are all different, but I swear for some, it cause no discomfort what's-so-ever. Joey's the biggest baby in the world, and he doesn't even move when I pluck the hair. Just make sure you get no ear hair, only hair from inside the canal. This video shows how to pluck the hair, and she does say that some dogs are more sensitive than others.