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Originally Posted by dwerten  the only two times my dex had an ear infection was when he had his ears plucked so i never pluck any of my three's ears nor do i let the groomer as it was so obvious the last time as one ear was plucked and the other was not as i saw her do it and yelled out no plucking of ears and so she did not do the other one and sure enough he had an infection in the ear she plucked and vet told me never to pluck the ears as it opens the pores and allows bacteria to get in there and cause infection especially if groomer does not clean them properly which is most likely the case many times so for 5 years no plucking and never had another ear infection in any of my 3 so it really depends on the dog so if this happened after a plucking from groomer i would recommend not plucking again plus i watched them do that one ear and dex about jumped off the table freaked me out and this was after he was traumatized going through pancreatitis so i was really upset and now i have a mobile groomer come to my home and i help groom them with her
had you taken him to a groomer before this happened? |
My pups are trained from an early age to have their ears plucked. Now if it is not done correctly and in the proper sequence...yes it can cause an infection. Always do it before a bath, after bath follow up with a good ear cleaner/proper ph balance to acidify the ear canal, with a good drying agent.
As a groomer I've never had a problem with any of my clients dogs. Actually have sent my clients immediately to the vet after discovering their dogs have yeast or bacterial infections (ear smelling is the first thing I do before I begin bathing) because of improper cleaning.....I inform them that their dogs have an infection and that I've cleaned out their ear canals and have opened them up be doing this and to get to the vet ASAP.