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Originally Posted by Darlene68  K, I'm confused   I thought you had to trim the ear hair? Hmmmm, don't you find they get dingle berries if you don't trim their buttskies?..Bailey gets them even when I do trim  |
It's recommended that you pluck the ear hair, especially if you live in a humid climate. Long hair dogs aren't really a "natural" selection, once man steps into breeding, the rules of nature change. Now there's a lot of variation in how much ear hair a dog might have, and short hair breeds have no problem with this ear hair, it probably does serve some function, filtering bacteria or even aiding in the drying of the ear. However, with certain long hair breeds this overabundance of hair can cause too much moisture to remain in the ear canal. I've also seen some pictures of puppymill dogs whose inner ear hair was matted to their outer ear hair, and if your dog is getting ear infections, you want to make sure this ear hair is plucked. Joey's breeder recommends butt trimming, but not shaving, as this can leave a razor burn. Not sure why you're getting dingleberries, but I'd think this would have more to do with the food, than the grooming.