Before anybody yells at me....I know that this is against everything that vets tell you to do...but it works for me...so I'm going to keep doing it.
I have never pulled out Syd's ear hair or had it done. I do, however, wash her ears out very well once a week when I give her a bath. I make sure to towel dry them out very well when we are done. She has never had a problem and I visually check them each week during the bath as well.
I've tried to clean them with alcohol...but Syd can't stand the smell, and I don't want to pull the hair because, unlike my poodle, it isn't fine hair growing out of there...it is real fur.
I've heard that you have to worry less about ear infections if you have a dog with ears that stand up like ours. More air circulates through there and keeps them dry and infection free.
So if you aren't having a problem, and you don't want to pull ear hair, then I wouldn't. |