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Originally Posted by mimimomo

Does Jillie have a lot of hair in her ears or does she scratch it @ all, any odor? Since the eye & ear are all connected, it could be also be a sign of an ear infection.
I had actually taken Princess & Turbo in yesterday to our vet...Turbo has a slight ear infection & they had to hold him down to pull out all the ear hair (he has a lot) & he even squirted out his anal gland stinkies @ them loll! The vet also gave some anti-inflammatory shots in his ears bc they were red & inflamed. I feel so horrible bc I try to clean out his ears once a week & left his ear hair bc he won't let me pull it out...I thought cleaning it was enough. I need to drop some hydrocortisone ear drops on him twice a day for 7 days, he's not gonna be happy about that. We'll see if his tear stains improve...

Thanks for weighing in. No, Jillie doesn't have any issues with her ears. No scratching, they smell fine and a look inside shows discoloring or blackness as I've seen in Labs before.

I spoke with a groomer today at the dog show and showed her the pictures. Since Jillie's a pet, she recommending asking my groomer to trip around her eyes. She also recommended varying thickness of brushes just like Kristin recommended.

I think I'm going to go the daily cleaning and combing route first and see how that works. I appreciate all the advice.