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Originally Posted by shirleysjc  My Bailey(12yrs) and his mother Fergie(16yrs) that passed this last March, never got an ear infection. Both had ears that stand up. I do all the grooming. I started when my Bailey got kennel cough at a well known groomer’s. I started watching YouTube videos and tapes. It’s really amazing how little it takes to groom Yorkies, easier with long hair which they have. Part of grooming was cleaning their ears often and baths every two weeks. I check their ears almost every day, it’s easy. I comb them everyday so I always look in their ears. I keep the ear cleaner, cotton balls and Q-tips in the bathroom so there handy, and made sure they are completely dry. I found that if I tried to pluck or cut the hair out it was like I was pushing their hair back into the ears, with the Q-tip. If it was longer it stayed out and it seemed like there was actually less hair in there to worry about. That’s just me. I wish you, Good Luck😊 |
If you pluck the hair there isn’t any to push into the ear canal. I noticed if I don’t pluck the hair it actually pushes it down in there. Vets recommend it be plucked so they can see the whole canal and so it won’t hold onto moister. I use hemostats to help get the hair I can’t get but you have to be careful not to pinch anything. Dogs with allergies must have plucked ears.