How To Clean Your Dog's Ears

You need to clean your dog's ears periodically if you want to keep them free from infection. When hair and moisture build up inside your dog's warm ear canal, conditions become ripe for bacterial growth to bloom, so you need to clean your dog's ears to keep the oxygen flowing.
Signs of ear infection include:

* Repetitive shaking of the head.
* Foul odor coming from the ear.
* Red inflammation of the ear leather.
* Brownish gunky accumulation inside the ear canal.

To clean your dog's ears, Earthbath grooming Wipes, Q-tips and rubbing alcohol. Use the wipes to gently clean your dog's ears on the leather near the canal. Once this area is free of debris, moisten a Q-tip with the alcohol and gently work around the contours and protrusions inside the outmost portion of the canal itself.

Once you clean your dog's ears of as much debris as you can, it's time to decide if you need to remove any hair. This is not as difficult as it sounds if you have the right tool. A pair of small forceps is ideal for grasping and pulling small sections of hair out as you clean your dog's ears. Doggie ear grooming powder also improves your grip as well as aids the ears to dry out again. By pulling out small sections at a time you pet shouldn't feel too much discomfort.

While it's your responsibility to clean your dog's ears to keep him healthy, you shouldn't offer to perform this service for your friends' pets. That would be practicing veterinary medicine without a license. Just clean your dog's ears once a month, and you'll likely never have a problem again.

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