I’ve never had a floppy ear dog breed. The vet told my wife she needs routine ear treatment.

I said, “like with a rag or big qtip in the crevices?”

She said the vet told her there is a cream or treatment you can put in once a month or so. I use the Vet on base which isn’t very helpful answering the phone so do any of yall know of a treatment like this? I looked at Chewy and it looks like all allergy pills and what not.

Not a vet. We have a lab mix with floppy ears and use a liquid ear cleaner periodically.

You put a few drops in while holding the ear up, let if flop down and give the head and ear a bit of a rub for 10 seconds or so, then get out of the way.

Doggo shakes his head like he's shaking off a bath, and nasty semi-liquid crap comes our of his ear.

Wash, rinse repeat for the other side.

Then feed treats because he really isn't a fan.

I can't tell you exactly what we use, because I am not in the same place it is.

Artie,

No worries on the name. The “liquid ear cleaner” helped me narrow my search.

Thank you, Sir.

Not Jeff or a vet, but have too many dogs, all floppy eared, and some have had ear issues.

Interesting that the vet would say that she needs routine treatment, but not specify what that treatment was.

Typically, when a vet has been treating one of our dogs ears it has been for some sort of fungal infection. I seem to recall one treatment that we had to do regularly for a while, that involved putting a liquid in the ear canal, following (quickly to beat the shake) with a cotton ball, then massaging the ear, stepping back, and trying to avoid the shake. More recently, the vets have put in some kind of ointment, told us to just leave it alone for a few days to a week, then check and see if it solved the problem. So far it always has. They were likely different problems, thus getting different approaches.

Good luck!

I gotta correct myself, this wasn’t to treat an issue but a recommendation for prevention.

The vet most likely told my wife, but 3 hours later I got what I got lol.

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Doggo shakes his head like he's shaking off a bath, and nasty semi-liquid crap comes our of his ear.

I assume this is done outdoors?

We check Clark every 3-4 days with a q-tip. If there's big time wax or any black, we go with the liquid cleaner as above but on a cotton ball. He prefers the cotton ball to a squirt in the ear, and it seems to do a better job of cleaning out any gunk.

For our problem stink ear lab, vet said no cotton balls, use gauze pads with alcohol prep pads and end with foot powder with a antifungal. Worked on our pup to control the issue.

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Originally posted by hvactech:
For our problem stink ear lab, vet said no cotton balls, use gauze pads with alcohol prep pads and end with foot powder with a antifungal. Worked on our pup to control the issue.

Makes sense, alcohol kills everything and foot powder keeps it from being moist and growing more bacteria.

Had labs and lab mix. Some are more prone to ear issues than others. Never been told routine, continual cleaning. Have had some liquid medicine/cleaner given to me by the vet to use when there was an issue, also been told to use a warm cloth to wipe the inside, but not digging into the canal, just a good wipe on the inside sections.

Thinking more, I've had the vet give me something to squirt into the ear. I can remember the dogs enjoyed that.....not really.

This wasn't common, and we are talking not even a yearly thing, but I have had dogs with ear infections. You can usually tell because they will scratch their ear more than normal, and if you look at the underside, you will sometimes see some discoloration and a different smell.

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Originally posted by ArtieS:
Not a vet. We have a lab mix with floppy ears and use a liquid ear cleaner periodically.

You put a few drops in while holding the ear up, let if flop down and give the head and ear a bit of a rub for 10 seconds or so, then get out of the way.

Doggo shakes his head like he's shaking off a bath, and nasty semi-liquid crap comes our of his ear.

Wash, rinse repeat for the other side.

Then feed treats because he really isn't a fan.

I can't tell you exactly what we use, because I am not in the same place it is.

Three Bassets later, that's spot on... long ear dogs especially hounds love to walk with the nose to the ground and they are designed to pick up scents...

We also took baby wipe(s) and clean off the inside and exterior of the ear, we put the drops in and a little massage of the ear before they shook and they tend to like a good light massage. They even sell dog and cat wipes but any good baby wipe will work.



Can't give you the name, we bought it at the vet, but any of them from Chewy should work,

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Doggo shakes his head like he's shaking off a bath, and nasty semi-liquid crap comes our of his ear.

I assume this is done outdoors?

Hell yes! My house has ceilings...

Look up Epi-otic on Amazon, best ear cleaner there is. I also have Basset Hounds, this stuff just works

I use Burt's Bees Ear Cleaner solution on my Labradoodle, combined with regular removal of excess ear hair.

Labradoodles - due to the combination of thick ear hair and floppy ears - are prone to ear infections if you don't stay on top of a preventative regimen.

I first yank out any clumps of hair in his ear canal (yes really... that's what the vet advises to do), then apply a small squirt of the liquid into his ear canal, followed by a small squirt onto a cotton makeup removal pad - the thin round cotton circles they sell in the makeup aisle, and then use the moistened cotton makeup pad on the end of a finger to clean out the ridges in his ear. Repeat on the other ear.

I've been doing that monthly for his entire life. He's nearly 10 years old and has never had any ear issues.

Not Jeff or Vet but stayed in a holiday in when I was 20 something. Dr. Jones has excellent home remedies for general cleaning, infections allergies and you name it. They work great! Pennies on the dollar and much safer.

He has a ton of videos out there all of them great.

Pet MD Otic Clean Cucumber Melon Scent Dog & Cat Ear Cleanser, 8-fl oz bottle-


We use the above (buy from Chewy or our vet has it). Wife squirts it on make-up removal pads and makes sure she goes in pretty deep into ear canal. My dog actually seems to enjoy when we do it. Most of time comes out pretty clean but sometimes some nasty gook comes out.

I'm a vet. Six years in Uncle Sam's Navy. But what do I know about dogs and their ears???