another dog question for ya..

[oonighttrain]

my dog, 4+ year old lab has had some issues in the past, mostly because some say im a hypochondriac.. anyway, one of his ears is constantly itching him.. we clean his ears and its the one that is always funked up.. whats up with that? only one of his ears gets dirty??

 

[oonighttrain]

also... wtf makes dogs eat cat chit? been wondering that for years.. thought maybe someone had some insight..

 

[sleddinhusker]

Ear mites

The ear is full of black gunk right? Cleaning it wont do any good. My lab had the same thing. You need to get medicine for it. Just go to your vet and say you need some ear mite drops. Took me awhile to get it under control, but he's good now.

 

[switchback]

also... wtf makes dogs eat cat chit? been wondering that for years.. thought maybe someone had some insight..

Gets the taste of your nutz out of his mouth

A veterinarian (North American English) or a veterinary surgeon (British English), often shortened to vet, is a physician for animals and a practitioner of veterinary medicine. The word comes from the Latin veterinae meaning "draught animals." The word "veterinarian" was first used in English by Thomas Browne (1605-1682).

 

[MN_Nole]

If want to save self a few bucks, buy the VET brand ear wash from the vet. and also clean his ears with a solution of hydrogen peroxide/iodine in between. Had/have same problem with my Golden, one ear is worse than the other for infections. For the peroxide solution fully wet a cotton swab with the peroxide, then ad a few drops of the iodine. Fully wet his/her ear with it and will kill the yeast infection, but more important get the ear clean. Whether you use the VET solution or other, squirt it in his/her ear and then cotton swab it out, then do the peroxide/iodine.

Jesse if have any questions call me and will walk through it, as it a regular thing on my dogs, most likely a yeast infection, believe it or not. Easy fix

 

[polaris725]

dirty dog ear

i used to have a newfoundland and only one of her ears would get dirty also, after wasting a year thinking i could solve the problem myself by just cleaning it, i took her to the vet and got some medication and it cleared up in two weeks.

 

[oonighttrain]

i failed to tell you, he wont let me get near his ear with any bottle of any kind... ive tried it.. he will however let me get in there with a napkin. so, i usually wet the napkin down with the cleaner and do it that way..

 

[brushwolf]

You have to get the medication deep inside the ear ,like down where the ear attaches to the base of his scull. Whet you rub and scratch him there he loves it right? Scratch him there and while doing that take a cloth dripping with the peroxide solution and squeeze the excess solution out so that it runs down into the ear canal where it can do some good. Work the solution around down there to looses things up. My dogs love this....

 

[sledchick]

My golden hates anything that comes in a white bottle also, you can't even say ears around her and she freaks! haha. Anyways its more than likely a yeast infection in her ears most water dogs-labs retrievers, get these because they spend a lot of time in the water and their ears don't get a chance to dry out. VET solution works well, if you can get near them! My golden had some major problems with her ears, they were really red and hot to the touch, she was really miserable. So we took her to the vet, and found out she has an allergy which could have ate to her brain! We got her on some steroids to help clear that up, and cleaned out her ears with some good drops. Cleared it up in like 2 weeks.
As far as dogs eating dog poop, my boxer has had that problem all winter. Dogs think that poop is a toy and like to play with it, so some of it gets in their system. Or it could be they aren't getting enough of something in their dog food. I'd try switching dog foods if thats the case. My boxer got really sick after eating her terds, because when they eat it they can't digest it since its already been digested. So she was constantly throwing up and having diaherra. First I thought something was trapped in her intestine like a toy or I thought she had worms. But figured out she was just eating poop, cleaning up the yard as much as a PITA in the winter-helps a lot. Hope this helps you out, I've had enough issues with dogs I think I could be a veternarian.

 

[oonighttrain]

My golden had some major problems with her ears, they were really red and hot to the touch, she was really miserable. So we took her to the vet, and found out she has an allergy which could have ate to her brain!

my dogs ears appear to be a bit red also....

eat to her brain? are you fawkin kidding me??

 

[AKSNOWRIDER]

have a german shepard that has sensitive ears, have learned to clean them everytime she gets wet now and has stopped all the problems for her...

 

[sledchick]

my dogs ears appear to be a bit red also....

eat to her brain? are you fawkin kidding me??

no joke, she would go outside and just rub her head in the snow to cool them down. Of course they will be red from irritation from scratching...but her's also smelled terrible. We shouldn't have waited as long as we did, but once we brought her to the vet they got her all fixed up. He said she had an allergic reaction to something, and it could have eventually ate to her brain and killed her..poor puppy..I'm glad we got her in when we did, I wouldn't know what to do without her!!

 

[mulestar]

I have springer spaniels, and if any of you have been around them they can have terrible ear problems. So I was always battling ear infections especially during hunting season, so you do the whole cleaning of the ear, going to the vet, getting dog meds, and it worked for a while, right?

For a while, then a vet told me it may be the dogfood, put her on a rice free Science Diet dogfood and seriously never had any problems again. Buddy of mine had a lab with the same problems and it cleared it up too. I dont think you have to buy Science Diet, just something without rice. (Mine are on Iams now) no problems.

Something you may want to try, no gaurantee, but seems to work for me.

As far as your dog eating poo...I was told its shear boredom, just something for them to do. Same reason you pick your nose while sitting on the couch.

Hope it works, sucks to see your dog in misery, and I know mine were.

 

[powpow]

Sounds to me like an ear infection/ yeast in the ear. I would assume its ears are down, therefore they tend to get ear infections a bit easier since the ear never can dry out.

So here is what you do

I use Vet ear wash, but warm it up some in the microwave and put it in a plastic syrenge. This way it feels nice since it is warm.

They will shake their head, that is what you want them to do, next apply the medication,. This will stop the ear infection, you will need to do this for atleast 7 days. Then keep an eye on it. Easy way to tell if it is an ear infection is their ear will smell nasty,,,,,kinda yeasty/ dog smell

My dog is really prone to this, so I do the Vet wash once per week. Havent had a problem since

I doubt it is ear mites since you get a waxy gunk from his ear

 

[MN_Nole]

i failed to tell you, he wont let me get near his ear with any bottle of any kind... ive tried it.. he will however let me get in there with a napkin. so, i usually wet the napkin down with the cleaner and do it that way..

Try loading a cotton ball up with the cleaning solution, to get it in the ear, since won't let you near with a bottle. Then work the ear to break up the junk in there. As been said let him shake it out after and if you can follow with a dry cotton ball to get the rest of the junk out.