Frankie has an ear infection
On that note, he's walking great on his leg barely limping at all. We have gotten over a foot of snow since Monday, so we have trails plowed all over the yard for him to get around. Hopefully all will be well soon. Lisa and Frankie |
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| Ear infections are nasty. The one time our Maggie snapped was when she had an ear infection we didn't know about. did they consider some sedation to get the wax out? Sounds like an uphill battle to treat it orally.  I hope he is feeling better soon. |
| They don't want to sedate him again so soon after surgery. Thats what they originally told me we could do.They think if we get the inflammation down that might help him accept the ear drops. I was all for the sedation if it will help him. They pulled the hair out of his ears when he was out for his surgery, I can't help but wonder if that had something to do with the infection. Lisa |
| Pulling the hair out probably helped keep infection down. Try what they are telling you to do for the time being to buy some time. If it doesn't heal up completely then down the road they will probably want to sedate him lightly & remove the wax. I'm a real nut on ears. My vet says my dogs always have the cleanest ears he's ever seen. Comes from having a mixed beed a long time ago that had constant ear problems. |
| My one question is. I rub his ears, put my fingers in them everything but the minute that medicine bottle comes out he freaks. Any suggestions? Lisa |
| Learn to be sneaky - and step back when you finish cause he will want to shake his head |
| Lisa, Brick is EXACTLY the same way when he gets an ear infection. His are typically a combo bacterial/yeast infection. His ears stink real bad when they get infected. The first one he got, the vet gave us Mometamax. He was OK with that and it cleared it up pretty well. Everyone after that? Forget about it. He would growl and snap if you came close to him with the bottle. Another vet gave us an ear wash and a different type of medicine (less viscous). We could barely get close to him without him running away & hiding. Two of us together couldn't do it. This same vet gave us an oral anti-allergy medicine that didn't do a thing. The third vet he had wanted to knock him out and clean them out. He would have cleaned his teeth and trimmed his nails at the same time. All for $480. I didn't have the money at the time. But with Brick, they come & go. I'm at the point I just don't do anything about them. He won't let me. And I can't be knocking him out everytime he needs his ears cleaned out. EDIT: The one trick I used was to do it at night, in a pitch black house. I hide the bottle somewhere and then shut all the lights off. I begin petting him on the heads and scratching his ears (mainly to find his ear canals in the dark). Then, with a finger near the entrance of the ear canal, I run the tip of the bottle along my finger until it's at the entrance of the canal and then squeeze. That worked pretty good for me. |
| The antibiotics given after surgery may also have contributed to problem. When the system's gut flora is knocked down, all sorts of things suddenly emerge. Consider getting some probiotics to add to the food to reestablish system...... after you finish this round of antibiotics. Does holding a warm cloth on and just under the ear help him? As long as you don't go digging or examining, the warm cloth may be soothing and help him over his fear of prodding and poking. When it does come time to actually medicate, get a muzzle. It's not cruel, it's your fingers. Before, train that the muzzle means nice rubbies will be given so when the time comes for ear work, there will be little muzzle fear to complicate matters. Having had narrow canal dogs with near constant ear infections, I almost wept for joy when I examined Jack's ears........they look like a 5 lane freeway........leaving little doubt there really is nothing between his ears. |
SheepieBoss wrote: Having had narrow canal dogs with near constant ear infections, I almost wept for joy when I examined Jack's ears........they look like a 5 lane freeway........leaving little doubt there really is nothing between his ears. Susan, really! Poor Jack!!!  No helpful ear tips though. Sorry. Kristine |
| ^^^^^ OH my!!! ^^^^^^^ It helps to warm the drops a bit too (provided you actually get that far ). Then when you do put the drops in, it isn't so traumatic and painful. Cold (room temp) eardrops are NOT pleasant! (try it sometime, and remember, dogs's body temp is also 3-4 degrees higher than us.) |
We battled and still are a nasty ear infection that actually was the MRSA virus. Antiibiotics would not help and long story short, we had special drops made up. It was the only way to treat so it was important I got them in. Hate to say this but the only was was for me to muzzle him first  He got a cookie when done but it was a struggle.Becareful around his ears and if you use an over the head type collar. My snapped and me and actually got me when he had his ear infection. I imagine it is quite painful...Hope your poor Baby feels better soon... |
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