Ear Plucking
Is this a good time to start cleaning the hair out.? It's been a long time since I've had a sheepie baby, so refresh my memory please. |
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| Yes, it's probably time. There are many schools of thought how to get the hair out. I was in PetsMart earlier this week and the groomer was yanking the hair out of the poor little dog and got a yelp each time. I can't do that!
Try starting by putting a bit of powder on your fingers and grasping just one or two hair and pulling slowly or twisting in in your fingers. The powder is for gripping. I progress slowly trying to stop before the dog is uncomfortable. This way they learn the process will be over soon. No, I don't get it all at once.........a little each day and soon the ears are clear. Don't clean the ears the same time you pluck. The ears could be a bit raw, wait a day. Now if your kid doesn't mind the plucking you can grasp a few more hairs at a time, pulling firmly up the same direction the hair grows. I've had some dogs you could grasp the hair with forceps and they didn't care, others complained from the start. |
Quote: Try starting by putting a bit of powder on your fingers and grasping just one or two hair and pulling slowly or twisting in in your fingers
That's a really great tip! I'm going to try that!  I'm very lucky that The Gooch actually seems to enjoy his ears cleaned and doesn't seem to mind the plucking either!  It's just me, I always think I'm going to hurt him!
Colleen and The Gooch=>It's OK Mallory! It feels sooooo good!  |
| Thanks, but I know how to do it, lots of experience there.
Good tip for others though....THANKS |
| I don't believe in plucking the ears. My sheepster hates it and after we had it done once by a groomer he shook his head for about 4 days after, it was obviously distressing him. Now we just make sure we clean them regularly with a solution from the vet, and trim the ear hair back a bit with scissors. No problems at all, and the vet has given him the all clear on ear checks each year. Sorted. |
| Some oes do not need their ears plucked at all, my first oes never had to have her ears plucked. However, some DO need it on a regular basis or the hair in the ears can mat, collect dirt, cause lack of air flow and infections.
My two oes that I have now are both vastly different in this area as well. Dancer gets more ear hair and it mats faster, hers need to be plucked about every 3 or 4 months. Sky on the other hand has very little, she is 15 months old and I've only had to do hers once. |
| Mallory was a little angel yesterday for her very first ear plucking and a complete grooming to go along with it. At 3 months she had such profuse hair in her ears already, it had to go.
She hasn't shaken her head one time since the plucking, so all's well.  |
| Glad it went well. I know it takes some time for some dogs to get used to the pulling. Sometimes it really doesn't hurt them but the whining is from being scared.
I use an ear cleaner each time (and also the powder). We just get it over with and grab what's there and it's all done. Thankfully yuki never minds either. However, when we first started (and the very first pulling), we were more careful/slow. |
| Molly hates the ear plucking. Our vet said not to worry too much, but it is a good idea to prevent mites and infections. The vet showed me how (she lay quietly for him!) and assured me that it doesn't hurt if you just take the hair right in the ear. I bought some forceps but she wriggles like crazy and groans. I tried lying her down but she just constantly turns her head. I think i've removed about 3 hairs! She's so good for the rest of her grooming.
I'm going to take a few each day and hope she'll get used! |
| Luckily Mallory is the type that will let me do anything to her, including the cleaning/plucking of the ears.
She gets such profuse hair in her ears, her vet recommended keeping them as clear of hair as possible, so I check them each time I groom her. Even if they don't need to be plucked at the time, I still will clean them out good and give her a good ear massage, just to keep her used to having her ears handled. |
| There is an ear powder that I use and it is made in the USA. It is Bio-Groom ear powder. It is absolutely wonderful and all you do is puff a little bit of it into the ear, wait a few seconds then just pull the hair out with your fingers. It seems to disolved the hair at the base and comes away so easily without hurting the dog. I have been using this powder for 8 years and do all the dogs ears with that. Costs a bit here in Australia as it is imported but a bottle of it lasts for ages |
| I love the biogroom products...their shampoo is wonderful..I use the blacking shampoo, it makes Panda's grey darker and her white shiney and bright!!! Ill have to try the ear powder! |
| The other good thing about the powder is it keeps the ear canals nice and dry so less chance of an ear infection. |
| I like the R-7 Ear Powder - By Gimborn-redi. |
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