Dog Ear Problems Part 3 - Treatment and Prevention
Posted by Clare Bristow
Once your vet has diagnosed the reason for your dog's ear problem, he will prescribe a treatment.
All treatment's will start with a thorough cleaning of the ear canal. This is important for a number of reasons:
- applying medication to the skin of a clean ear increases its effectiveness;
- it removes any remaining discharge in your dog's ear, which he would otherwise find irritating and encourage further scratching;
- if left would encourage further bacteria and yeast infections; and
- the ear discharge may react with an antibiotic that is prescribed thereby making the treatment ineffective.
Once the ear is clean, further treatment will depend on the cause of the ear problem:
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