mucky ears

bigbear

Hi guys do any of your bullys suffer from dirty ears I'm cleaning sophies  twice a week they keep building up with brown stuff vet said it fine .

BulliesofNC

YES! They get dirty ALL the time. I'm always having to lather up their ears with dawn soap and clean their ears with about 4 q-tips at a time.

They have plenty of ear cleaner solutions for dogs but I have seen NO benefits of these compared to soap and simple swabbing with Q-tips.

philsergeant

I believe a lot has to do with diet too. Our current children don't have much at all ( but then again they are children, we check every orifice 10 times a day).... Sometimes too much protein. But we use cotton swabs ( well I steal them from my wife's makeup draw).... If you read Q-Tips box [I know you will read, because you won't believe this]... It says "do not insert in the ear".... An ear specialist pointed that out to me after I got a massive infection using one.

BulliesofNC

Yep, every doctor in the world will say NEVER use Q-Tips because people often enjoy jamming them down their ear canal with hopes of spit shining their ear drum causing problems. Obviously if used properly they are perfectly safe and work well for the crevices inside the ear which collect dirt and grime. I have my Bullies romping through the forest, swimming in ponds, chasing balls, and playing in mud. I think at times they compete against each other to see who can get the dirtiest. I get a solid white Bullie looking like a brindle or Tri-colored in under an hour.   :-O

bigbear

Thank u for advice my vet said use olive oil she gets all brown muck inside the ears so quuckly .

philsergeant

I don't know about that olive oil idea....