To Pluck Or Not?
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| We have 2 sibling dogs, and I pluck one's ears and not the other's. One simply tolerates it better, and I have to say; the one with the plucked ears has less ear wax build up. |
| My vet told me a while ago that vet dermatologists in Australia are saying to try not plucking in dogs who get repeated ear infections. It came up when I told him Tiggy seemed to get irritated ears after I pluck that occasionally turned into an infection. I've only plucked once since because her ear was a bit full of waxy hair. So far its working for us. |
| Kdog will LOVE this! She is Miss Ear Infection so I will continue to clean but leave the hair........some how I'll get the yuck out. |
| Sprocket has 1 waxy ear and 1 "dry" ear. He is very good at letting me tease long hair out of both ears and I thin and trim them. He has a "special" biscuit for letting me do them. He also gets hairs that grow into his eyes and he lets me sort those.x |
I have always plucked mine with powder and hemostats then flush with medicated ear solution. Got extremely busy last summer and thought I was keeping Bear Bears plucked but had a long hair I just couldn't get so I left it. She was getting agitated. Went back couple days later, and oh my, thought I had pulled some kind of bug out. Nope, just large clog of hair that was deep and a nasty infection under it all. It actually leaked all over her bed that night and took her to vet the first thing the next morning. I felt like such a bad mommy!!!  So I always pluck and flush. Saw a lot of nastiness when I worked with a groomer years ago on dogs that had fuzzy ears and were not plucked. The hair seems to trap all the moisture and gunk. But I also think each dog can be different and the owner should decide. Just letting you all know what I have experienced. |
| I do think it is a dog by dog issue. Kdog is a major hair grower as well, what a tuft of hair! MO and Jack together didn't have the hair this girls puts out. Yeah, brown steaks on the ear flap is a good indication things are amiss down there. I won't clean and pluck on the same day, too painful....alcohol on freshly plucked hair skin) More like pluck what greasy stuff I can get day 1, clean day 2 and pluck again day 3. Quite by accident I found something that has helped her ears...........Tucks. Yep the bum wipes for uprights. On a whim I grabbed a few (got them for colonoscopy relief....don't) and swabbed her ears. They remained cleaner longer than with anything else. Maybe it was a fluke and will try again next cleaning (today was a clean day;alcohol: vinegar: water--she hates smelling like pickles) |
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