Tweezing ear hairs
Thanks, Aurelie |
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| I don't use tweezers, just my fingers to pluck the ear hair.
At four months there isn't likely much in there, but it's a good idea to do it occasionally now anyway so the pup is used to it when it really needs to be done. It makes it a lot easier to graps and pull out the hair if you use some kind of ear powder first. Yes it is necessary, show or not. If the ear hair is not plucked, eventually it will become very dirty and matted deep down in the ear and cause pain and infections. |
| Plucking is for medical, not aesthetic reasons so it is necessary. Their ears need air to keep them healthy and having them blocked by hair can cause bad infections.
My vet explained that the plucking doesn't hurt that much (which I'm sure is a relative term!). For dogs, each follicle has multiple hairs in it and they are looser in the follicle so the hairs come out easier. In humans there is one hair per follicle and the follicle is tight around the hair so it hurts to pluck. Hope this helps and it does get easier each time, on both you and the dog! |
| i dont use tweezers only my fingers i just gently tease a couple out at one time on boo with the use of ear powder first. |
| I was shocked the first time I was showed how to pull the hair out of Baxter's ears. I was absolutely SURE that Baxter must be in great pain from this.....except that he snoozed through the whole process! We had to wake him up to get him to roll onto his other side so we could do the other ear.
And, my husband was helping me groom Cassiopia yesterday when I did her ears. He had never seen me do this before...and I guess he had the same reaction that I first had - shock. He was sure that his baby (Cassiopia) would snap at me for this. She just lay on her side ignoring the whole business. I just put some powder in their ears and pull the hair out with my fingers. It takes less than a minute - and it bothers me much more than it bothers the dogs. Jennifer, Baxter, Cassiopia and Sharkey |
| I think over time, they start feeling it a lot less too. I equate it to having your eyebrows plucked-- the first time it hurts but, after doing it for years, I barely flinch! |
Ear powders and plucking with fingers does not hurt them, the ear powder sort of rots the hair and makes it easier to pluck. Many good brands on the market that make the job easy. The earlier you get started doing it the more the dogs gets use to it. Mine actually enjoy it, they lay there and make soothing groaning noises when I do there ears.  |
| Oh heck Jill, wait a few more years.Ha..cant feel it....you wont even be able to see them...with my contacts in, I cant see close any more and with my contacts out my nose is pressed up against a mirror...Panda doesnt flinch at this at all.... |
| I use a hemostat to get the hair out. I have never used any powder.
Ben will actually turn over when we ask him to "give me your other ear." The girls are learning to turn over, just not quite there yet. After I pluck the hair, I massaged the ear area, which they all like. |
| Daisy is now 10 mos old and while I have plucked the ear hairs a few times (after reading the posts here), she does not seem to have a lot of hair in her ears and has never had any problems with ear infections ( hopefully I will not jinx her by saying this). I do ocassionallly check her ears and pluck the hairs and she could care less/ I also check the ears for wax by using a tissue on my finger but rarely find any. Hopefully, this will continue. The one time I asked a groomer to "pluck" her ears, they trimmed the fur on the outside of her ear. |
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