How To Get Dogs Ears Cleaned

Part of the series.

How to get dogs ears cleaned. Place your Dog in a Restrained Area or an Elevated Surface. While holding your dogs ear flap gently but firmly with one hand hold the ear cleaning solution in your other hand. Drape your right arm over the dogs shoulders.

Check out our detailed train your dog to sit guide for more information. Before putting the ear drops in get your dogs ears cleaned thoroughly to remove any wax or discharge. Prevention of the behavior problem is obviously preferable so once the current ear problem has resolved you should begin to train your dog to allow his ears to be checked and gently cleaned as part of his routine grooming and to use food or toys as rewards to both distract your pet and to make positive associations with ear handling.

Some dogs especially those with short ears and not much hair only have to wipe their ears once in a while if they look dirty. If your dog enjoys it gently massage your dogs ears to get them relaxed. You can use a veterinary-recommended ear cleaner and massage the ears to get it cleaned.

When it comes to ear cleanliness dogs vary greatly. Pay close attention to this list of dos and donts. If your dog is older and has developed a distaste to having his ears checked or cleaned you can combat this but at a very slow patient pace.

If you get used to having his ears cleaned since a puppy it will be easier to carry out this maneuver even as an adult. Dogs with drooping ears and dogs with a lot of hair around the ears should be thoroughly inspected and cleaned at least every week. Remove the excess solution.

Knowing how to clean dogs ears is a fundamental part of taking care of your pet. The gigantic Rufus a Tibetan Mastiff with a not easy character might not like too much to have his ears manipulated at the age of 5 when no one has ever touched them in his life. Before we get into the process of how to clean your dogs ears there are a few things to keep in mind.