My dog has an ear infection what do i do (already took her to the vet)?

Question

my dog has and ear infection, and i already took her to the vet, but i want to know if it is possible to cure her infection at home. the vet says that he will have to pull out her ear hair or something and use some kind of medicine.

Answer 1

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He won't pull out her ear hair, but he will pull back the dog's ear to insert an antibiotic into the ear canal and massage it in.

Your dog will need an antibiotic. There just isn't any other option. If you wait too long, the dog could become extremely ill.

Answer 2

I hope you were telling the truth when you said you've taken her to the vet, because ear infections are nothing to mess around with and you're getting some very bad suggestions here for home remedies.

If you have taken him to the vet, call him back and tell him to do his job. If you haven't, you need to do so. It's not expensive or major, but can become so if the infection isn't halted with antibiotics.

Answer 3

Didn't your vet put your dog on Antibiotics when you took her in the first time? Antibiotics are the only thing that will get rid of an Ear Infection. There are no home remedies for this. You need to take your dog back to the vet and have her ear infection taken care of. Ear Infections that are left untreated are not only very painful for your dog, but very dangerous.

Answer 4

Get some ear cleaner for dog from your Vet or from a pet store. Cleaning their ears regularly helps a lot! It is also important to pull or pluck out the hair inside of their ears regularly. I do it to my dog and it doesn't hurt at all...he actually likes it. With the ears all cleaned out the ear infection may start to get better on it's own in a few days but if not then your dog needs antibiotics. Untreated ear infections can result in the dog becoming deaf and needing to have surgery.

GOOD LUCK!

Answer 5

Some dogs need ear hair plucked to help prevent ear infections. The hair can trap moisture and debris. Ears are already a great breeding ground for bacteria and the extra only makes it better.

Have the vet show you how to take care of her ears and get the meds from them.

Improperly treated you risk having your dog go deaf.

Answer 6

You do what the vet told you to do....go back and have your dog treated...and this time pay a bit more attention to what he says.

Answer 7

go with what the doctor said. It will cure the dogs infection. I don't think it will hurt the dog. If it does then use numbing stuff.

Answer 8

yea you need to get the thing from the vet definitely.

Keep your dog's ear clean by using Oticalm ear cleanser once a week with some absorbent cotton wool sheets.