Your doctor will routinely prescribe two medications. The first is used to gently clean the ear canal and remove debris and infection. The second medication is a combination preparation that kills either bacteria, fungi, or parasites . These medications usually contain an anti-inflammatory preparation to soothe the ear also. Occasionally your doctor will prescribe oral medication to clear up the infection and to decrease the inflammation in the ear canal.
Many dogs have hair inside of the ear canal.
This hair is removed to facilitate cleaning and to let air circulate into the ear canal. This should be done routinely, which for most dogs is once monthly. These ears are typical of a pet that needs the hair removed from its ears and a thorough cleaning. These are the same ears after one of our nurses has cleaned them. It is obvious from the picture that this pet will feel much better from this treatment.