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Dogs are expensive.
Joe was just doing body checks on the dogs and Wilson developed a raging ear infection sometime in the last two days. Of course, the vet's office is closed for the weekend. Oy.
Before I go off to search Google, anyone know of any home remedies I can try until I get him on some antibiotics? I know apple cider vinegar can be used as an ear cleaning solution, but he's got puss, so it may be too advanced for vinegar.
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Re: Dogs are expensive.
I don't know of any home remedies. However, coming from someone who has had multiple bad ear infections and has permanent hearing loss due to them, I would take your dog to an emergency vet asap. He is likely in extreme pain, and it will only get worse if you make him wait until Monday..
ETA: I hope he feels better real soon...
Ojo since we are talking about how long do you wait for your dogs to adjust to a new place with little to no anxiety. Our spaniel is doing great has adjsuted but then he always adjusts to everything he is a very easy going dog that way.
Our border collie has not yet adjusted though and has some anxiety when she is left alone. We have only been here a little over a month. I kind of want to take her to the vet for her anxiety but H says we should wait. When we first got her she was so anxious that we think it cause her hair loss that i have mentioned previously. It took her about two months. What do you think?
I hope you can get your dog to the vet to get some meds.
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I asked DH (he is an Army vet tech) this is what he wrote back:
"Likely more advanced than vinegar but can't hurt. Sounds like a yeastinfection(does the ear smell bad?) sign of a yeast infection if it does.
Still needs to be cleaned. Might relive some of the irritation but still
needs to go to the vet for treatment. The vet will do a more deep clean.
Do not use Q tips. Pour some 1 to 1 water vinegar into the ear and pinch
it off and work the cartilage to break up anything in there. Be prepared
for the head shake to follow. Once that is over with wrap your finger with
a paper towel and clean out what you can reach with a finger. Leave the Q
tipping to someone that is trained. It is very easy to dig to deep into a
dogs ear, or pack the canal with more crud and worsen the condition.
Clean both ears even if only one looks afflicted. Obviously use clean
towels etc on each ear."
I don't have any remedies off hand. Kiki gets ear infections a lot, and we discovered it happens mostly after she gos for a swim in the river. I have leftover ointment on hand if it happens, but I rinse her ears out with pet ear cleaning solution and wipe it out with a cottonball as soon as I can after she swims. That seems to keep them down.
I hope your poor doggies start feeling better. Anytime one of our pets gets sick, its on the weekend when no ones open. Go figure!
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We've been in our new location almost three months. We didn't really have thunderstorms at our last base, so that's posed the biggest problem for us. During the first thunderstorm, Bandit peed on the carpet right next to me because he was so freaked out. He seems to have gotten over it quickly, but obviously Rudi is still having issues. Rudi does fine with the thunderstorms when we're home with him, but the separation anxiety coupled with the thunder is just way too much for him to handle. Wilson couldn't care less; he's just happy to be here. It just depends on the dog, as you know based on how well your spaniel is doing.
Since your collie is experiencing physical symptoms, my vote is that it's never too early to take him (or her, sorry I can't remember) to the vet. I honestly wish I would have pushed much, much harder with Rudi's issues early on, but I kept listening to my vet's recommendations about Rescue Remedy, more training, more exercise. Those recommendations made me feel like I wasn't doing enough as a dogmom, when the reality is that Rudi has severe imbalances that aren't going to be cured by yet another obedience class or longer runs.
Long answer, but I agree with you. You have nothing to lose by taking him/her in. If nothing else, it's a good idea to schedule a "meet & greet" with the vet in your new location so that if something urgent pops up (a la icky ear infection or bigger anxiety attack) your vet is already familiar with your dog on a good day. Our new vet counted our meet & greets as exams and we paid $10 per dog for her to do a quick once-over. Worst case, vet says give him more time to adjust, best case, he helps you formulate a game plan that may include meds of some sort, either OTC or Rx. Either answer is worth the peace of mind right now, IMO.
Thank you.
I assure you, I'm not the kind of gal to let my dogs feel pain simply out of convenience. If he were exhibiting any indication of pain, waiting until Monday would not have been an option. In less than three months, Rudi has had 4 vet visits, Wilson has had 3, and Bandit has had 2, and we have two follow ups next week. I do what I can.
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Thank you. I actually post on the Pets board and just did this morning for a more specific issue, but since MN is my home board and people here are a little more familiar with each of my dogs, people here tend to respond to my posts more quickly. I love my MNers!
I understand where he's coming from. I think I was in denial about Rudi for a long time. I love him so much and just want to believe he's normal, and a year ago, I probably would have said give her more time, but after everything Rudi's put me through this year, I can't tell you how much I regret waiting to have him medicated. Even if your pup doesn't need medicine, it's a good idea to have a professional be the one to make that call. Let me know how it goes!
Thank you!
The first thing I did was sniff his ear, LOL. It doesn't have a foul smell, but it's definitely a mild yeast. Because my dogs are on raw diets, their ears normally have a slightly sweet dog smell (hard to describe, but it's my own version of a clean baby scent, if you can imagine). Bandit started licking the ear that does not appear to be infected, so I put a whole dose of drops in the bad ear, and half a dose in the other ear to be on the safe side.
I've done pet first aid & CPR classes and my vet told me to go ahead and do the q-tipping tonight and then again after the drops have had a day or two to work their magic. Wilson handled it just fine, he's definitely not in pain.
I've somehow managed to go over 3 years of pet ownership without a single ear problem. I was lucky.
I bathed the dogs on Sunday and I think that's what caused it. I cleaned his face with a wet rag, but made an effort to wash higher up on his neck because of all the Bandit slobber. My only guess is that I must have gotten water in that floppy ear of his.
Our vet closes at the same time we're normally getting off work, so I feel you. It's always after hours by the time we discover something's wrong!
That's what Joe suggested too. Do you remember if you were on antibiotics while you were getting the hydrogen peroxide?
Garlic oil is supposed to help ear infections in both humans and animals.
My grandmother used to put yeast infection cream (the one that women use) in the dog's ear if it had a smell. That was only done until the vet opened of course. Roxie gets ear infections all of the time and I have also done what the others use as well.
This is brilliant! Where do you take them?
My lab had chronic yeast infections in her ears and my cousin who is a vet said to rinse with hydrogen peroxide and try to get it as dry as you can and then use the drops. We only did the peroxide once a day and the drops twice.
Hope your little guy feels better soon.