Effortless Process Of Cleaning Your Dog's Ear

All dog owners should take out some time, that is twice in a month to clean their dog's ears. As you know, dogs have very long ear canals, usually from 5-10cm in length. The ear also has a right-angled bend, where the once the foreign material gets in but it get difficult to get out. If you don't want your furry pal to go through this issue, you can follow this simple process of cleaning your dog's ears.

·         Before starting the ear cleaning, see that your dog is cool and calm

·       Ear cleaning can be little messy, so select a place in the house or yard, where it is easy to clean the place.

·         Give your pet a treat for sitting and show him the ear cleaner.

·         Wear gloves in your hand

·         Gently hold the flap of the ear upright and fill the ear canal with ear cleaner

·         Direct the tube vertically downwards

·         Hold the ear and and gently massage the base of the area, where it meets the head.

·         This will help ear cleaner solution to get mixed around within the ear canal.

·         You will hear squelchy noise, if your doing it right.

·         After you have massaged the ear for 20 seconds, stand back and let go of the ear

·         Your dog should now vigorously shake his head

·         Grab some cotton wool and use it to wipe out the folds at the opening of the ear canal until it looks pretty clean

·         Give your dog a treat and repeat with the other ear

Dogs that have skin allergies and are prone to frequent ear infections will also benefit from regular ear cleaning. It is important that you carefully notice your dog's ears. If you find any kind of very red, itchy inflamed and painful ears, then take your furry pal to the vet. Cleaning of ear, at this stage of infection at home will not help and it may cause damage to the ear further.

Cleaner To Be Used:

There are lots of ear cleaning products on the market for dogs, but the most important thing is that you should use a good quality dog ear cleaner such as Kleo Ear Cleaner, Paw Gentle Ear Cleaner, Troy Alpha Ear Cleaner, Epi-Otic Ear and Skin Cleanser for Dogs etc. Make sure, not to put any other substances like olive oil, vinegar in a dog's ear. Don't poke around with cotton buds in the ear, you will tend to push the wax and debris further in and potentially damage the ear drum.