ear problem

think am going to have to get woody to the vets today. he has started shaking his head quite vigorously and trying to put his foot in his left ear and scratching it. put my fingers in for a check and he has loads of black gunk in there.no wonder hehas been a little off, but behaving himself amazingly well!!!

Hope it's not too serious.

aw hope woody is ok, let us know how you get on

aww poor Woody.. lucky he has an observant owner .

Hope he gets his ear sorted out. X

Ear infection easily cleared with a trip to the vets and drops for a week. Poor Woody it must be so irritating to them. Xx

Poor Woody, i'm sure he'll be ok once he gets his drops x

our last dog a GSD was prone to this. we got drops from the vet and would use wet wipes to clean his ears. its harmless but annoys the dog

We give Rockys ears an occasional wipe with a damp cotton wool ball. Amazing how much stuff comes out with just a wipe once a week.

Good luck at the vets with Woody, hope all goes well. Sure he'll be ok.

just got back, unfortunately for Woody and my bank account it appears to be less straightforward. the ear canal is that swollen she cant get through to the source of the infection and thinks its either eczema or a foreign body. steroid injection to reduce the swelling first and antibiotics then a swab off to the lab and a return visit on Monday. luckily im on pet plan so will be able to claim some back!!!

Oh Woody, you never make things simple!!

well some dogs dont do things by half do they. hope he's ok and all goes well

janey wrote:

Oh Woody, you never make things simple!!

you can say that again! good thing is he is such a greedy guts he eats tablets straight out of my hand so the antibiotics will be no problem.

just hope i did a covered for life policy rather than a year or we wont be covered for eczema treatments in future years if thats what it turns out to be

wow poor Woody....wonder what it will be.. Lucky you took him to the vets so quickly....

When Jethro was about 5 he started yelping in pain when he scratched his ear..he ended up having an op and they pulled all these grass seeds out his ear canal! ( I still have them in a little bottle in his memory box..along with his puppy collar!! )

vanessa wrote:

wow poor Woody....wonder what it will be.. Lucky you took him to the vets so quickly....

When Jethro was about 5 he started yelping in pain when he scratched his ear..he ended up having an op and they pulled all these grass seeds out his ear canal! ( I still have them in a little bottle in his memory box..along with his puppy collar!! )

funny you should say that she did mention the possibility of grass seeds!!!!

he is so not his naughty little self at the moment, very quiet and lethargic

poor Woody...