ear question

Thank you for looking... I noticed my girl shaking her head so had a look in her ears, in one ear there is quite a bit of crusty deposit and it may be swollen. I have her booked in the vets on monday for something else so can get her looked at then but wanted to know if I can do anything in the mean time ?
The deposits are dark rust in color and it is slightly tender, she was also coughing yesterday if that helps
Thanks again
Barry

Aww poor girlie sounds like she has an ear infection Darcy has only ever had one but it was awful I use canker powder now if I see her shaking her head and fingers crossed she's not had another one saz one of our admins her daisy suffers really bad so she may be able to offer some more advice xx

Thornit works wonders if you can get hold of it b4 Monday - if not worth getting anyway. Moo has quite a few now

Awww ouch yes it sounds like an ear infection to me too, if she will let you near the ear try to give it a gentle wipe with some damp cotton wool just to keep it clean in the mean time, again if she will let you try a tiny smear of olive oil on the ear this will help to soothe it a little.

could be ear mites vets best place but u can get drops from pets at home for about £3 that if u use correctly work really well chester seems prone to them so i use johnson ear drops and clean his ears with tissues (he love the attention 2) if u take your dog in there should be be someone that can help! my dogs cough and splutter alot this time of year could be allergies and watch what they sniff on country walks near farmers fields!

Yep Vin has had quite a few ear infections, need some anti biotic drops from vets. But yes a little olive oil or just gently wipe with cotton wool and warm water. I use an ear cleaner from the vets now and that seems to keep them at bay x

Yes I use ear cleaner from the vets now and go for antibiotic drop if we get a flair up. As suggested you can try and clean them x

aww poor molly,i hope you can help relieve her discomfort over the week end before you get her to the vets on monday   

Good luck with soothing her ears We have some ear cleaner on hand just in case of ear infections! Always good to keep!

Thank you all, I will clean her ear in the morning, she is in bed now bless her, she has been good with it, I only knew something was wrong because of the head shaking.

Aww hope it's sorted ASAP for you both Hun xx

i know easy to miss until they start shaking head! dog training we did health check every week but i admit i dont do every week now we dont go its easily forgotten! but since my 2 have had ear issues i do "the dip" test every weekish i just put tip of finger in ear and if clean they r good to go (i dont go poking around) but a clean out with a tissue never does any harm and chester loves it! hope u get some relief over weekend

I put some olive oil in her ear this morning masarged it in and left it a couple of hours then cleaned her ear, it all looks much better, there is a slight smell, but the clean seems to have eased her irritation, I will do it again later.
Thank you all again for your help and concearn.