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Hey everyone,
so we have a black lab mix we rescued about 8 months ago. He just turned a year in May. He is a very loving and playful dog, however, we have had issues with his health since we brought him home. Therefore, lots of trips to the vet, medications, etc.
Recently, after a trip to the vet that involved his ears (he had a mild ear infection about 3 months ago) we were told once again to begin cleaning his ears with the prescribed solution. Now, he is 70 lbs of pure muscle and HATES to have his ears flushed. Therefore, my husband and I have to make it a two person job and on top of it we had to do both ears and more frequently. I last gave him his solution two or three days ago.
Now he will not stay in the same room if my husband and I are together. He is fine if it is just me or it is just my husband, but never both. He runs and hides under our bed. This has been going on since we began cleaning his ears. He is fine when we are outside or take him for walks. This happened a little when he had his prior ear infection, but this tome seems much worse.
How do we approach this? I don’t want him to be fearful of us in his own home. My husband was the one who had to hold him while I gave him the medicine, so it is more prominent with him entering the room and it really bothers him that the dog acts this way. Any suggestions?
so we have a black lab mix we rescued about 8 months ago. He just turned a year in May. He is a very loving and playful dog, however, we have had issues with his health since we brought him home. Therefore, lots of trips to the vet, medications, etc.
Recently, after a trip to the vet that involved his ears (he had a mild ear infection about 3 months ago) we were told once again to begin cleaning his ears with the prescribed solution. Now, he is 70 lbs of pure muscle and HATES to have his ears flushed. Therefore, my husband and I have to make it a two person job and on top of it we had to do both ears and more frequently. I last gave him his solution two or three days ago.
Now he will not stay in the same room if my husband and I are together. He is fine if it is just me or it is just my husband, but never both. He runs and hides under our bed. This has been going on since we began cleaning his ears. He is fine when we are outside or take him for walks. This happened a little when he had his prior ear infection, but this tome seems much worse.
How do we approach this? I don’t want him to be fearful of us in his own home. My husband was the one who had to hold him while I gave him the medicine, so it is more prominent with him entering the room and it really bothers him that the dog acts this way. Any suggestions?