I hear you..loud and clear..and am sending you and yours the best of wishes. It's too bad dogs can't speak a clearer language to make themselves understood. It would make a whole lot of things a whole lot easier.
Amongst other problems..my lil old psycho dog has chronic ear problems. When I got him at the supposed age of 6 he was running in circles and scratching his ears and crying.
I couldn't leave him there.
Imaging mites or some other problem I had him vetted within a day. Their diagnosis was that..while he had a hairy ear canal..his reaction far exceeded any medical problem that they could discern. Perhaps a regular ear plucking would solve the problem.
Not!
After multiple visits each year to "get his ears sorted" they discovered some tumours that were adding flame to the fire. I finally decided to go with a partial ear ablation. My poor guy!! I called him "Frankenpup" for awhile. And while it was a brutal surgery he recovered well..but don't get me started on trying to "cone" him.
As of now..he is well and has no symptoms. He's also on a different food which I hope will add to his success.
I think that food and allergies is a really big factor. I just wish I would have known about the potential impact earlier. Having mis-shapened ear canals and extra hair only adds to the problem.
If you can get things tested perhaps you can avoid a lot of woe and expense.
Good luck and please keep us posted
Amongst other problems..my lil old psycho dog has chronic ear problems. When I got him at the supposed age of 6 he was running in circles and scratching his ears and crying.
I couldn't leave him there.
Imaging mites or some other problem I had him vetted within a day. Their diagnosis was that..while he had a hairy ear canal..his reaction far exceeded any medical problem that they could discern. Perhaps a regular ear plucking would solve the problem.
Not!
After multiple visits each year to "get his ears sorted" they discovered some tumours that were adding flame to the fire. I finally decided to go with a partial ear ablation. My poor guy!! I called him "Frankenpup" for awhile. And while it was a brutal surgery he recovered well..but don't get me started on trying to "cone" him.
As of now..he is well and has no symptoms. He's also on a different food which I hope will add to his success.
I think that food and allergies is a really big factor. I just wish I would have known about the potential impact earlier. Having mis-shapened ear canals and extra hair only adds to the problem.
If you can get things tested perhaps you can avoid a lot of woe and expense.
Good luck and please keep us posted
