This breed is well known for ear infections, and pretty severe ones that can kill - because the ear canal is relatively short and is so close to the brain, and the weight of the ears alone put pressure on the inner ear - so I had to be vigilant with keeping their ears dry and clean. While I've never owned a dog that is prone to ear infections, I used to have two rabbits who were English logs - aka, the 'basset hound of the bunny world'. Is your dog a basset hound? (Side note: despite my board name, I've never owned a basset.) I've heard that they can be notorious for ear infections. If that works, all I will have to worry about is her beating herself to death with her lips when she gives a hard shake. I am now in the market for a children's size ski headband. It held them for about 3 shakes before she got them loose. So I discovered that a skiing head band fits around her neck, so I tried that to hold her ears along her neck. I'd like to fasten her ears down because I worry she'll get a hemotoma by shaking them hard, trying to get rid of the medicine. Pensive has those super long droopy ears, the kind that get damp infections, so she gets swimmer's ear remedy as a precaution.
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