How can I clean my dog's ears at home without solution?
Johnathon McKenzie
2025-09-23 16:33:49
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To clean your dog's ears at home without solution, wait until your dog is calm and relaxed before attempting to clean their ears. Then, turn them on their side and hold their ear open. Fill their ear with a gentle cleansing liquid until you can see the fluid, then pinch the ear shut to keep the cleansing liquid in. Massage the base of the ear gently for about 30 seconds, listening for the sound of the fluid swishing around. Thereafter, allow your dog to shake their head to loosen the debris. Use a cotton ball or gauze to remove the debris from their ear, not going deeper into the canal than one knuckle. Be sure to wipe all the liquid from your dog's face if any fluid ended up there after your dog's shake. Hold their ear open while on their side and fill the exposed ear canal with water. Gently massage the base of the ear for at least 30 seconds. Release your pinch on the ear canal and allow your dog to shake which will help to loosen debris further and bring it up higher in their ear canal. Use gauze or tear a cotton ball in half and wrap the cotton around your finger, and gently wipe away any debris as far into the ear canal as you can comfortably reach—but no deeper than one knuckle.
Jacynthe Bogisich
2025-09-23 14:32:05
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To clean your dog's ears at home without solution, you can consider using vinegar as an ear cleaner to help resolve ear infections or as a regular cleaner. Before putting anything in your dog's ear, make sure their ear drum is healthy. Your veterinarian should perform an exam with an otoscope to see inside the ear and visualize the ear drum. If the ear drum is damaged there is a very small list of medications that can be used without causing more problems. Vinegar can be painful for dogs when applied to tiny cuts in their ears caused by scratching. Commercial ear cleaners are designed to clean the ear and dry any excess moisture from the ear canal. Vinegar as an ear cleaner prevents the ear from actually drying by adding moisture to the ear, creating a perfect environment for bacteria or yeast to multiply. Dogs get ear infections due to a build up of yeast or bacteria collecting in the ear canal, causing discomfort and swelling.
Lyda Frami
2025-09-23 12:42:44
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Straighten the ear canal by gently pulling the tip of the ear flap upwards. Gently massage the base of your dog’s ear with your thumb and forefinger for 30 seconds. Being careful not to insert anything deeper into the ear canal than ½ inch, remove any excess wax or particles with a soft cloth, tissue or specially made dog ear cleaning pad. Ventilate your dog’s ears by folding back their ears and allowing them to dry out for about five minutes. Wrap things up by administering a dog ear drying powder. For normal weekly cleaning you can use a mixture of 1/3 apple organic cider vinegar and 2/3 water. Using a dropper, gently flush the ear canal with between 1 and 5 ml of the solution. Use a soft cloth, tissue or special ear cleaning pad to remove the excess.