Originally posted by Pam

The vet's latest plan of attack for this problem is to anesthetize her and do a vigorous flushing and drying out of her ears. He gives no guarantees that it will not come back and I am also hesitant to have her "go under" for something without a guarantee. I am still rolling it over in my mind.

We actually had that done for Sadie about 3 years ago. She had an infection that we could not get rid of...from July-December, we were at the vet's every couple weeks trying somerthing new. Finally, they suggested a deep clean while she was under and that worked. She has had I think only had one (maybe two) infections in each ear since then, and since we caught them very early, we were able to clear them up with one round of meds.

Basset Mom, I would ask your vet about doasge for your pups. We generally give the girls (each about 75 lbs) 2 tablets, 2X a day when allergies are really bad. Sometimes, we only give 1, depending on how bad they seem to be itching, or how dirty the ears are. And if Benedryll doesn't work, other over the counter allergy medicines may help. Cincy tried Claritin for awhile and that helped too. Our vet, said if that one didn't work there were others we could try...but I don't remember for sure what they were.