We fight this with our Golden Retriever, Honey, constantly. In fact, she's due for a recheck on her ears now. She seems to get ear infections constantly and our vet usually treats them with Otomax and Cipro (antibiotic...very strong, very expensive ), and 20 mg Prednisone. Last time (two weeks ago), he did a deep flush on both ears, which was painful for Honey (and for me as I had to help hold her while he did it). I'm so in hopes that she is cleared up now. She seems better. He said it is very painful for them when they get so infected. Poor baby. I looked in her ears, with his scope and it was a bloody, infected mess in both ears.

We are using a solution that he provided, 4 times/week, now and flushing her ear canals out. It is a clear, blue liquid. It has a lot of alcohol in it to help keep the ears dry. The next step, if this continues, is to resection her ear canals, surgically. I know it would benefit her to have this surgery, but I'm certainly hoping to avoid it. The recuperation is horrible. We went through it with our Murphy (RB) on one ear, as she had tumors that blocked her ear canal, and it was tough. I think Honey would recuperate more quickly as she is younger and doesn't have the tumors, but still it is quite invasive.

Apparently, a dog's ear canal is quite complicated and curvy, thus making it harder for them to get air to dry out and when infection sets in, it is harder to clear up. The resectioning straightens it out and allows much more air flow, and less chance for infection.

Good luck. I know what a problem this can be!

Logan