I have two short haired hounds so I never have any problems with hair, but my aunt has a poodle mix and she is now 14 years old and she has never had to pluck her ear hair. She has to keep her ears very clean and clean them once a week but she has never plucked them. The groomer has cut hair out of her ears that are long but she has never plucked them.

I know I would never do it, it would be to painful.