Oh Aly, poor Lolly Cassie gets terrible ear infections also, she has to get drops into her ears twice a day for life...and then an antiobiotic into her ears when they become infected also. I know that when I first adopted Cassie her ears were so bad that she would smash her face into carpet/furniture, and smear blood all over the place from the blood coming out of her ears. Even though she's not fond of people handling her ears, she always holds still for her regular ear cleaning and medication administration. I really do think that they know it's for their own good.

And as for Fritz, yeah it is a little ouchie at first, but the more you do it, the more immune to the pain they become. Soon they will barely even notice you are plucking the hairs out of their ears. Try doing 1 session every month or 6 weeks, then give him a cookie after each session so he begins to connect cookies with ear grooming