Update - I took Hunter to the vet Friday (a different one in the office) and got much better answers. He believed his is allergy, which I'd started to expect since he was showing signs of conjectivitis as well. He gave me otimax, some antinflammatory drops and told me to give him an antihistimine for a few days and it should clear up. It's already helping so I'm guessing he'll be fine in a couple more days.

I'd also taken Nikka with me to recheck. Her ears were better but still not great. He didn't believe Nikka's was allergy. According to him the problem comes from having extremely narrow ear canals. Apparently if a dog gets chronic ear infections they get a buildup of calcium in the canal that could eventually close off the canal. It's made worse if the infections aren't treated (which considering the condition of her ears when we originally adopted her I'm guessing that was the case). By the time we got her a lot of the damage had been done. He gave me some nolvasan (sp??) cleaner and additional otamax, and did a ear flush on her there. He wants to recheck her in 2-3 wks to see how it's going. If it still hasn't cleared up apparently the next step is surgery to try to widen the ear canals, unfortunately it's $1100, (I guess I have to start the Nikka savings account). The other problem is he can't say if that will stop the infections or not. She may get the surgery and still have the same problems, I'm not sure it's worth it??