44INAROW
05-23-2013, 11:59 AM
I knew that would get your attention :evillol::tmi:
Actually, I do have a question but it's not what you think... Our 23 month old chocolate lab Bear, is an inside dog... he started scratching his ears like crazy in late May, early June of last year.. Our longtime vet had retired a few months earlier and I didn't have a new one yet. I needed to get his heart worm shot anyway so I made an appt with a vet in Yoakum. He took one look into Bear's ears ( he was 1 yr old June 2012) and said that Bear had a massive YEAST INFECTION in his inner ears..
Poor Baby - without going into detail, I can only imagine the misery he'd been going through.. So the vet irrigated the ears then put this waxy substance in both ears.. aka packed his ears.... He said the waxy stuff would melt and trickle down into the deep part of his ears. He also prescribed huge pills (antibiotics) for 20 days... After a day or two - Bear was back to his usual self.
Well, in March this year, he started scratching and moaning again, just like last June. We have a new vet here in Cuero and I called and made an appt and he took one look in Bear's ears and confirmed he had another massive yeast infection. He took Bear to the back and I don' t want to know what he did..(the sound was horrible) his ears were all waxy when he came out but he was calmed down. He took 20 days of meds and I took him back and Dr said he had a little bit of yeast infection but was 95% better but he went on and packed his ears one more time. I am taking him back in early June for his Heartworm shot again and hope he is 100% clear..
Have any of you ever had experience with dogs getting yeast infections? Bear doesn't have access to any body of water to swim in and when we bathe him, he might get a little bit but very little water in his ears. Dr said he might have allergies.. Just wanted to get some feedback on what could be causing the infections.. allergies? or what else it could be I hope it's not allergies.. ...
Actually, I do have a question but it's not what you think... Our 23 month old chocolate lab Bear, is an inside dog... he started scratching his ears like crazy in late May, early June of last year.. Our longtime vet had retired a few months earlier and I didn't have a new one yet. I needed to get his heart worm shot anyway so I made an appt with a vet in Yoakum. He took one look into Bear's ears ( he was 1 yr old June 2012) and said that Bear had a massive YEAST INFECTION in his inner ears..
Poor Baby - without going into detail, I can only imagine the misery he'd been going through.. So the vet irrigated the ears then put this waxy substance in both ears.. aka packed his ears.... He said the waxy stuff would melt and trickle down into the deep part of his ears. He also prescribed huge pills (antibiotics) for 20 days... After a day or two - Bear was back to his usual self.
Well, in March this year, he started scratching and moaning again, just like last June. We have a new vet here in Cuero and I called and made an appt and he took one look in Bear's ears and confirmed he had another massive yeast infection. He took Bear to the back and I don' t want to know what he did..(the sound was horrible) his ears were all waxy when he came out but he was calmed down. He took 20 days of meds and I took him back and Dr said he had a little bit of yeast infection but was 95% better but he went on and packed his ears one more time. I am taking him back in early June for his Heartworm shot again and hope he is 100% clear..
Have any of you ever had experience with dogs getting yeast infections? Bear doesn't have access to any body of water to swim in and when we bathe him, he might get a little bit but very little water in his ears. Dr said he might have allergies.. Just wanted to get some feedback on what could be causing the infections.. allergies? or what else it could be I hope it's not allergies.. ...