Dog ears are made up of 18 muscles (vs. the human ear with six) and have considerably longer ear canals, which help them hone their sense of hearing. While this means dogs are vastly better at ...

We have had the dog in our home lately due to our daughter’s travel schedule. We were given an ear cleaner to use, but despite our best attempts, there is still a bad smell coming from the ears.

Dogs that like to swim a lot, especially if they have floppy ears, are more prone to chronic ear infections. My Labrador, for example, takes advantage of my open-door policy to go swimming in my ...

Because of the structure of the ear, dogs with long, pendulous, heavy ears have a more difficult time keeping the ear canal dry whereas dogs with upright ears have less of a problem. So we have a ...

Q-I own a German Wirehaired Pointer. She is rubbing her ears and shaking her head, usually at night. I went to several veterinarians who gave me drops for her ears. However, her problem persists. C… ...

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Patterson-Kane doesn’t support the procedure herself. Cropping -- cutting off the floppy part of a dog’s ear -- is usually performed on anesthetized dogs between 6 and 12 weeks old.