How to treat dog ear infections at home: 3 Tried and tested remedies

🐶👂 Struggling with your dog's ear infections? Dr. Andrew Jones is here to help! In this video, "How to Treat Dog Ear Infections at Home: 3 Tried and Tested Remedies," Dr. Jones shares his expert advice on effective, safe, and natural treatments you can use to alleviate your dog's discomfort. From identifying symptoms to demonstrating how to safely apply home remedies, this guide is packed with invaluable tips to get your furry friend feeling better in no time.

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[oliviagarrison]

I run a small animal sanctuary and most of our animals are older and have suffered with many untreated diseases, infections, and allergies for years before coming to live with us. Your information has helped me TREMENDOUSLY and I tell everyone I can about your channel. Thank you so much for saving us literally thousands of dollars in treatment for our 17 dogs and 7 cats!!!

[mayanksingla]

Used green tea and apple cider vinegar in my dog's ears, earlier it used to smell a lot and shake his head flapping ears, but now he has stopped doing it, and smell has disappeared. Thanks for your advice

[tammyrawdon]

If you want to screen shot for future reference...

Home Remedies for Dog's Head Shaking & Scratching (red & inflamed, yellow discharge or black debris, yeasty smell... usually inflammation caused by allergies) esp common in floppy-eared dogs:
1) For minor infections Witch Hazel with Aloe (anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antibacterial) can be used to swab out/clean ear, as an ear flush, or as drops by drawing ½ml into syringe (no needle) and place into ear canal, 5 drops= small dog/ 10= Lab size. Rub base of ear, will hear squishy sound as it works down into ear canal, 2Xdaily for 5-10 days.
2) For more established infections use ½cup green tea steeped 20min to cool/warm (natural anti-inflammatory/ antibacterial) & 2 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar (antibacterial, anti-yeast) and use the same way as above.
Can be stored in fridge, warm before using.
3) 1 teaspoon each of OTCs Clotrimazole/ Canesten (most common antifungal in Vet meds), 1% Hydrocortisone (corticosteroid/ anti-inflammatory), and Polysporin (antibacterial) mixed well. Put about ¼tsp into base of ear & rub 2Xdaily (as with above remedies) 5 days for yeast (black debris) & 10 days for bacterial infection (yellow, smelly discharge). Room temp stable, keep covered.

Put cotton balls in ears when giving baths to keep dry, change out if they get soaked.
If they get water in ears, you can use Swimmer's Ear drops to dry them out to help prevent problems.

👋🤠Dr. Jones; if you see this, please let us know if these are safe to use for cats. Thank you 😻👍

[joshlowell]

I went to the dollar tree store and bought a athlets foot antifungal cream for $1.25 and used that twice a day for 5 days and ear infection was cured.

[ginagz]

I don't know what I would do without this guy

[lesliepickering]

These home remedies for ear infections have really helped our 5 year old cocker spaniel! You are our go-to for anything going on with our pets! Thank you so much! ❤

[omtatsat]

Thank you so much! I live in rural India and care for 3 doggies in our ashram. Yeast infections are recurring. Last week all that I had was some cow mastitis pencillin cream to use out of desperation as the Canestan cream sermed not to br working. This OTC combo is golden knowledge. You are great for sharing all of your knowledge that enables all to give their beloved pets first class and affordable medical care. It is also empowering and educational for us all. Bless you!💛🌻

[missdedee]

Omg! You are truly a God send!!! My pit Bull had an ear infection with that yeast odor … I used the home remedy and after a week… she is finally sleeping through the night without shaking her head and there is no more odor or redness! Thank you so so much and Tru thanks you too❤❤❤🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[wisemanbell]

My dog won't even let me touch his ears. He shows his beautiful teeth.

[eprofessio]

The last recommendation with the over the counter stuff is gold. I put all the ingredients in a bag and mix them thoroughly then put it into syringes with 4ml-5ml each and it makes about 12 which is enough to treat for six days twice a day. It makes it so easy to just squirt it in. I don’t shove it down the canal I just get it in the ear and squish it around like he recommends.

[itsmytube]

Note to someone who asked me -- it is NOT a syringe with needle, of COURSE! What he is using is like an eyedropper.

[booooo-urns]

Tip 3 worked really quickly. Two days and my sweet girl’s ear looking much better

[AdamS_Lucky]

Number 3 OTC combination :

Clotrimazole 1% - 1 Teaspoon
Hydrocortizone 1% - 1 Teaspoon
Polysporin which has Polymixin & Gramicidin - 1 Teaspoon

Mix well & apply once a day in infected ear. I am writing this as a note to apply this for Summer’s ear- we tried the Apple Cider Vinegar but it did not help, the earmites got more. So hoping this helps. In this economy can’t go to vet again. I went to Vet & they gave me Animax- a prescribed medicine- even that didn’t help with the earmites, I clean her ear everyday, it is only her left ear. Hoping this one does the trick! Thanks doc!! dog bless

[pwarren]

I didn’t wanna take my dogs to the vets because of the new respiratory disease so now they have ear infections and I was keeping them very clean, but no cure. I’m grateful to find this video. I just came back from the store with all the ingredients and applied the medicine. They are now calm and not flapping their ears. Maybe we can all get some sleep tonight? I am very anxious to see how they do by tomorrow. Thank you for sharing these workable home remedies which I can use in the mean time. Who knows, maybe they won’t need to go to the vet at all.

[taraharris]

Dr. Jones, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. I made the OTC cream remedy and applied it to my furbaby's ear around 11:45 this morning. So far, she has not pawed at that ear, nor has she had a bout of head-shaking. With only one application of the cream, she has been given a measure of relief. I am so grateful for your videos ❤

[teebaby]

Thank you much !some of us can’t afford to keep going to vet and you help us care for them at home so they won’t suffer

[MOC]

I woke up last night at 11pm because of the sound of my dog shaking his head. He was shaking his head constantly non-stop. First time it happens to him. His left ear was red and hot, and the smell was kind of sweet. Immediately, I came to this channel....the only one I trust!!...I prepared the green tea with apple cider vinegar. I started to clean his ear, and I used 15 or more cotton swabs. First time I saw something like this. After I cleaned it, I applied the mix of green tea and ACV. Today, when I went to apply the second dose, I noticed cleaner, but still red. Now, I applied it for third time. I cleaned it first, and surprise...Nothing came out!!...Our dog has been all day without shaking his head. I said this is a miracle cure!!...I will do 5 days, and for the healthy ear, I will do it only 2 days. I think as a preventive measure, I will do the other ear because when they scratch, the infection can go from one ear to and blessings to you!!

[janonthemtn]

Where I live in upstate NY, off hours is now a trip South or North to an animal hospital. No matter the reason, you will be guaranteed a minimal bill of at least $200. So THANK YOU!❤for helping my boy Sammy, a 6yr old Plott Hound and now I can use money saved to keep buying his fav food, fresh beef.

[zzzzzzzzzxx]

You are the absolute best nobody else tells us this stuff...GBU

[SwtTrisha]

HELP
Greetings from Florida !
What a blessing it is to have found you and I’m speaking not only for myself but for my 2 sweet dogs but also for a dog I just rescued from the streets in my neighborhood and she was starving to death and left out in 110 degree heat for at least a week that I know of. It took several days to earn her trust just to accept food even though she was starving. She’s finally coming into a safe room where it’s cool but scratches at her ears. She won’t allow a collar to be put on so I’m just trying to feed her and maybe do something for her ears.