Your dog can not talk, but their actions can speak louder than words some times.  Do you often see your dog scratching its ears, shaking its head, or are very irritable with its ears? If so, it could be is suffering from a case of ear yeast infection or a variety of other infections that dog’s can acquire.

Ear infection in dogs can be caused by a lot of factors.  It could be due to ear mites, bacterial infections, food allergies, unhealthy environments, and improper dog hygiene.

Ear infection in dogs calls for medical attention.  While care and prevention are very important and some cases of this disease may heal naturally or can be treated with simple home remedies.  I am not suggesting that veterinarians should be involved in the treatment process, but there are things you can do to prevent and sooth your dog if it is suffering.

It is essential to treat dog ear infection the moment it starts so as not to worsen your dog’s condition.  All dog owners have to be well-informed about this disease.

Types of Dog Ear Infections

There are three types of ear infection in dogs.  They are:

• outer ear infection
• middle ear infection
• inner ear infection

Ear infection is very common to dogs with flopped ears.  Cocker spaniels are type of dogs most prone to this disease.  And so cocker spaniel owners should go to great lengths to make sure that their pets are properly groomed.  Fungal infections are common to cocker spaniels because air fails to circulate freely in their ears.  Air circulation is very crucial in maintaining the health of the ears of dogs.  In the cases of flop-eared dogs, small follicles of hair grow in their ears.  And they further block the air from coming in.  These hairs are usually overlooked by pet owners and are only taken cared of when dogs are brought to the grooming centers.

Ear infections in dogs can easily be treated and cured.  Oftentimes, antibiotics or ear drops are prescribed, but I would rather prevent the cost and suffering.  There are also home remedies that can help greatly in the treating this particular dog disease.  The right treatment procedure depends on what actually have caused the disease.  Some ear infections may even be contagious.  So if you have other dogs inside your home, make sure that they don’t associate too much with the infected ones.

Regularly check the ears of your dogs to see if it discharges ear wax abnormally.  Normal ear wax excreted by the ears is largely odor-free.  If you smell stench in your dog’s ear, high are the chances that it has got some infection.  If that’s the case, try to clean your dog’s ears gently.  Don’t use Q-tips or cotton buds in cleaning.  Instead, use cotton balls.  Dip them in an ear cleaning solution obtained from the vet’s clinic.

Ear Yeast Infections

A common type of ear infection for dogs is the yeast ear infection.  One book that  I found in my research was Yeast No More – A Guide To A Happy Dog With Healthy Ears.  I would high recommend that every dog owner read this book and do not be afraid to discuss its suggestions and remedies with your Vet.  Yeast Infections prevention in your dogs ears is the key and that was what I really thought this booked stressed.

Just one of the secrets goes into your dog’s diet.  How most yeast infections are caused by an allergy and how you can easily remedy this.  Believe me, it’s no wonder dogs are allergic to most dog food out there. This is very eye opening.

One unknown tip from the book is a very simple and natural way to sooth your dogs ears if you have to wait for a vet appointment. Just find some natural, organic, probiotic yoghurt (must be natural, organic and probiotic) and apply it very gently to your dogs ears. The “live” bits of the yoghurt actually kill yeast bacteria, not only that it’s extremely soothing for your pet.

In the book you will also learn:

• That the drugs we give are dogs have some very nasty side affects. Find out what they are and how you can treat the problem naturally.
• You’ll find out how you will never cure your dog using drugs.   Ironically the only way to cure long term yeast infections is natural and very good for your dog.
• Did you know that 9 times out of 10 with a yeast infection the vet will prescribe something you could make in 20 seconds at home.
• Find out exactly why dog food can often be the underlying root cause of dog yeast infections. This can often be the answer to the whole problem.
• You’ll discover proven and tested all natural techniques that prevent a dog ear yeast infection ever taking hold.
• Learn about foods you can feed your dog that are actually anti yeast!

Check out the web page that talks about the ebook and it will give you more information.  Click Here

Let me know if there are other home remedies we should share with readers.

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