Went to the vet again.....

[Taylor & Huff]

We went to the vet again with Huff on Wednesday for his ears (It was the tenth day of using the ear drops and it didn't seem like it was completely gone). A different vet was there this time and he said that it might be an allergy! He said that some dogs are even allergic to human skin! Weird isn't it? Another thing he said was that it might be from him not having enough trace elements in his food. We don't feed him dog food so he gets chicken, rice, vegetables, and potatoes. He said that we should give him the innards of the chicken and maybe add some canned dog food. So since then, we have been adding a half a can of dog food in his dinner and adding the innards of the chicken. He also gave us some more ear drops and a special ear cleaner. Oh and guess what? I learned that a chicken doesn't chew it's food, it goes into this sack when they swallow it, so it can be crushed and then they can digest it. Gross, isn't it? haha. We put that sack in his dinner too. Grosss...... the vet also said that if it doesn't get better in a week or so, we should eliminate all treats from his diet to see what he is allergic to. Huff said that if we have to do that, we might as well just euthanize him.....

[Nicky, Riley & Boris]

Gentian Violet was used on everything when I was a child.  I remember it because it is purple! My Maltese Terrier often gets itchy ears (one ear actually).  He always gets it after he's been playing outside with other dogs and I use Oridermyl  ear gel which covers parasites, infection , fungal and inflammation so it seems to be a catch all .  I only have to put it in for one or two days and he's right as rain again.  I think any of the dogs with long ear flaps occasionally have problems.