Ears, ears, ears. When will it end?

An infection. Gunk and a bad smell nearly always means an ear infection. Big problem in Labs. The more hair, the more common. Back to the vet.

The only time my dog's ears did that was when she had an ear infection. This has happened to her twice in 4 years it was the same ear both times. Did he say it was not an ear infection? Also I wonder if dogs ears are like baby's in the sense that sometimes it is hard to see in their ears to determine if there is a infection. They also took a swab of my nene's ears and there was brown gunk on the swab. He prescribed a ear cleaner, and ear drops. The infection was cleared completely in 2 weeks. Also the pink part of her ears was really rough and scaly he said this was normal with a ear infection. Also nene would lick her paw and rub it on the inside of her ear, also she started shaking her head as if something were stuck in her ear and she was trying to dislodge. Maybe this will help if your baby has the same symptoms. Also I am eager for someone to tell me if a vet would have difficulty seeing in a young dog's ear.

I have been to the Vet 4 times in the past 6 weeks, is there a possibility the Vet isn't doing what he is supposed to. I have mentioned her ears 3 of the times (once he looked with the light, and the other 2 times he used his bare eye). I don't know if I'm being too critical because she's my baby or if he's just not doing his job. What do you guys think? Is it time to switch Vets?

Smell is an important tool too. This is the very sort of question I like to see DocWill answer. I find it disgusting that somebody would pit their personal experience against his training and research.

Maybe not in this thread, but you and Fr_Chuck sure laid into him when you were dead wrong on weaning kittens. You seem unable to accept there are people here with far more training and experience than you.

An example of personal experience over training, http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/cats/gr...ens-95761.html

I know that with my lab it did take sometime for the infection to clear up. We had to do three rounds of medicine before he was better. It was not our fault, just the way it was. I would give the vet another chance, and this time ask him to look in her ears with a light.

If you are not pleased with the services after that, look elsewhere.

Labman No go back and read the kitten thread he called me a drunk I think he laid into me and I defended myself...he seems to have gotten past it so why don't you try to follow Doc Will's lead and do the same. And stop sliping snide comments into threads that don't belong mr. Moderator.

Yes labman you are right the dog food comment on my part to you was a bit defensive. I have went back and read the post. I will give you that much. But I have tried to be agreeable not because I am sucking up to you but because I respect a lot of what you say. Now get over it and I will feed my dog's what I want and you do the same, by the way I intend on trying pro plan since you rave about it so much. peace

So, I should go back to the same Vet?