Ear cleaner (just FYI)

[Northwind Kennel]

Here's another copy and paste. I've been using it for a while and it works well. Make sure you shake before use and it's best to use it outside as it will stain. You can make a big batch at once and it goes a long way.

Chris



This is the best solution I have used when it comes to gucky ears. It was given to me years ago by a veterinarian.
16 oz. bottle isopropyl alcohol (or witch hazel)
4 tablespoons Boric Acid Powder
16 drops Gentian Violet 1% Solution
Mix all ingredients in the alcohol bottle & shake. (Make sure you shake before every application).

Treatment: Fill ear with solution & massage gently for 30 seconds and wipe with a tissue. Fill a second time and just wipe without massaging. The dog will shake the excess out. Be careful, the Gentian Violet could stain. I use a eye dropper to fill the ear.

Treatment:
2 times per day for the first 2 weeks
1 time per day for the next 2 weeks
1 time per month thereafter

If you are concerned about the alcohol burning the inside of the ear (it could if the dog has been scratching its ear), then you can substitute the alcohol with witch hazel.

All ingredients are available at a pharmacy. The Boric Acid is usually in the First Aid section where you find the alcohol. The Gentian Violet will be the hardest to find. (Ask the pharmacist)
Even despite the alcohol, dogs don't object to even the first treatment. The Boric Acid soothes the ear & the Gentian Violet is an anti-infection agent. This solution is also effective for the treatment of fungus type infections on the dog including hot spots.

Avoid getting in eyes.
This recipe or ones similar to it have been circulating on the Internet for years. This is the one that was given to me long before the Internet was around.

[SUNRISE10]

Mark this is what I use...Works great...

[allniter]

I have used same recipe for years ----you are 100% right will stain and on a white dogs looks like the blue devil after they shake their head

[mdbeagler]

I always have trouble finding Gentian Violet.

[allniter]

MD ------WAL-MART Will order it for you --that is where I get mine