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Hi Silverblue, I'm so sorry to hear the outcome of your little girl. While it may have been the more kinder option in the long run for her; I can just imagine how heart breaking it would have been to go through that when it started out being an ear infection. They're serious and nasty things aren't they! I guess I was just lucky as the vet did say it may also lead to a ruptured ear drum. I'm really thankful that the treatment worked in my boys case; and he's thank ful too and so much more happier. ;) Thinking of you. Luvbug

Some great news....the treatment has worked!!! It took 12 days of the prescribed BAYTRIL antibiotics and ear drops to do the trick and since treatment ceased there has been no further discharge at ALL! WOO HOO! All is back to normal. Thank you everyone for your advice, reply's and suggestions of alternate treatments, they were all appreciated! ;) Luvbug

Hey everyone, Just an update on how things have gone with my boys ears. Have had a rough time trying to keep his ears under some sort of control without using medication in order to have a more accurate culture done; but we FINALLY got there!! Results came back in today and yep; it's a REALLY nasty bug in both ears!! Report said 'Heavy growth of... org 1: Beta-haem. Streptococcus; Org 2: Pseudomonas aeruginosa...". Apparently these 'bugs' immune themselves if the antibiotic isn't strong enough to hit it on the head quickly. Which is what's been happening with the Clavulox, Panolog, Malaseb Anti fungal ear cleaner, Epi-otic earcleaners, etc... The ONLY drug that this bacterial infection isn't suseptable to is BAYTRIL antibiotics because is has Enrofloxacin in it. I've been told that this is a pretty strong drug and if this doesn't work we'll be all scratching our heads!! So with having been perscribed an ear drops liquid (milky substance that reminds me of tree sap ) to be placed in his ears twice a day and a BAYTRIL tablet as well over 10 days which is double the normal recommended time periods. My vet said I should see some noticeable improvement by day 5 if not a considerable change by day 10 then he'll probably perscribe him to go on another 10 day course as he's had this 'bug' for a while and the last thing he want's is it to become immune to the BAYTRIL. Fingers crossed!! Luvbug P.S. Edited for spelling errors.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to everyone who has replied so far. The last thing I want for him to have is a damaged ear drum! ;) I'll be taking him back to my vet after a week (possibly just 5 days as it's really terrible after missing one day despite any type of cleaning) and will have a culture done to determine treatment. I wanted to avoid him not having treatment for fear it may get rediculously out of control; but I guess it has to be done in order to nip this festation in the butt! I doubt my vet will perscribe any perscription meds without a swab. Kobnko wrote: While my boy isn't a water finatic; I can possibly see some relation with what you've mentioned as he's been going for the occasional dip in the dam while on his last night poop trip...comes back wet up to his belly or completely drenched!! I think he thinks I have nothing better to do than to blow dry him late at night every once in a while. :D Damn ducks probably sit on the dam laughing at me!! Will let you know how it all goes. Thanks again Luvbug

Hi everyone, Thought I'd give the 'health' forum a try now, as I'm so lost I don't know what else to do. Sorry if it's long. My dog has (what I think) an ear infection. It is a yellow mucous (spelling??)discharge from the ear canal with a horrid smell (spaniel breed by the way with the hanging ears) which started off in one ear. Went to the vet who put him on $100 worth of antibiotics, antibacterial ear wash & anti inflamatory's and said it was a yeast infection. Didn't make any difference after a week, not even the slightest as his ear started to become extremely swollen, red and even strated to have open sores in his ear canal from the discharge so I decided to take him back (obviously it's not a yeast infection because one would think it would have heeled with the treatment the first vet diagnosed!!<grrr> wasn't impressed that my dog was still in pain). Requested a different vet in the same practice who has more experience. We tried Panalog Ear oitnment & a dose of clavulox antibiotics. First application went in that night after we returned home from the vet; next morning I expected the worst again with the discharge oozing out of his ear (as all it took was a night after the evening clean to return to it's horrid self...but this time after one application his ear was FINE! Yippee!! Well, I thought so anyway....kept up the treatment everything was going smoothly until the treatment course ended and WALLA, it was BACK! <grrrr!> But this time in BOTH ears! Returned to the vet who said he wants to do a culture (which I had requested initially) but he said we shouldn't get a sample of the discharge until he's been off treatment for at least a week as the medication can alter the diagnoses. So went home and was told to keep up the antifungal ear cleaning and gradually reduce the cleaning before I take him back for the culture. I had been cleaning his ears 2-3 times a day and it hasn't been going away. I figured we need that culture soon so I reduced the cleaning too twice a day (morning & then late at night) then it went bizurk and out of control. I put him back on panalog (because he was in so much pain & discomfort) and it started to control it again but it seemed like the infection immuned itself to the ointment and it inflammed again. I've been alternating treatments to keep this darn thing under control, even treated him for earmites despiute the vet saying he couldn't see any at the time of consult...when you finally think you've distroyed the sucker it comes back! I've seen canker before and I know this isn't canker. What should I do now??? where can I go from here??? Does this sound familiar to anyone out there? What did you try that worked? Any advice or even websites describing ear infections would be extremely helpful. Luvbug