dogs+lake=ear infection

Pengi · 07-25-2005, 03:47 PM

Dogs have been getting ear infections from swimming in the lake. Some really bsad cases my dog got it.

watch for red spots on your dogs ear or if her/him ear smells.

GrandmaBig6 · 07-25-2005, 04:08 PM

I guess it's possible for a dog to get duck itch, right? I understand it's been really bad this year. As soon as he/she get out of the water, I would wipe him/her down -ears and all. My dog never got "the itch" maybe because we wiped her down and then she would roll all over the sand. Good luck, I'm sure it's very painful.

Pengi · 07-25-2005, 04:19 PM

Thanks i should wipe my dog off when she's done.

do you bring your dog swimming again after he/she rolls in the sand?

Rose · 07-25-2005, 07:32 PM

My Golden Retriever is notorious for getting yeast infections in his ears after he goes swimming. I make sure I clean his ears with Epi-Otic after he swims, and once a week regardless of swimming or not. I also give him Benadryl - 50 mg twice a day during hot season, cutting back to 25 mg twice a day during the winter - to dry him out. His infections have been greatly decreased since I started doing this.

Good luck...nothing like a dog with an ear infection shaking his head and rattling his tags all night because his ear(s) is(are) bothering him.

GrandmaBig6 · 07-26-2005, 10:04 AM

Nothing like drying the dog completely, having her roll in the sand, then having her run back in the water for more fun and start all over again. But she loves it and at 14 she acts like a puppy again.

Grant · 07-26-2005, 12:24 PM

We're battling a particularly tough one with our Golden right now -- one that he developed before getting into the Lake in early July, and which has only gotten worse. We already shaved him to avoid hot spots, but this year the culprit seems to be recurring/chronic ear infection. Don't know HOW we'll keep him out of the Lake when we return -- he's an incurable Lake addict.

KonaChick · 07-26-2005, 12:38 PM

I know this is changing direction a little but my 14 yr. old son who hasn't had an ear infection since he was 8 has a raging infection now after a 10 days of swimming in the lake! At first I thought it might be swimmers ear but the Dr. said he no..it was a bad infection. My kids and all the cousins have had duck itch at some point during the last 2 weeks of being at the lake. It seemed to be worse a few weeks ago and has now dwindled down to maybe a new spot or 2 a day. Maybe it's because us parents have been diligent about rinsing off and toweling after they get out. Who knows what's going on.

07-25-2005, 03:47 PM	#1
Pengi Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	dogs+lake=ear infection Dogs have been getting ear infections from swimming in the lake. Some really bsad cases my dog got it. watch for red spots on your dogs ear or if her/him ear smells.

07-25-2005, 04:08 PM	#2
GrandmaBig6 Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 103 Thanks: 10 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Poor Baby I guess it's possible for a dog to get duck itch, right? I understand it's been really bad this year. As soon as he/she get out of the water, I would wipe him/her down -ears and all. My dog never got "the itch" maybe because we wiped her down and then she would roll all over the sand. Good luck, I'm sure it's very painful.

07-25-2005, 04:19 PM	#3
Pengi Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	thanks Thanks i should wipe my dog off when she's done. do you bring your dog swimming again after he/she rolls in the sand?

07-25-2005, 07:32 PM	#4
Rose Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 498 Thanks: 62 Thanked 71 Times in 32 Posts	Clean the ears well after swimming My Golden Retriever is notorious for getting yeast infections in his ears after he goes swimming. I make sure I clean his ears with Epi-Otic after he swims, and once a week regardless of swimming or not. I also give him Benadryl - 50 mg twice a day during hot season, cutting back to 25 mg twice a day during the winter - to dry him out. His infections have been greatly decreased since I started doing this. Good luck...nothing like a dog with an ear infection shaking his head and rattling his tags all night because his ear(s) is(are) bothering him.

07-26-2005, 10:04 AM	#5
GrandmaBig6 Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 103 Thanks: 10 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Yup Nothing like drying the dog completely, having her roll in the sand, then having her run back in the water for more fun and start all over again. But she loves it and at 14 she acts like a puppy again.

07-26-2005, 12:24 PM	#6
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,505 Thanks: 385 Thanked 232 Times in 126 Posts	Bummer We're battling a particularly tough one with our Golden right now -- one that he developed before getting into the Lake in early July, and which has only gotten worse. We already shaved him to avoid hot spots, but this year the culprit seems to be recurring/chronic ear infection. Don't know HOW we'll keep him out of the Lake when we return -- he's an incurable Lake addict. __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

07-26-2005, 12:38 PM	#7
KonaChick Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 518 Thanks: 19 Thanked 62 Times in 15 Posts	I know this is changing direction a little but my 14 yr. old son who hasn't had an ear infection since he was 8 has a raging infection now after a 10 days of swimming in the lake! At first I thought it might be swimmers ear but the Dr. said he no..it was a bad infection. My kids and all the cousins have had duck itch at some point during the last 2 weeks of being at the lake. It seemed to be worse a few weeks ago and has now dwindled down to maybe a new spot or 2 a day. Maybe it's because us parents have been diligent about rinsing off and toweling after they get out. Who knows what's going on.