Is cleaning a dog's floppy ears necessary?
Me again. So my baby, Peanut, now a 14 month old female spayed Dachshund is growing into herself. I figure she's as big as she'll get, which is pretty darned small. (She's a miniature.) I've read that bathing your dog regularly (more than, say, once every couple months) is not recommended. We don't, and she really doesn't need it. She rarely smells 'dog-ish'.
Knowing that, is it recommended to clean out her ears?
A Dachshund is a 'floppy-eared' type.
If it is so recommended, how often should we do it?
I am currently cleaning them weekly, but they never seem to need it.
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If Peanut (cute name) is an inside dog, which it sounds like she is, cleaning weekly isn't necessary. However - dirt, germs, etc can get in there at any time when she goes outside, and they could get musty and later infected of water gets in there when she's being bathed, and not properly dried (just examples so not at all insinuating that you wouldn't be thorough) so I would recommend at least checking her ears once a week and cleaning them when/if necessary
I hope this helps!
Liana
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