After taking my dog to the groomer she seems to always be shaking her head like she has water in her ears. What should I do?

Some dogs can develop chronic ear problems. I feel that some cases are predisposed to them from a genetic standpoint. I have seen this with certain bloodlines of German Shepherd Dogs (GSD).

The place to start is with your vet. Make sure the dog does not have ear mites. Then get a good ear flush from your vet. Dogs that seem to always have ear problems need to have their ears flushed and cleaned once or twice a week. Have your vet show you how to work the fluid down into the ear and then really clean it all out with cotton balls. Be careful of sticking Q-tips into dogs ears. That can be dangerous.

When I have a chronic ear problem I will follow a flushing with 4 or 5 drops of PANALOG (get it from your vet). Another product that works very well is ODIMAX (again it comes from your vet). A regular treatment of ear flush and one of these 2 products will often times eliminate this problem.

I have friends that run a kennel that recommend flushing chronic dogs weekly with Medicated Massing ail Duesh, (I may have spelled this wrong - as I don't often have a need for it myself). I was also told that this product works well to get the smell of a skunk spray off the coat of the dog. So give them a bath and wash them again with this douche.