You may want to give this a try to get the ear infection to heal while addressing the cause - it did the trick for a dog of ours that had a stuborn problem also: http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/ears.html

Here's an update. I was wrong because I didn't have all the facts. The dog did go back to the vet and he thought the antibiotics would work. I discussed the possibility of the cause being food related. The dog is eating food that is lamb and rice. Rice is considered a grain right so that should be discontinued?

If it's brown rice it's a grain, and should be discontinued immediately. If it's white rice, it's a horrendously cheap, useless grain that should be discontinued immediately. Any questions?LOL.

What brand is the food? I can't think of any kibbles I'd feed that even make a lamb & rice, but I may be forgetting something. I'd feed raw for a few weeks and see if it clears it up (bet it does!) but if they're not willing to stick with it, try one of the "raw" kibbles, like Raw Instinct, Evo, Timberwolf Wild and Natural Dry, etc.

I'm not a vet, nor do I play one on t.v. or in real life (Was that Alice that resurrected that commercial?LOL!), but I see a pretty clear correllation between grain and allergies, cancers, diabetes, Addison's, Cushing's, and obesity and all it's related issues. If I could only do one healthy thing for my dog the rest of it's life, I'd choose to eliminate grain first. JMO.

Hey-just read the first pages of this, and I'd get that dog off Nutro ASAP. It's billed as a pretty good food, but if you look at the ingredients, it's CRAP-nearly all grain and no meat. may as well feed Ol' Roy! Maybe not, but you get the idea. Plus, it's been tested positive for the presence of sodium pentobarbitol. IMO, that's completely unacceptable for ANY food, let alone one that claims to be natural and "premium."

Thought I would post an update about my father's dog. It turns out that the infection does not have anything to do with the food. Exploratory surgery was done at a university in Ohio and they found a broken bone in the inner ear. Unfortunately, the inner ear has been removed. I don't know any more details than that.

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Thought I would post an update about my father's dog. It turns out that the infection does not have anything to do with the food. Exploratory surgery was done at a university in Ohio and they found a broken bone in the inner ear. Unfortunately, the inner ear has been removed. I don't know any more details than that.

I see. Then it was not allergies at all.

I hope the dog is doing well.



P.S. It is probably clear on the thread that ear infections are often secondary to allergies or yeast overgrowth..... the broken bone in the ear is not a common situation at all.