Music to your ears: the best aural cleaners for dogs

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How often do you clean your dog’s ears? It should be part of your regular grooming regime, as it helps you keep tabs on any problems, such as mites or infections in the ear and prevent ear wax building up. It’s best if you can clean your dog’s ears at home because you’ll spot any issues quickly, and you can use a specialised dog ear cleaner to make the job straightforward.

Certain types and breeds of dog will need their ears cleaned more regularly. Breeds with long ears, such as springer spaniels or bloodhounds, typically require more frequent cleaning as their ears don’t allow as much airflow, making them more prone to dirt and germs getting trapped. Dogs that roll around, scratching their ears on the ground, as well as those that swim, are more likely to need extra attention to their ears, too.

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Martha Terry
Martha Terry
Features editor

Martha is an experienced journalist who is mad-keen on horses and dogs. Her reporting CV includes the Paris Olympics, European championships, Aachen World Equestrian Festival and World Cup finals. After growing up with assorted liver and white springer spaniels, she enjoyed 14 years with two rescue dogs. Now, her constant companion is Fidget, an extremely energetic and habitually muddy black and white springer. Martha has written on topics as diverse as a top horse’s clone to the best GPS trackers for dogs, as well as equestrian and rural matters for Country Life, The Field, The Times, The Spectator and The Telegraph alongside Horse & Hound.