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I have been battling a problem with my dog possums ears for awhile now. I’ve taken him the vet once or twice and the medicines never worked. Only solution I can find is monastat 7. And it’ll knock it down for a week or two and it’s back. His ears become swollen shut and I can tell his miserable. Feeding hi point black bag. Any remedies 


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Start him on probiotics. I’d bet it’s his gut causing all of this recurring infections.

I have an intestinal disease and can tell you that if the gut is off, EVERYTHING else will follow suit. An unbalanced gut can lead to all sorts of things like arthritis, depression, bloat, diarrhea, etc. etc. I don’t know how familiar you are with the subject so I’m going to explain it as I’ve learned it. We all have good and bad flora in our digestive track, but once we get an influx, it’s all bad. Sometimes we don’t have enough good to kill the bad which is also a problem, and more times than not is the problem. Once a bacterial/ yeast infection reaches a certain point, the bacteria starts to mutate. Once it burrows into the blood stream it travels through out the rest of the body. This is how arthritis and inflammation develop. Once it’s in the bloodstream, it has developed a shell like crustaceans (shrimp and such). This shell prevents medicine from killing it.

Depression is created because the gut is overwhelmed and isn’t allowed to produce the chemicals that it naturally produces, serotonin, dopamine, melatonin, etc. The guy and the brain produce the same chemicals and if they get low, rob from the other to balance it out. So if the gut isn’t doing it’s job then the brain can’t either.

The endocrine system is responsible hormones and their delivery but if the body is overwhelmed with a bacterial overgrowth or infection, it won’t do it’s job either. I have actually had females start coming into heat once their gut got balanced that weren’t up
until that point.

It’s just a thought or suggestion that you might try. Good luck and keep us posted.


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Thanks t dog I didn’t realize it could get so severe I’ll get some ordered. I ordered some anti fungal shampoo and Miconazole shampoo


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One real good one is Health Gard. It’s a liquid. Jump Start is another one and it comes in a dial tube. I usually squirt about two clicks on my dogs feed and it’s the first thing they will eat usually.  They also make a pre/probiotic that you can buy at most Tractor Supply stores. I feed soaked feed most of the time. I’ve learned not to put the probiotics in the feed until I’m ready to feed because if I apply it when I soak the feed, it will turn it to mush. The probiotics break the feed down so much that it is literally a soup. The dogs still like it but they have to drink it instead of eating it.


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I have dealt with dogs with the same. I have a vet dermatologist Ive used. She is the specialist they use for University of Florida.

It is the body reacting to allergens. T dog is right on point. Its usually a deep bacterial infection. This chain reacts into the ears, eyes and skin out of whack. Typical vets just treat the flare up symptoms and never get to the main cause. So it keeps recurring.

Usually it takes the diet, Probiotics, antibiotics for the infection, The shampoo several times a week, and an apoquel or similar treatment.

If the ears are swollen shut.....over time the scar tissue will build up and they will lose the hearing in them.

Once you get to the root and treat them diligently you can treat it and get it under control. It is a slow painstaking process though.  But I found once you get it whipped it is easily managed in the long run.

Good luck and hope it helps

Cajun so after a month or so of going through the motions what should I do to stay on top of it


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Already have a lot less swelling using apple cider vinegar as a cleanser while it was swollen shut and the probiotics he readily eats first. I also been washing  him in two different types of shampoo one with the same active ingredients as the Monastat. I think conkeys sent me a extra couple collars the lasts order and he’s wearing a bright green 1 1/2 inch one with a plate.  Sitting nice. I put him on top of the box after a long time since and he did something similar. while taking the  young running walkers out just to run he rigged on a wma in Arkansas. There was sign all up the road and behind us. my heart felt like 14000 butterflies when my pups put there nose down and cut left in a line! Whatever they smelt must’ve been right there. The water line wasn’t very far off because sulphur is so high. They all started barking into the woods. I wouldn’t doubt if there would’ve been a hog right there. But legally I had to keep going. And I having possum (he’s basically 3 legged) I would’ve set myself up for failure probably he didn’t have tracking collar. I’m having hog withdrawals so it was bad not to hoop them up.


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I’m glad he’s better and your pups are showing potential. Rednose just ordered a pre/probiotic that he says is working really well. I haven’t heard of it before but I’m going to order some to try. It’s called “Happy Dog Plus Powder”.


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20 muleteam borax, 1 tsp/day orally and dilute a tbsp in a spray bottle and spray topically. Its a laundry detergent and works great for yeast killing and is not poisonous in the right dose, its a mineral farmed out of the ground, whole food form of boron.

How are you like that happy dog powder T-Dog ??

I haven’t used the happy dog powder. I use a probiotic/prebiotic from TSC. It seems to get the job done. The Safe Gard probiotic is also good. It’s in liquid form so it’s easy to feed as well. I think Rednose used the Happy Dog and was really liking it.

Have you tried any of them?


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No sir I haven’t but my game bred bitch that stays in the house has some yeasty ears and I use a homemade remedy I found years ago from some cocker spaniel breeders and love it but your not the first person I have heard it all starting in the gut so I’ve been doing some thinking into it and it’s something I would like to add to the daily routine trying to get that edge on daily care and was just curious what’s everyone using and how they like it. The wife mentioned something about getting some form of it from Walmart which I’m not against but I know raising bottle calf’s in my younger days I tend to lean towards animal related products.

They would be good for all your dogs but if I wanted to get a jump on it with the house dog, I’d grab a tube of jump start from TSC and give that Cocker a click or two a day for the first week then gradually work it down to where she got it a couple times a week. I don’t personally think it’s necessary for them to get it every day. I also don’t think it’s necessary if you have them on antibiotics because the antibiotics are going to kill a vast majority of it. I always load mine up good about 3-4 days after they finish meds.


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About 3 or 4 years ago several of my dogs were having ear infections so I treated them for earmites and that didn’t help…their skin wasn’t looking as good as it should as well...i swapped dog foods and all the issues cleared up…

I had been feeding Sportsmix for many years and swapped to Value Pak and in two weeks all the dogs looked great…since those days I have used Sportsmix without any problems…

I also had a really nice female I was planning on breeding…her heat cycles were not noticeable and lasted a day most times…I started mixing our left overs in her food and the following heat cycle was full blown…

I was feeding show time for a little bit but had troubles with the feed store and just couldn’t deal with the aggravation. I think it’s a great feed and I’ve been feeding it for many many years and still feed the rooster feed. I think it’s top of the line and hard to beat but for the dogs I switched back to Diamond as that has always been my go to. I have switched my inside dogs to the pro 89 ancient grains and really like it.