Cotton or gauze pad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nPlace a few drops of cleaner into the dog’s ear canal and gently massage the base of the ear for about 20 seconds. This helps to soften and loosen the debris. When you’re done, let your dog have a good head shake to eject the cleaning solution and debris from the ear canal. Next, apply some ear-cleaning solution onto a clean cotton or gauze pad. Gently wipe the inside ear leather, and the part of the ear canal that you can see.<\/p>\n
Never stick cotton applicator swaps or pointed objects into the ear canal because this tends to pack the debris rather than remove it. More important, you risk injuring your dog’s eardrum should you probe too deeply.<\/p>\n
If you suspect problems, seek veterinary attention right away and leave the probing to the experts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An Australian Shepherd’s ear canal is warm, dark, and moist, making it an ideal site for bacterial or yeast infections, tumors, and parasites, such as ear mites. Unlike a human’s ear canal, which lies basically in a horizontal line from the side of the head inward to the eardrum, a dog’s ear canal is L … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nCleaning Your Australian Shepherd's Ears<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The key to preventing ear problems is to keep ears clean, and to know the difference between a clean-smelling ear and a problem ear.....Read More\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cleaning Your Australian Shepherd's Ears\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The key to preventing ear problems is to keep ears clean, and to know the difference between a clean-smelling ear and a problem ear.....Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dog Grooming Tutorial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-05-22T05:13:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-08-11T03:00:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cleaning-Your-Australian-Shepherds-Ears.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"402\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"zsoltm1778\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"zsoltm1778\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"zsoltm1778\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7\"},\"headline\":\"Cleaning Your Australian Shepherd’s Ears\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-22T05:13:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-11T03:00:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/\"},\"wordCount\":457,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cleaning-Your-Australian-Shepherds-Ears.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Australian Shepherd\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/\",\"name\":\"Cleaning Your Australian Shepherd's Ears\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cleaning-Your-Australian-Shepherds-Ears.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-22T05:13:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-11T03:00:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"The key to preventing ear problems is to keep ears clean, and to know the difference between a clean-smelling ear and a problem ear.....Read More\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cleaning-Your-Australian-Shepherds-Ears.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cleaning-Your-Australian-Shepherds-Ears.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":402,\"caption\":\"cleaning-your-australian-shepherd's-ears\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Australian Shepherd\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/category\/grooming-an-australian-shepherd\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Cleaning Your Australian Shepherd’s Ears\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/\",\"name\":\"Dog Grooming Tutorial\",\"description\":\"Grooming Tips for a Great Looking Dog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7\",\"name\":\"zsoltm1778\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fff3f1f9f036756692c472e4d267a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fff3f1f9f036756692c472e4d267a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"zsoltm1778\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/author\/zsoltm1778\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cleaning Your Australian Shepherd's Ears","description":"The key to preventing ear problems is to keep ears clean, and to know the difference between a clean-smelling ear and a problem ear.....Read More","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cleaning Your Australian Shepherd's Ears","og_description":"The key to preventing ear problems is to keep ears clean, and to know the difference between a clean-smelling ear and a problem ear.....Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/","og_site_name":"Dog Grooming Tutorial","article_published_time":"2013-05-22T05:13:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-08-11T03:00:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":402,"url":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cleaning-Your-Australian-Shepherds-Ears.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"zsoltm1778","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"zsoltm1778","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/"},"author":{"name":"zsoltm1778","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7"},"headline":"Cleaning Your Australian Shepherd’s Ears","datePublished":"2013-05-22T05:13:17+00:00","dateModified":"2016-08-11T03:00:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/"},"wordCount":457,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cleaning-Your-Australian-Shepherds-Ears.jpg","articleSection":["Australian Shepherd"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/","url":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/","name":"Cleaning Your Australian Shepherd's Ears","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cleaning-Your-Australian-Shepherds-Ears.jpg","datePublished":"2013-05-22T05:13:17+00:00","dateModified":"2016-08-11T03:00:05+00:00","description":"The key to preventing ear problems is to keep ears clean, and to know the difference between a clean-smelling ear and a problem ear.....Read More","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cleaning-Your-Australian-Shepherds-Ears.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cleaning-Your-Australian-Shepherds-Ears.jpg","width":300,"height":402,"caption":"cleaning-your-australian-shepherd's-ears"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/cleaning-your-australian-shepherds-ears\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Australian Shepherd","item":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/category\/grooming-an-australian-shepherd\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Cleaning Your Australian Shepherd’s Ears"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/","name":"Dog Grooming Tutorial","description":"Grooming Tips for a Great Looking Dog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c85a50c3185749ed092b11f66c707fd7","name":"zsoltm1778","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fff3f1f9f036756692c472e4d267a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fff3f1f9f036756692c472e4d267a5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"zsoltm1778"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"url":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/author\/zsoltm1778\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doggroomingtutorial.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}