Ask The Herbalist: How do I fix my dogs ears I don't know whats wrong?

"We took him to the vet and they gave us cream and antibiotics and they didnt seam to help. We cant afford to take him to the vet at this time. We tried alot of over the counter earmite stuff but nothing seems to work. Sometimes hes in so much pain he cant sit still i try to clean his ears with q-tips black scab like stuff comes out"

Your dog has ear mites! When dogs have ear mites the ears produce wax, the blackness is the bloody scabs from scratching. We brought a stray cat into the house about 3 weeks ago. Our Shih-Tzu got them in less than 24hours! Squirt an eye dropper full of mineral oil into each ear. Wait about 5 minutes. This will loosen the scabs. Take a cotton ball and wipe out and a q-tip is needed. do not use hydrogen peroxide. Keep your dog's ears dry! Any substance with water will just feed the mites to grow. The mineral oil suffocates the ear mites. Do this for 3 days on the 4th day take a break. Then continue again for 3 more days, take a break on the 4th day. Continue this until the ear wax stops building up in the ear until the inflammation goes away. The mites weren't so bad in our dogs ear because we caught it as soon as it happened. Her ear mites were gone in a week. But the life cycle of the mites is 6 weeks. You may need to do the treatment that long

Vaccume a little extra and wash where your dog sleeps.

If you have cats you must do this same to the cats.