How to Dry a Dog's Ears

Keeping a dog's ears dry is essential to maintaining the overall health of your pet. However, more steps need to be taken besides just towel drying your pet's ears after a bath or a swim. Ear problems are one of the main reasons pet owners have to take their dog into the vet each year. Excess water buildup in a dog's ear can cause excess bacteria and infection in your pet, which can be a painful and expensive experience for you and your pet. Keeping dog ears dry and healthy also requires cleaning your dog's ears while drying to make sure your pet stays healthy.

Things You'll Need

  • Cotton balls
  • Canine ear cleaning solution
  • Clean towel
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Instructions

  1. Drying Your Dog's Ears

    • 1

      Wipe off any water from the outside of your dog's ears and their ear flap with a clean towel.

    • 2

      Look inside your dogs ears for any excess water, and remove with a cotton ball. If you notice excess wax buildup or that your dogs ears are any color besides pink, they need to see a vet.

    • 3

      Flush your dog's ears with canine ear cleaning solution, to prevent any infections or bacterial buildups caused by excess water left in the ears.

    • 4

      Massage the base of your dogs ears to make sure the solution gets moved around properly.

    • 5

      Allow your dog to shake any access solution out by shaking his head.

    • 6

      Remove excess cleaning solution inside the ear with another cotton ball.