does my dog have an ear infection?

[chickenmama109]

hi i have a 5 year old chi and im wondering if he has an ear infection? a couple of days ago i gave him a bath and he was doing really well, but yesterday he started acting weird, hiding under the bed and making a little yelp noise when i pick him up, which is when i started to get worried cuz he never does that, he also wont lay his head down unless he props it up on something. at first i did not think ear infection seeing how he yelped when i picked him up, but today while i was feeding him some wet food he started tilting his head and acting scared but there was nothing in the room with us, i tryed to comfort him but he went and hid he was leaning his head and then looking back at his tail then he started shaking, i am really starting to get worried. i called his vet and they are double booked untill monday and i called some other vets around me but they are all booked and i cant get him in today. im not sure what it is and im not to sure on what to do but he is going to the vet on monday at 2:00, which is as soon has they could get me in. i dont know if my german shepherd may have gotten to rough while playing or what. is there anything i can do for him untill he gets to the vet. does this sound anything like in ear infection?

 

[PirateGirl]

In my experience when my dogs have had ear infections the exhibit some of the following behavior...

shake their head a lot
itch/scratch their ears frequently
yelp/cry if you pet/scratch around the affected ear
sometimes when looking in the ear it is visibly gunky/dirty looking

If you cannot get to the vet today, you can probably pick up some ear cleaning solution at the pet store which may help dry it out a bi

 

[cassie]

I wonder if you got some water in his ears when you gave him a bath. You might try putting a cotton ball in your dog's ears when you bathe them to prevent this.

 

[memphis]

Ear infections usually have an odor and a sort of dark granular discharge.

 

[chickenmama109]

Ear infections usually have an odor and a sort of dark granular discharge.

I keep looking for those symptoms but he dont have them? I dont know what else would make him shake his head and lean it?