Homeopathic treatment for dog ear yeast infection?

[Bear Foot Farm]

Quote: "Acceptable and proper" aren't the same as "natural"
Most Canines will eat some vegetable matter, but they prefer meat as the majority of their diet

Commercial pet foods are a compromise at best, based on monetary concerns more than what's truly "best" for dogs

 

[cdstewart]

the yeast infection is the secondary infection. i have a golden who is allergic to everything under the sun. food diets do help with this problem and one of the things that helped us on our farm was to give the dog glutten free food suppliment cod liver oil or salmon oil and i feed mine a pure salmon diet. i agree with the op who said vinegar it definitely helps. regular benadryl also helps with the itching.. try using it twice a day and it will help relieve the itching.. my dog eats blue wilderness either white fish but mostly salmon because i've had the best results with it. the animal version of benadryl is the same for both humans and animals.. you'd be surprised to know that most of the meds vets use are the exact same as the human version. definitely get the ear infection under control and if your dog loves water like mine does try using ear plugs if he will permit it.. it took my dog a while to get used to it.. he also would lick his feet raw.. my vet is my friend and gave me all of this advice, it doesn't hurt having a dad who's a nationally known dog trainer as well

 

[thebikeshopguy]

I too have had issues with a Newfoundland with constant yeast infections. He starts rattling his head and black ear wax follow. I am constantly at the vet so I was looking a home made cure. I have been using peroxide and water which the vet said was ok. I think the alcohol will help to dry the ears because the infection is moisture born

 

[dingeses]

My dog would get horrible ear infections with swollen ears bloody sores. It finally came down to his diet. I had to switch to a grain free dog food. It's a bit more expensive but had his ears completely cleared up within a couple weeks.

 

[Haylo]

I would use a few drops of tea tree oil a bit of water.
Then rub the ear with raw coconut oil.

We used this method for getting rid of ear mites as well.
Works right away.

I don't want to sound judgmental in anyway, but where exactly did you get your information from? I take every precaution when getting info over the Internet, but you, out of over a dozen people, over a half dozen websites, have a VERY UNUSUAL answer. Can you please explain the rational behind the "tea tree oil" and the "Coconut Oil", when both of these substances are in the alkaline state and not ACIDIC like all the other respondents are recommending for their dogs ear yeast/fungal infection? Again, I don't want to sound, or come off as being judgmental, but this is way off the charts for healing a yeast or fungal infection in an animals' ear. Please explain yourself?

 

[Haylo]

Please don't wait until your dogs ears get bloody. Think of your pet as you would think of yourself. They have feelings, they hurt too. I thank you for your response, but please love your animal as yourself.

 

[Silver Bantam]

One of our dogs has had this for three years. It's AWEFULL to say the very least. This thread is very helpful, so thank you everyone

 

[cassie]

A vet once gave me a recipe for an ear wash I found helpful for my Basset. Take a bottle of rubbing alcohol and dissolve some boric acid in it. Then add a few drops of gentian violet and shake it up. Pour a quantity in each ear and massage the outside of the ear a bit. Then allow the dog to shake. Be sure you are outside when you do this. Works as well as anything.

 

[Silver Bantam]

Oooh, I'll have to try that!

 

[maxandsammy]

Tea Tree oil is very very toxic for dogs and cats if they lick it and ingest it at all. My vet tearfully put down a 10 year old hound whose human put it on a slow healing wound and the hound licked it... liver failure. fyi