At 02:30 PM 7/30/02 -0700, you wrote:
>I would like to hear from people who cockers have small ear canals.
>Boomer has them. We have been working really hard to get his
>infection under control. When he arrived his ears were terrible.
>They are much better now, but I am still worried about him. We use
>the blue power treatment twice a day on him. It appears that it is
>hard to get the liquid down. His ears are harder than my other guys
>if that makes any sense. I have started using a dropper and that
>seems to help. His former owner said he has suffered from ear
>infections all his life because of his allergies and was constantly
>on medication for ear infections and allergies. I am working on the
>allergies and in fact making great progress in that area. When he
>arrived she had him on pred for his allergies. I have not given him
>pred at all since coming to our house. I have been handling his
>allergies with herbs and supplements. His skin is no longer flaky
>and although he still chews his paws he does not stratch. He has
>almost totally stopped stratching his ears also. I think I need to take
>the yeasty foods out of his diet to see if that would help.


Pattie,

It sounds like Boomer has a yeast infection which is the most common
problem I deal with. I am sending you an article I wrote on yeast which
explains what a yeast infection is, the symptoms, and how to treat it
naturally. If you have any questions after reading the article, please
feel free to email me at darleen@...


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