Hi everyone,
Our two-year-old dog has split the tips of his ears open and they won’t heal! Just looking for similar experiences / advice to stop our home looking like a murder scene!
We have a podenco mix dog - skinny lurcher type who should have tall pointy ears but whatever breed he’s mixed with has caused him to have long thin floppy ears like a Weimaraner.
At Christmas our dog had an allergic reaction to something at the seaside - hives on the outside of his ears and itchy inflamed inside ears. This was treated and healed up.
However due to the itchiness he started shaking his head back and forth causing his ears to whack off his bony shoulder blades. The tips of both ears cracked and started bleeding. They scabbed over time but they continue to split open and bleed every so often. When he shakes his head blood goes everywhere - carpets, walls, children’s toys 🤦♀️ The cut is so small at the end of his ear you’d never think it was capable of bleeding so much.
Since last week one ear has been bleeding really badly - multiple trips to vet as he shakes bandages off. Poor puppy is now lying sadly in a cone for a week, which the vet hopes will limit his head shaking. This is obviously not a long term solution.
Anyone got any advice? The vet said it’s not uncommon and ears too thin for stitches (plus he’d probably shake them right out). We asked about glue or something. This must be why greyhounds have tiny ears and podenco’s ears usually stand upright 😓