A healthy and normal dog will not always scratch your ears for no reason, and the dog's body is clean and will not be infected with any parasites. Generally speaking, dogs keep scratching their ears mainly because they are infected with ear mites parasites, or have skin diseases, such as fungal skin diseases, body mites or folliculitis.

1. Ear mites

Ear mites, also known as ear scabies, are common parasites in the ears of cats and dogs. If the dog has already touched the scabies mites when scratching his ears with his paws, and scratching other parts with his paws will also cause strong itching!

What's wrong with dogs shaking their ears?

Especially big-eared dogs with a lot of hair, such as Gumu, VIP, Coka, etc. Ear mites are relatively stubborn and require long-term treatment and often occur repeatedly.

Scabaceous mites parasitize in dog skin, biting, moving, chewing and piercing the skin; dogs scratching, rubbing, and gnawing the skin, causing skin trauma;

Fungal infections in dogs and cats often result in moisture, inadvertent cleaning, and scratching the limbs with claws, generally occur with thickening of the ear canal, redness, dandruff and other symptoms.

If you have such symptoms, you should first take your pet to the hospital for medical treatment, and wash it with medicine according to the skin condition under the guidance of the doctor, and then apply antifungal ointment topically every day.

Skin mold invades the skin, hair and toe-claw keratin tissue of dogs; this disease is a zoonotic infectious disease, collectively called "ringtinea" by human doctors, and it occurs all over the world.

3. Ear hematoma

The ear hematoma is swelling caused by subcutaneous bleeding of the ear shell. It is mainly characterized by solid, liquid-filled, fixed clump swelling on the concave surface of the ear. It can occur around the concave surface of the auricle and anywhere on the concave surface of the auricle. It is especially common for dogs with large and sagging ears.

The ear hematoma refers to a disease in which there are many causes of damage to the ear cartilage; it causes blood to rupture in the blood vessels between the skin and the cartilage;

4. Water in the ear canal

The ears of dogs are spiral, and if treated improperly during bathing, it is easy to inject water and cause inflammation. After the ears enter the water, the dog's head will tilt to the side where the water enters. From time to time, it will grab its ears with its claws or shake its head. Over time, dark brown secretions will flow out.

Water in the dog's ears is very dangerous because the dog's ears are spiral, and it is easy to inflame if not treated properly; the ears are obviously drooping, and the head is tilted to the ears that are inlet;

When scratching the ears, you should pay attention:

Repeat the dog's ears for examination regularly. The normal skin in the ears is pink, and a small amount of oil seeps out on the surface, without dirt or serious odor. Clean the ear canal regularly even if it is in a healthy state.