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Cocker Specific Discussion => Grooming => Topic started by: markpt on February 28, 2014, 02:44:01 PM
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Hi all- Nero is just over 8 weeks and finding the ends of his ears are getting a bit "dirty" due to dipping in his food bowl!
Is there a common way to clean the ear ends or just some warm water and a light sponge?!
Presuming this is the way just checking in not missing a trick!
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Most people give them a quick wash with warm water and hibiscrub :) as they get older, if you keep the ears long they'll need doing every two or so days. to keep them cleaner you can invest in a snood which stops them dragging around on walks and when they eat.
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you can buy special spaniel food bowls that are narrow and keep the ears out of the food.
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Thanks guys- did consider the food bowls but read they can be a bit deep for a puppy's mouth to reach the bottom?!
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We used to put a plastic peg on the ears :005: that was before we got the spaniel bowls.
They didn't mind it but Nero might not like it :huh:
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I can imagine!!!
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We used to put a plastic peg on the ears :005: that was before we got the spaniel bowls.
They didn't mind it but Nero might not like it :huh:
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I've seen people use scrunchies as well to tie the ears back! :005:
I got some special ear wipes from the pet store which I use to clean the ends of his ears and gently inside, every couple of days.
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We used to tuck my cavaliers ears into his collar when he was eating. Murphys ears aren't as long so it hasn't ben a problem so far.
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Hair scrunchie here! and if Ella shakes her head and it falls out I just use a baby wipe on any food bits on her ears. ;)
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ha ha!!! I've got too much male pride with him to hair bunch him!! :005:
I might let my girls do it…… :lol2:
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Hi, I use a plastic peg. Willow looks a me a bit gone out, but it doesn't put her off her food.
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We used to put a plastic peg on the ears :005: that was before we got the spaniel bowls.
They didn't mind it but Nero might not like it :huh:
This - having a spaniel bowl makes a huge difference for food and for water.
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I might look into a bowl- I read somewhere they weren't great for pups as they are too deep and can't get those noses/mouth in there?
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Very undignified for my male Show Cocker but I have knitted him a Snood which I use for each meal ph34r ph34r ph34r
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We've used spaniel bowls for both food and water since Charlie was 12 weeks, he's never had any problem getting food out, he is a greedy little cocker mind so would get food out of anywhere :)
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Nothing wrong with snoods. My boys both wear them. ;) Saves mucky or damp ears all the time and in the summer saves grass seeds. :D