My little girl is sick.

The past few days, when I would cuddle with Bonnie, her head smelled bad. Since she’s always getting into stuff in the backyard, I figured that  she just was getting into particularly bad smelling areas, and that it would go away.

Then this morning, she was particularly needy, and kept rubbing her paw against her head. I just happened to look into her ear, and it looked pretty dirty. (No, I didn’t take pictures of it because it was gross. I was more concerned with the health of my dog than your entertainment.) I took a tissue and wiped out a little bit to make sure it wasn’t dirt, and I smelled the cottage cheese odor even more strongly.

Trying not to gag, I somehow made a connection in my head that she might have an ear infection. A quick search online of doggie ear infection symptoms did more to confirm my suspicions. (Foul smelling odor from the ears, dirty ears, trying to rub the head and ears like they are irritated…) I let Jared know that I was going to try and get her into the vet, at which time he decided to tell me she was acting weird last night when I was gone (I went to see “The Help” with some friends from work- Good adaptation of the book overall, but bring some tissues!) and thought it would probably be good for me to go through we getting Bonnie to the Vet ASAP.

We got an appointment just a hour from the time of my call. I was right on track with the ear infection call. Bonnie was such a good girl. She handled the vet a lot better than Stevie ever does (Sorry, but that dog is a shaking little pansy around strangers!), even as they were showing me how to use the cleaner and ear drop medications and cleaned her ears out.

So, if you ever need to know how to clean out your dog’s ear infections, give me a call. After two weeks and over $100 of this, I should be a pro. Oh. And don’t do the home remedy solutions like mineral water or oil. I might have nightmares from what the vets were saying about the problems that can cause.