# can i use diluted bleach in my cockers spaniel ear.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 2, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-diluted-bleach-in-my-cockers-spaniel-ear/649160 "2013-02-02T23:46:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ROBIN3D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@ROBIN3D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ROBIN3D)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-diluted-bleach-in-my-cockers-spaniel-ear/649160/1 "2013-02-02T23:46:11Z")
Hi all My vet has done several things to my cockers ear however none worked. He had his ears packed and been prescribe momentamax like five times and gave me 2 prescriptions for an antibiotics that is really expensive like 60 dollars for 14 pills. He prescribe them twice. Works great while he is taking them and about 3 days after he is thru with the meds the smell comes back. I don’t think they are giving me enough to kill all the bacteria and it comes back. I’m tired of it. They also suggested a 2000 dollar surgery to remove his ear canal which will leave him deaf in his left ear. So I wanted to try something different like diluted bleach with water to place drops in his ears. I made my own ear flush from alcohol and vinegar. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I cannot afford to keep going to the vet and getting prescribe the same thing over and over again. It cost like 145 dollars for each visit and I’m running out of options. The smell is so bad it smells like its rotting ---
**Author:** ![Bones\_Daley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@Bones\_Daley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bones_Daley)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-diluted-bleach-in-my-cockers-spaniel-ear/649160/2 "2013-02-03T00:01:28Z")
Can’t advise, but I do hope you find a solution. I love cockers, they are just the best dogs … ---
**Author:** ![ROBIN3D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@ROBIN3D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ROBIN3D)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-diluted-bleach-in-my-cockers-spaniel-ear/649160/3 "2013-02-03T00:06:41Z")
They are great dogs. He has been the best I ever had. He is 6 yrs old and my next dog will be the same. He is full blooded with papers given to me. Id like to breed him just once so I can have pick of the litter. Lol ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-diluted-bleach-in-my-cockers-spaniel-ear/649160/4 "2013-02-03T00:15:19Z")
Try your bleach water in your own ear first. If it doesn’t burn like holy hell and turn your eardrum into a chicharron, it is probably safe for your dog. 5% hydrogen peroxide is much safer, and kills bacteria just as well. I had a Weimaraner with a wicked \*psuedomonas \*infection that antibiotics couldn’t touch. I got him the surgery you are talking about, but it didn’t cure the infection. I had to have him put down, he was tearing his ears off. ---
**Author:** ![Bones\_Daley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@Bones\_Daley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bones_Daley)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-diluted-bleach-in-my-cockers-spaniel-ear/649160/5 "2013-02-03T00:22:27Z")
If you input "cocker spaniel ear problems " into Google, you will see some interesting info, which will hopefully be of value …bleach doesn’t appear to be one of the primary ingredients in the suggested recipes for treatment, however … ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-diluted-bleach-in-my-cockers-spaniel-ear/649160/6 "2013-02-03T00:33:04Z")
Closed triplicate.