Molly, 13 yr, shih tzu - lhasa aspo - Molly has passed

Hi, thanks for asking about Molly. I think her ear is better, it seems just pink now, not red.
However, Molly does not care for the ear drops or specifically, the bottle with the tip that has to go into her ear canal. So, now if she see's me shaking the bottle, she is off as fast as she can go, and we do circles through the house. Last night, she ended up under my Mother in laws legs (safety she thought) and I got her there. This morning, it was endless circles until my husband put a block on her. Then of course she acts like you have committed, not a crime, oh no, she goes for full out guilt. You have betrayed her in the worse way possible and she is disappointed in you.

She is feeling better though. Early this morning it was full speed down the upstairs hallway, a skidding turn, back towards the bedroom door, around the corner and down the stairs, to a running stop (involving another skid) to the front door, where she just sat and looked Very proud of herself. Of course then I had grabbed a robe and came downstairs, and said, molly, back yard and off she went, full out to the sliding glass door to the back yard, skidding stop (I think she must have just figured out skidding or something). So finally I got a cup of coffee and out we went. She did the full sniff around, scout out where the squirrels had been and not been, made sure everything was fine as I barely had my eyes open. A quick pee, back inside and a run to the front door, because she was Determined to get a walk in and was not satisfied with the backyard excursion. Yes, I went and got dressed, put on the leash and took her for a walk, which she does every morning before her breakfast.
I think she is feeling pretty darn good.

HUGS,
Sharlene

Well I'm glad to hear that the ear infection isn't slowing her down at all! Sounds like maybe you need a good pair of running shoes just to keep up :D

Molly is so funny! Sounds like my Pearl. She can run like mad when necessary. Glad she is feeling better.

I spoke with the vet clinic this morning and the consensus is that I'm bringing Molly in this afternoon to have her ear looked at. I'm not sure that it is cleared up yet. She isn't scratching at it or shaking her head, but it's still reddish rather than normal, which I admit could be from having the med put in. Hopefully it's all cleared up. She doesn't Act like there is anything wrong, but better safe than sorry. :)

hugs,
Sharlene

So, not completely cleared up. She'll stay on the meds for another week with only a drop or two into the canal and then rub some into her ear flap, twice a day. They think it is a an allergy problem since the vet said she doesn't see anything in the canal that would make her think fungus or bacterial infections. This medicine has a mixture to cover all 3 though, including anti inflammatory, so should work. I don't know what her allergy would be. She has never had an ear infection before.

sharlene

Poor Molly :(
sounds like you will be chasing her around the house with the ear dropper for a little while longer. Hope she is feeling better soon!

Thanks. If you ask Molly she feels just fine and doesn't any need for anything to be stuck down her ear. My hubs was saying that of course they don't see anything like fungus or bacteria at this point, she's been on the meds for a week and it's just at the final clearing stage at this point. He thinks it was fungal.
I don't know but I'm not taking any chances either way, so the circus continues. :) I think molly thinks I am the clown.

hugs,
Sharlene

thinking about you and Molly. HOpe she is feeling better.
Hugs Sonja and Angel Apollo

Sharlene: So glad Molly is better and doing her sprints every mornng. Hope you can keep up. It is so wonderful when they are feeling good. Hugs, JoAnne

Hi Sharlene,

I am trying to get caught up on some threads and read about Molly's ear infection. How is she doing now? My Lab years ago got her first ear infection at about age 5, and it was a stubborn one. She too needed a mixture of meds that included the antibiotic, anti fungal and anti inflammatory. They mixed it up special in the office because the regular ear meds at the time would not ever clear it up completely. We learned through the years that her infections were apparently triggered by allergies (that she had never had before) also. She would get frequent infections in the spring and summer, they would go back and forth between one ear and the other. The ears would be clear in the cold weather months. But as I got smarter, I would catch them pretty early, so they were easier to kick then. Just keep an eye on Molly for this type of pattern, she sounds a lot like my girl!

Hope you and Molly are having a good weekend.

Hugs,

Tina and Jasper