Way less fighting than I expected

My poodle mix hates having her ears touched and I was nervous to even try this. It's actually gentler than the wipes because the drops do the work and she just shakes the gunk out. The head-shaking she used to do all day isn't happening anymore. About a month in. My sister ordered one after I showed her.

Vet noticed at his checkup

Took my lab in for his annual checkup and the vet said his ears looked really clean and didn't have that smell they usually did. I told her about this. Bottle feels solid, the tip is easy to aim into the canal. Three weeks in.

Both my dogs are floppy-eared so this is a thing here

Turns out gunky ears are just a floppy-eared breed problem, and I've got two cockers. I did mine, then sent the link to my mom and brother who both have spaniels the same day. Mom called me two days after hers arrived to thank me. The three of us swap notes on it now, weirdest family group chat we've got.

The constant scratching is just gone

My beagle would wake up and go right at his ears with a back paw every morning. Figured it was allergies. Got this and flushed two clumps out the first time I used it. Three weeks of using it and the morning scratching is gone.

Stopped keeping her off the bed

I'd been quietly keeping my cavalier off the bed because of the smell, and I felt awful about it. I do this three nights a week and her ears stay clean. The constant worry about guests bending down to pet her is gone. I wish I'd had this two years ago.

She noticed before I even mentioned it

A week in, my girlfriend said my golden didn't have that corn-chip ear smell anymore. I hadn't told her I bought this because it felt gross to admit. The drops reach further down the canal than I thought they would and he never fights me on it. That was the moment I knew it was actually doing something.

Vet only ever offered repeat cleanings

My basset has had gunky ears since he was a puppy and the only thing the vet offered was a $200 cleaning every couple of months. I do this most nights and his ears have stayed clean for the past month. Feels weird to not be booking another appointment.

Had no idea how much was down there

The first time I did the deep flush I almost couldn't believe what came out on the pad. There was a ton of brown gunk from just the one ear. I got most of it out that night. The head-shaking my doodle had for months is gone. About a month in now.

Cancelled the $200 cleaning I had booked

I had a $200 vet cleaning booked for next month. Decided to try this first. Five weeks later I cancelled it. The gunk went from building up every couple days to maybe once a week, and much less. My vet looked in her ears at the checkup and said we could hold off.

Nine years of dealing with this

My cocker is nine and has had gunky ears since he was a puppy. I do this maybe twice a week now and it's just part of the routine, like brushing him. Mad I didn't have this years ago to be honest.

She finally lets me do her ears

I have one of those dogs where even touching her ears is a fight. The drops go in easy and she mostly just tolerates it now while they soak. After five weeks she barely pulls away at all. Ears stay clean.

Threw it in the bag for a road trip

Took this on a 10-day road trip with the dog to see if the routine held up away from home. The bottle packs easy and 20ml lasts a long time. Five weeks in overall and the gunk has basically stopped coming back.

Stopped bringing him to my parents' house

I'd actually stopped bringing my lab to my parents' place because I was so embarrassed about the smell in their small living room. Six weeks of using this and I finally don't think about it. Brought him over last weekend and didn't hesitate. The embarrassment was bigger than I realized.

Walk, dinner, then this. Two minutes.

Walk him, feed him, then a few drops in each ear. The whole thing takes maybe two minutes. I do it every other night. Six weeks in and I haven't seen gunk build back up in over a month. Seeing what comes out on the pad is what sold me.

I thought it was a food allergy

I'd switched my golden to three different expensive foods thinking the smell was a food thing. Wiped her ears daily. Nothing fixed it. Then I saw a video about deep ear gunk and ordered this the same night. Six weeks later the smell is finally gone. It was never the food.

Glad I went with the bundle

I picked up the bundle because I wasn't sure how much I'd go through. The spare bottle is actually handy since I've got two dogs and go through it faster than I thought. The cotton pads in it are fine. The drops are what matter and they work. Six weeks in.

Used to dread the morning shake-off

Mornings were the worst. My cocker would wake up and shake her head so hard her ears would slap. Now I do this before bed and she wakes up calm. Six weeks. The gunk that used to build every 2 or 3 days is maybe once a week now, and there's less of it.

My wife ordered it without telling me

My wife noticed I'd started keeping the dog off the couch and out of the bedroom because of his ears. She ordered this without saying anything and just left it on the counter. Hard to explain how that felt. Seven weeks of using it and he hasn't had that heavy buildup since week two. He's back on the couch.

Knew on the first night

First night I used it I flushed out three clumps and could see exactly where they'd been sitting on the pad. Knew that night it was different from the wipes I'd tried. Seven weeks in and the buildup that used to come back every few days is mostly gone.

Stopped building up after a few weeks

After about three weeks of doing this most nights, the gunk just stopped showing up. I dropped to twice a week for maintenance now. The little bit that does form comes out in seconds. Bottle feels well made, not some flimsy thing.

Sat on this in my cart for a month

Honestly I had this in my cart for almost a month before ordering. I'd been burned by other ear products that promised the world and did nothing but wipe the outside. This one actually floods down into the canal where the wipes never reached. Seven weeks in, no smell, no head-shaking, no scratching. Should have ordered sooner.

From every couple days to twice a month

I went from wiping gunk out every couple of days to maybe twice a month, and there's way less when it does show up. Easy to flush out when it's that small. Seven weeks. The whole ear just looks and smells cleaner in general.

Five weeks with clean ears

Eight weeks of using this and there's been no buildup in the past five. My groomer commented last week that my spaniel's ears looked the cleanest she'd seen. She asked what I'd changed.

No more morning head-shaking

I used to assume the morning head-shaking was just my dog being weird. Turns out gunk was building up overnight. I started doing this before bed and the shaking stopped. Haven't had to book a cleaning in over two months.

Bought it for one dog, now I use it on all three

I bought this for my older cocker whose ears had gotten really bad. A week in the smell was already better. Then I used it on my two younger dogs and pulled gunk out of ears I thought were fine. All three get it now. The old girl is back to sleeping on the bed with us.

Vet just said wipe them daily. Didn't work.

My vet told me to wipe his ears out daily with a cloth. Did it for a year, nothing changed, the smell always came back. Eight weeks of using this and the gunk is gone. Not sure why wiping the outside was ever supposed to fix something that deep.

The mental load is gone

I didn't realize how much headspace the constant checking took up until it stopped. Sniffing his ears every day, keeping him off the furniture, apologizing to guests. Eight weeks of doing this twice a week and I just don't think about it anymore. If you've lived with a stinky-eared dog you know what I mean.

Just works

Eight weeks. Every other day. Ears clean. Smell gone. Girlfriend noticed. Groomer noticed. Three dog-park friends I told all ordered one. That's it.

A dog-park friend brought it up

A woman at the dog park mentioned her spaniel's gunky ears one morning and I realized my dog had the exact same thing and I'd just been living with it. Ordered the same night. Eight weeks in and it barely builds back up anymore.

Nobody talks about this and they should

Nobody talks about deep ear gunk but every time I bring it up to another dog owner, they've either got it or had no idea that was causing the smell. Eight weeks in, I use it twice a week. I've told maybe five friends and four of them ordered one. Weird how common this is and how quiet everyone is about it.

Deep floppy ears, finally something that reaches

My basset has deep floppy ears and gunk builds up in folds I could never get to with a wipe or a cotton ball. This is the first thing that actually floods down and gets it. Eight weeks in. No more head-shaking, no more keeping him off the bed. My partner noticed within the first two weeks.

Tried cotton balls. Tried wipes. This worked.

I'm embarrassed to admit I tried jamming cotton balls down there. Baby wipes wrapped on a finger. Those little dog ear wipes that just smear it around. My cocker's ears are deep and I was desperate. This is the first thing that didn't either fail or make her yelp. Do it before bed. Four weeks and the difference is bigger than I expected this fast.