In a 2023 study, eating a meat-based whole-food diet was shown to significantly decrease the risk of puppies developing otitis later in life (2). Even a diet of dry dog food supplemented with over ...

Ear infections, specifically external infections known as otitis externa, are the third most common condition diagnosed in dogs, according to Banfield's 2020 State of Health Report. While any ...

Otitis One of them is otitis. A disease that causes inflammation of the dog's outer ear (the eardrum and, sometimes, the entire ear canal). It is painful for the animal and very annoying.

Besides congenital deafness, a dog going deaf — or partially deaf — can be the result of aging, ototoxicity, noise trauma, otitis interna, and anesthesia, among other causes. [1] Dr. Boronat ...