Dog shaking her head

[busybee]

Our dog (eskie breed) who's 4 has started shaking her head periodically. About 4 mos ago I noticed her doing this, then she seemed ok for awhile, then started again. I took her to the vets for a visit, they found 2 yeasties on her slide, the vet said it probably was not a yeast infection in her ear, but gave me the drops, just in case. That's been over a week ago, and she has not stopped shaking her head.

Also, she holds one of her ears down sometimes.

We checked her ears for any foreign things (bugs, etc). They were clean. I checked around her ears for naps, and removed the one teensie nap found.

Does anyone have ideas on other things I can check for?

 

[cattitude]

Sounds like an ear infection to me.

 

[Jameo]

Have you been using the drops?

 

[rack'm]

Sounds like an ear infection to me.

Vet time.......

 

[bresamil]

Sounds like an ear infection to me.

I was thinking of a neurological disorder, but I don't the dog would favor one ear. And can dogs get tinnitis (sp?) ?

 

[busybee]

Saw vets on 12/5 for this, have been putting drops in her ears 2x a day for over a week. But the vet felt pretty sure it was not an ear infection as her ears were clean and there were very minimum # of yeasties on the slide (2). She said there would be alot more for infections.

She gave me the drops just to try out. but they have not done the trick.

I even brushed her extra good last week, thinking maybe she had a knot somewhere, but did not find any.

 

[Ponytail]

Did the vet check for ear mites?

Also...

Allergies are the main reason that dogs and cats paw their ears and shake their heads. You can guess what's causing the itching by where they scratch. Ear and facial itchiness is usually caused by allergies to foods or airborne particles such as pollen, adds Ernest K. Smith, D.V.M., a veterinary allergist and dermatologist in private practice in Tequesta, Florida.

Some pets are prone to seborrhea, a skin condition that can make the ears extremely dry and itchy. Basset hounds, cocker spaniels, and Irish setters are particularly prone to seborrhea, as are springer spaniels, golden retrievers, and shar-peis.

Finally, there are a number of potentially serious conditions, including thyroid disease and polyps (small growths inside the middle ear), that can cause the ears to get extremely itchy.

From http://home.ivillage.com/pets/symsolve/0,,j7rv,00.html

 

[Katie]

Vet time.......

psstt..

She saw the vet on the 12/5.

 

[Pete]

Maybe the dog hears Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon playing over and over again and can't make it stop. :shrug:

 

[slik]

Maybe the dog hears Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon playing over and over again and can't make it stop. :shrug:

I do - but it's louder in my right ear.

 

[migtig]

My dawg has allergies and does this in the fall and spring. Of course in the spring he also sounds like he is trying to hack up a fur ball and all year long he sneezes on everybody and everything.

I dose him with children's liquid benadryl by weight and no problems. My vet suggested it when I looked at her like she was nuts when she told me how much allergy medicine costs for a dawg.