Reply #3: I thought we still had some but don't

[China_cat]

and I don't remember the name. Sorry. We had a dog whose earflaps were so tight to his head that he kept a horrible ear infection for years. At first just intermittent but the last 4 or 5 years of his life it was constant. We used to order the cleaner online, same ingredients as the Otomax but it was about $25 for -2- bottles. We had to clean his ear every day and he was on cipro and prednisone for the last 3 years of his life just to keep it to a level where he would be comfortable. He lived to the age of 14, which is pretty good for a large dog (briard/beardie cross).

Some tips, from having lived with this for years. Find a way to pin the dog's ears up so the canals can air at least an hour a day. Shave the hair off his ears and behind and under. You don't have to go too far but getting rid of the hair around the ear will also help with air flow and that helps keep the infection under control. Don't let your vet keep giving you the same antibiotics for it. Ask him to change them. Even dogs build up a tolerance. (And some vets get so fixated on one med for a problem that they don't see that another might just work better.) Whatever you do, don't slack off on the cleaning regimen.

Good luck. I know how frustrating this can be.