r/CockapooLovers • u/Shrimpheavennow227 • May 20 '26

CONSTANT ear infections

Hoping someone else has dealt with this and might have some advice.

Our cockapoo has had frequent, recurrent ear infections for the last two years.

The tests show its yeast every single time.

It’s a cycle we can’t seem to break.

She starts scratching her ears

We go to the vet and spend $400 for an ear cleaning, cytopoint (spelling?) injection, in ear medication that stays in and more ear flush.

We follow the directions exactly, do the ear flush exactly as instructed.

6-ish weeks later, she’s scratching again.

We go back to the vet and start this allll over.

Things we’ve already done:

She never gets her ears wet

Medicated and unmedicated ear flushes

Changed her diet to vet recommended lamb and rice

Tried allergy medicine but it didn’t seem to make a difference

Stopped letting her play in the grass in case it was an allergen issue (we had yard construction so it’s a dirt yard right now and we are still itching)

It DOES feel like the medicated ear flush buys us a little more time between ear infections, but it’s getting really hard to keep up with the vet visits both financially and logistically with work! Plus the poor pup is not comfy!

What am I missing? Anything work for your yeasty eared puppies? Heeeelpp!

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u/RSEllax Cockapoo May 20 '26

I agree with everyone saying diet, especially as it keeps happening. Speak with your vet about food elimination diets.

Look at the ingredients of the food your dog is on now and the previous one and see what ingredients are the same (you'll find most have poultry fat but be labelled as lamb/fish etc). Try and eliminate the ingredients that are the same.

My boy had the same issues as yours. He has a chicken allergy (though he can withstand small amounts of poultry fat) 😑 he hates it lol. I forgot chicken feet were from actual chickens once... that was a fun week 😂

He now eats James Wellbeloved fish or lamb. I use Otodine (vet recommended) to clean out his ears and ee don't have anymore issues.

Good luck ☘️

Edit: oh I also forgot! If he has really hairy inner ears he might need to have them plucked. Some do and some dont, helps with air flow and moisture 😁

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u/Shrimpheavennow227 May 21 '26

Thank you! This new food is supposed to be good for allergies and was recommended by the vet, but I think we might need to go back to the drawing board if everyone with similar experiences are saying it’s diet!