Hi
everybody, we have a 14month old shar pei who constantly shakes his head.
we clean his ears and look after him well, but this head shaking is getting annoying.
it carnt be good for him either, does anybody have any ideas what could be wrong thanks

it could be ear mites???

I havent had a dog with them but one of my cats had a very severe case when we got him and even though i couldnt see anything in his ear they were very deep down - he had to have them thoroughly flushed out and cleaned under sedation. just a guess though i would get a vet to check it out.

oddley enough my lab the other night spent most of night shaking her head and hasent done it since, its very strange isent it when you have no idea what it is

my GSD used to do this after running in long grass the seeds got into his ears although this is unlikely with the weather just recently

definetly mites

it could be ear mites???

I havent had a dog with them but one of my cats had a very severe case when we got him and even though i couldnt see anything in his ear they were very deep down - he had to have them thoroughly flushed out and cleaned under sedation. just a guess though i would get a vet to check it out.i agree i had the same problem with one of my bordeaux, he had to have his ears deep cleaned under sedation, other than doing it after due to it been a habit he doesnt now and is fine, like bordeaux sharpei are prone to allergy i would get it sorted in the end your dog will scratch his ears till they bleed , and they will be very sore for him

i would go to vets as soon as you can my dog used to shake her head and scratch from the day i got her i checked her ears and there where really bad i kept them clean untill i went to vets but her old owner didnt want to pay for the treatment now shes going to have bad ears all her life.

is that because they haven't been treated at all nikki?

I agree, get to your vet - when you clean your dog's ears, you can't get all the way down because the canal sort of meanders in the other direction. A vet will need to sort it for you and ears are one of those things that you just don't take risks with.

Good luck

Hi yes her ears had had no treatment at all i did try cleaning them but as stated by lotti you cant clean far enough down the ear and should not attemp it or you will hurt your dog she had to have tablets and ear drops hope this helps o and y the way my dog has shar pei in her so mite be the same thing.

Get to the vets.It could be mites,earwax,grass stalk or anything.
One of my old dogs did it when he had stroke.