The cocker spaniel is prone to ear infections, so she needs a solution squirted down her ear canal and massaged in on a regular basis. She absolutely HATES it, but she endures it because sheâs a good girl and she knows she gets treats after.
The border collie does NOT have ear issues, and doesnât need the solution, but every time Iâve finished doing the cocker spanielâs ears, he comes slinking up to me with his tail between his legs and an expression like âIt is my turn for the ear torture. đđ do your worst. đđđâ and he will KEEP ACTING LIKE THAT until I put the closed nozzle of the ear solution into his ear and tip it upside down and massage his ear for a bit. Then I tell him heâs done and he immediately turns delighted, because âoh, wow, I survived the ear torture, and now Iâm just vibrating with delight at my survival, wow, that was rough, but I made it throughâ
At literally no stage did we ever tell him he needed his ears done. He just saw the cocker spaniel getting it done, and was like, âoh. đ ear medicine for all of us đâ