My dog has really Itchy ears, I know its mites and we use advantage every 4 weeks but it only helps him for about one week. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can help stop the itching, I have try ear drops from the vets ect but they dont help. maybe someone knows a solution I can make my self at home. it makes me sad to see him in pain

From what I have read you need to treat inside the ears as well.. The mite lives all over the body so the advantage will be helping the skin but not inside the ears. The ears need to be cleaned first otherwise the drops wont help.

I found the info below on a site called earth clinic http://www.earthclinic.com/Pets/ear_mites.html It sounds fairly harmless so you could give it a go.

The first step in helping your pet is to clean out the ear and try to relieve some of the discomfort. Use an eyedropper or syringe (without the needle) to insert some Vegetable or Olive Oil into the ear canal. While keeping your pet's head still (as they will want to immediately shake the substance out) massage the ear thoroughly to loosen any deeply impacted mite dirt (you may be able to gently squeeze some of it up and out of the ear). Use cotton balls to clean the ears and only attempt to use q-tips very carefully being sure not to allow them to enter portions of the deeper ear canal. In order to relieve irritation caused by the mites, use a natural treatment of Psorinum or Sulphur.

In order to actually kill the mites there are a couple of natural remedies that you can make at home. The first one is a mixture of 9 drops of Yellow Dock Root Extract and 1 tablespoon of water. Use an eyedropper to insert the treatment into the pet's ear, being sure to massage it well prior to the animal having the opportunity to shake it out. Administer the treatment once every three days for a period of six weeks.

The second treatment mixes 1/2 an ounce of Almond Oil with 400 IU's of Vitamin E. Warm up the mixture to body temperature and apply 1/2 an eyedropper into each affected ear. Massage the mixture around in the ear and remove the excess with cotton balls. Administer the treatment for a period of six days, leave it for three days and then repeat.