When I used to trim my mother's poodle, I used a kind of shaver made for pets. It worked fine. I could put my hand very close to it, without getting pinched. I just had to be careful near the dog's sensitive parts, like his eyes and nose. HTH. Tracy > Dena here. What do you use to trim your dog's ear hair? > > > OUCH! Pinking Shears?? I'm glad they work for Shelley. > > I think a more conventional method is to poof a small amount of 'special' > ear powder into the ear (mainly used to give a easier to work with ear > hair > surface) and then reach into the ear canal with thumb and forefinger, > grasp > some hair and remove with a twisting motion. Repeat as necessary until > the > inner ears are hair free. This works very well and is not supposed to > 'hurt' like pulling off a bit of head hair. > > Nancy, Natasha, Baby Phoebe and Little Beau Hill > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.