My dog has a swollen ear.?

Question

I have a one year old cocker spaniel who has never experienced problems with his ears before... About 2 hours ago he was playing with a dog on the field and I heard a yelp so I think he may have been bitten. His right ear is now visibly swollen and he won't let me anywhere near it to check. There doesn't look to be anything wrong with the inside of his ear but the ear flap is swollen from top to bottom. I am wondering if anyone has any idea what it could be and if I need to get him to a vet today (it is a Sunday so it will cost £100) or if i can wait until tomorrow morning to have him checked out. Also anything I could do in the meantime to help him out.

Thank you for any help.

Answer 1

we arfe in the exact same possition my bashar is always picking fights with my st bernard this time my st. b faught back ouch it hasnt gotten any bigger since last night however he is holding his head kinda sideways, it doesnt seem to bother him and lucky me it has happened on the weekend I see a small mark probabaly a bite mark but he tends to have a bit of a mean strek in him and I am affraid of hurting him. Has your dog ear gotten better?