Hi Sarah,<br><br><br>When Humphrey was about 4 months old (he's 8.5 months now) he would get aggressive about his ear cleaning, too.<br><br>What recommend is going back to square one. Touch his ears and paws very gently with just your hands, and give him a small food reward as you do it. Make sure when you do this he's starting out in a calm and relaxed state. Gradually move up from just touching his paws and ears to stroking them, still with the treats. If he ever becomes aggressive, stand up and walk away from him and don't give him any attention at all until he's calmed back down. <br>
<br>If you give him rewards for allowing you to touch his 'sensitive' spots, and take your attention away when he becomes aggressive, he will eventually start to allow you to care for his ears and toes. If it's possible (ie if you don't have to administer medicine to his ears/toes), try just swabbing his ears out, very gently, with a dry tissue. We use the Earth Bath gentle, scentless puppy wipes in Humphrey's ears and it took months for him to stay calm while we give him his weekly ear swabbing. We even used to wait until he was zonked out before we'd try to clean his ears. Finally, he just got used to it, and now he lets us do it - with much snorting and sighing to let us know he'd prefer we just back the eff off.<br>
<br>Good luck with Toby. Patience and consistency should see you through this!<br><br>-Rebecca