Earmites make dogs and cats miserable. They feed on the epidermal waste. If you have dogs of your own, or if you care for dogs, you need to know about the possibility of these buggers.

Most of the time they are large enough to be seen with the unaided eye. With a magnifying glass, you could see them easily. You may start to notice if your dog is acting strangely or scratching his ears a lot. If your dog is scratching--and occasionally even if he isn't--he could soon suffer from a nasty yeast infection.

A brownish discharge around your dog's ears can alert you to these dog ear mites. The discharge appears because dog ear mites stimulate the production of ear wax. So if you're noticing a build up, it may be time to get your dog checked out.

You can tell yourself if your dog has ear mites, simply by using a cotton swab to gently remove some of the wax from your dog's ear. If you look at this wax sample under a magnifying glass, you'll be able to tell whether there are mites infesting your dog's ear.

It is very important to get your dog treated right away if he has ear mites. Your dog's life will be made absolutely miserable by these creatures. Worse still, they can endanger your dog's life. They can cause rupturing of the ear drum, seizure, and death.

The mites are rather mobile as adults. It's easy enough for them to migrate from one animal to the next, infesting all your other pets. Be sure that you inspect your other animals for the signs of ear mites too.