Has anyone any idea of the cost of surgery for this problem, I have been quoted £210 per ear, which seems very expensive, or am I living in the dark ages.Thanks

Has your Vet tried bandaging the ear flaps flat on top of the head first? ;)

You do have to empty the earflaps first before you can do that. Sometimes it can be done with a syringe and no anaesthetic if the dog is cooperative.

My Vet does it without draining JG and in most cases, with gravity and the pressure, the flaps drain in 48 hours. :)

Please don't try to do this yourself as it's important to dress the ears in a specific way or you end up with more problems.

Had one of my dogs ears drained, but it did re fill, she still has a slight swelling in the ear, but doesnt bother her, and I was told just to leave it.

I've had the same. She shakes her ears a lot (allergies) and has a small haematoma at the moment but vet says to leave it. Can't remember how much it cost when they drained the large one she had but it wasn't near £200. It refilled anyway but not as bad, then eventually drained but there is a slight thickening to the ear which doesn't seem to bother her

Have had the ear drained and all seems well at the moment, but if it needed surgery they said is would be £210 per ear. Just wanted another view on this cost.  Thanks  The ear draining cost £44

There has just been a thread running on a different forum, I will try and dig it up as I am sure I read that you massage the ear.

Found it, quite a few people in Goldens have had great success by bathing the ear in liquid witch hazel. One poster said she stored the witch hazel in the fridge for best effect. Also quite a few people have had good success using the homeopathic remedy Hamamelis 6. The use of Arnica gel is also mentioned.

One poster stated that her vet (who is also homeopathic) advised that they were no longer draining them as they could refill and said that current thought was they were best left alone to disperse, simply advising a daily dose of Arnica. She was dubious at first, but after a few weeks the vet was proved right and the heamatoma did disperse.

Everyone seemed to stress that these methods are not an instant cure, but gradually work over a period of time. No one seemed in favour of surgery.

Hope this helps even if it just points you in the direction of further research.

No one seemed in favour of surgery.
I agree.  As I said, my Vet bandages the ears on top of the head, rebandaging every 48 hours, and it does go down within a few days without surgery.  The bandage pressure helps it to disperse quicker but it should be done only by people who know what they're doing because you need to pad specific places with cotton wool or they'll be sores. :(  .  It's what the Vet that used to work for 45 years ago would do. :)

Thanks Goldiemad, I will get some of the Arnica and Which hazel ,  

No problem, I hope it helps.

i was told to leave and it will go down on it none which it did like one of my dogs,

some vet will drain it off with a small needle fine asb.and give the dog pain killers.
never had to have an op on one,

arnica tablet 30c and arnica cream