Dogs, ear infections...
My girl Reba had a bad ear infection for a few weeks. Constant itching, walking with her head tilted, etc.
Cleaned her ears daily with ear cleaning solution placed on a cotton ball and consistently found clumps and clumps of wax. Ears smelled pretty bad, too.
Thought it might be ear mites so I started giving her ear mite treatment from Murdochs. Didn't change a thing.
Finally took her to the vet, they took a sample, found high yeast levels and gave her a one time ear infection treatment in both ears.
Instantly got better.
I'm the dude that will do everything I can to prevent taking my pups to the vet. This is one of those rare cases where I'm glad I did.