Probiotics are living bacteria. But most chews are made at 45 to 80°C, the same way kibble is. At that heat, a lot of the bacteria die before the tub is even sealed.

This one is cold-pressed below 38°C. So the good bacteria are still alive when your dog eats it.

Every tub I tried before only had probiotics. That’s only one part of the job.

This one has four. Probiotics add the good bacteria. Prebiotics feed them. Para- and postbiotics give the gut extra support.

A healthier gut is a good start. But it doesn’t calm the ears on its own. Once the ear gets itchy, she scratches. The skin gets irritated, warm and damp, and that’s exactly where yeast loves to grow. That’s why her ears kept coming back on the other tubs.

This one also has quercetin to calm the itch and redness, colostrum to support skin repair, and fish, evening primrose and borage oils to nourish the skin. That’s how it helps settle the skin inside the ear, so the yeast has less to grow on.

The best formula means nothing if your dog won’t eat it. Two of my old tubs went straight into the bin.

That’s because heat processing strips out the natural aroma that gets dogs interested. This one is cold-pressed, so the smell stays in. And it went through taste tests on real dogs, again and again, until they took it like a treat. And mine loves them.

She was constantly scratching at her ears and shaking her head. Every evening on the sofa, the same flapping sound.

Within the first two weeks, the scratching started to ease off. A few times a day at first, then less and less. And the head shaking slowly stopped with it.

The smell was so bad I’d turn my face away when she put her head on my lap.

By week four, it was gone. No more old-cheese smell. No more turning away when she wanted a cuddle.

I used to clean black gunk out of her ears, and the next day it was back.

By week six, I went to clean them and there was nothing there. She’s comfortable again, calm and playing like she used to. She’s got her peace back, and so have we.

After five tubs that didn’t work, I didn’t trust anything anymore. So before ordering, I did my homework.

The first thing I found was that vets recommend it, like Guy Colson of Vets for Pets and Dr. Vanessa Waite of The Vet Station Molesey. And I wasn’t the only one trying it. Over 200,000 dog owners across the UK already use it and they are rated 4.6/5 on Trustpilot.

Yeasty ears don’t turn around in two weeks. I nearly gave up after the first tub, because nothing big happens at the start.

Around week three to five, things got calmer. By week six, her ears were clean.

That’s why DogSuppy gives you 60 days. If the head shaking, the smell and the ear scratching haven’t eased, you get your money back. And in most cases, you don’t even have to send the tub back. That’s how certain they are.