Stuart had noticed Buddy being bothered by his ear for a few weeks now, so Stuart tried to help clean his ear.  Finally he decided that we should take him in for a check and an ear wash.  I took Buddy in last Wed (10/28/2020) and the vet confirmed that he has a yeast infection and this is not uncommon for dogs with flappy ears.  He placed some medicine in that ear and will stay for a month to treat the infection.  Once infection cleared, we can consider prevention treatment thereafter.

    While Buddy was there, they checked his weight and it indeed went up again to 114 lbs.  I talked with the vet about that and we will switch him slowly to a less calorie diet to keep him in healthier weight.