1 If the smelly ear is due to ear mites you need to clean the thick accumulated ear wax. You can do so using 0.1% ivermectin, which kills the mites.  The water retained in your dogâs ears after swimming or bathing can be a source of bacteria and yeast infections.
And treatment is simple. Most yeast infections are caused by a type of yeast called Candida albicans. A healthy vagina has many bacteria and a small number of yeast cells. The most common bacteria, Lactobacillus acidophilus, help keep other organisms-like the yeast-under control.
Candida Candida is a genus of yeasts. Many species are harmless commensals or endosymbionts of hosts including humans, but other species, or harmless species in the wrong location, can cause disease.