Today, he was obsessed with chomping on his Cuz ball -- he sucks on it and WILL NOT drop it without a fuss (that's the only toy that is SO high value for him; otherwise he has a perfect "drop"). I was sitting next to him on the dog bed and he had the Cuz ball completely in his mouth and his paws wrapped around the sides of his mouth so I couldn't touch his Precious. I noticed one of his ears was a bit red and folded his ear flap back for a better look. He didn't move or try to run away and just clamped down harder on his Cuz!

I looked into the other ear -- same non-reaction from him. I took advantage of the situation and grabbed the ear cleaner and some cotton balls and sat with him for about ten minutes. He didn't give up his Cuz and I didn't stop cleaning until I was done. Once I got up and walked away, he took his Cuz to the other side of the room, spit it out, shook his head REALLY hard, then gave me a very dirty look, LOL.
Next time, we're going to give him the Cuz ball and see if I can trim his nails without a fuss or having someone hold him.