She's a shepherd and has had ear problems since she was a puppy. I clean it with a special ear rinse and massage the inside with a cotton ball. Her ear has been really bothering her and even when I did the ear rinse its been no help. She's been biting at her tail and scratching her ear a lot.

The more bizarre thing is when I'm in the kitchen or sitting at the fireplace and she's on the couch or standing far away she whines at me. She whimpers and whines until I come over to where she is and then she's fine.

I'm going to try some ear mite drops, just in case. I don't know what would be causing her to bite at her tail though because I'm fairly certain she doesn't have fleas?

I don't know. Symptoms are: scratching at ear, biting and licking tail, and whining when I'm too far away from her.

Can you please help? She's a year and three months old, I've been in her life since she was two days old. Thank you!