My hunting dog (Dexter) had a swollen ear. I took him to the vet after about a week and Dexter's ear had gotten pretty big. The vet cut five holes about the size of dimes in the underside of his ear and then put 10 stitches all the way through his ear to draw the loose skin up. He said this should let the skin reattach to the cartilage. Dexter is acting like he is in a lot of pain and his ear looks nasty. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?