cleaning ears (was Ticks in ears)

["Michelle Fink" <michrowe@frontier.net>]

Any good tips for cleaning horse's ears?  One of my horses gets scurfy ears
and will shake his head side to side.  Vet has drugged him and cleaned them
to be sure there are no seeds or ticks, but he still does some side to side
head shaking (though much less).  She advised me to use the ear cleaner
formulated for dogs, but I have a hard time getting near him with the stuff.
I've used it on two occasions, and then quit cleaning them because I don't
want to make him headshy.

m (aka Michelle Rowe), CO