Plucking hair from Maltese ears

I'm going to get a maltese puppy. I've heard a lot about plucking the hairs from its ears. How and Why do you pluck it.
Jackie Florio

• I have the same concern. My puppy isn't much of a puppy any more (10 months), and as she is getting older she is getting many more hairs growing from the inside of her ears out. They don't seem to be bothering her, but I just want to be sure that I am not supposed to doing something about them before they become a problem. How SHOULD the ears be maintained?
  Nick

• I was told by my vet that I need to pluck the hair from my maltese's ears or they will develop an ear infection. I know the hair can grow quite thick. They don't like it but we have not had any problems with the ears. I usually pluck the hairs from the ears about once every 5 to 6 weeks. Good luck.
  Tully

• I usually check the hair in my maltese ear before I bathe her. I do not know if I do it right, but I usually put the ear powder then began to pull out the hair using my fingers. I know there is a tool in the market that acts as a gripper and looks like a small scissor.

• When I got my puppy they showed me how to get the hair out of her ears using special ear powder, then gently pulling the hair out. I never quite got the hang of it, and Lucy hated it. Now I rely on the groomer to do it. She goes once a month and the ear-hair removal is part and parcel of the grooming, along with the nail clipping, hair cut, bath, etc. She probably doesn't enjoy it any more than when I tried to get the hair out, but at least it gets done by someone and is over with, I would imagine, much more quickly when a professional does it.
  Cathy Brown