What your vet won't tell and I am surprised it hasn't come up here is that basset's while prone to yeast it can be completely prevented by feeding a grain free food. Yeast needs the right environment to grow and grain will only feed it and give it the source to continue to grow. A grain free food will completely stop that, if you don't want to break the bank try Taste of The Wild formulas available at Tractor Supply. A few months from now not only will your basset not have yeast but will have the cleanest ears your vet has ever seen in a basset hound (my response my vet tells me all the time) I don't clean their ears I wipe them with dry tissue once a month or so, and never get anything out of them.
While your treating the dog now a simple help but you have to go very slow at, is Apple Cider Vinegar, (organic if you can find it) start adding it to the drinking water starting very slowly with 1/4 tsp per bowl several times a day and gradually very very gradually increase it to a couple TBSP per day. The acidity of it will not allow yeast to grow, it can also be poured mixed with water over the skin to help reduce yeast on the skin.
Good Luck!
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