Loua wanted to make sure she was included in your list of Christmas memories for years to come.
Our Hershey used to have chronic ear infections until I learned to preempt them with a drop of ear drying product on every humid day as well as days with precipitation. That began a trend with every floppy eared dog to join the family and we never had an ear infection after that. (I held my breath with Sunnie, though, because Danny always had his tongue in her ears. Maybe because her ears were fly-away, she escaped having a problem from that constant moisture source.)
Good luck with Ursa.