Keeping poodle ears clean

Is your poodle always getting his ears dirty or wet?  Here is a great way to keep them from getting messed up while eating and drinking.

Take and part the hair downward in the front part of the ears.  Next, take small grooming bands and place them down the hair until you reach the bottom.  Continue to do that in your next part but join that part with the first one.  You can do as many as you wish and band the entire ear hair if that's the look you like.  In this picture of Pippin, I just did two rows.  I needed to do this much sooner as you can see the yellowed stain in his hair.  

I will post a picture in the future showing the new clean look.