i was just cleaning a bit of puss out of boof's ear about 5 minutes ago and my hand touched the abcess spot. More puss started coming out of his ear, so i pressed harder and got as much as i could out. now the big lump is gone!!! it is only tiny though, but i dont wanna push it too hard cause it might hurt him. i think the fact that his abcess just drained is a good thing. it has been there for over a year cause our other vet said it was just a fat lump. the stuff that came out was disgusting, and smelt really bad, but hopefully now boof will feel a bit better.