One groomer used to do that - the ear hair plucking thing - and I recall my mother doing it when we had a poodle once (who was a lot more compliant to our dog) but my pooch doesn't have to endure that. Her ears seem fine to me.

She's been hanging around me for a treat all morning but seems to have forgotten that I already gave her one ( or maybe wants me to forget that) She's taken herself outside now to lay in the sun. Must have given up.