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awesomemom85
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posted August 09, 2003 07:09 PM

OH PLEASE DOES ANYONE HAVE A GOOD SOLUTION FOR CONTROLLING THESE PESKY CRITTERS?I THINK MY POOR POOCH HAS THEM IN HIS EARS...HELP

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Posts: 1 | From: ky | Registered: Aug 2003

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posted August 09, 2003 07:25 PM

Gosh I hate fleas.

Give that dog a good bath. Use a good shampoo. Or take the dog to groomer.

Also try using some flea medication. I haven't had a bad case of fleas in a long time. So I don't know. Try the grooming forum.

If the dog is really infested, maybe he should go to the vet and have his ears cleaned.

If the fleas are in your home you need to vaccum and use a flea bomb. Or whatever they sell at the store for home use.

My cat had fleas so bad once she broke out in a rash. I washed everything. Used a product sold for carpet. And took the cat to vet.

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Posts: 82 | From: California | Registered: Jul 2003

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posted August 10, 2003 11:08 AM

Treatment is straightforward, but control is anything but. There are several effective sprays and washes available that will kill fleas safely (but some for which care is necessary), and most have some residual effect. But re-infestation is very difficult to prevent. If protection is, say, for three months, in practice the effectiveness is likely to decline well within that time. So some fleas come back. Recent advances have been made with non-toxic preparations to be given to the dog monthly in tablet form. These do not kill adult fleas but act by breaking the flea's breeding cycle. All flea treatments are demanding in that they must be given regularly if they are to work. The important thing to remember is that fleas leave the host to reproduce, and that for every flea you find on the dog, there are literally thousands in your dog's bed, in the nooks and crannies in the floor, in the carpets, between the cushions on the sofa, all breeding away like mad. A useful home test is to scrape hair detritus on to newspaper, and then to dampen the paper. If red smears appear it is certain indication that the dog does have fleas. The detritus may look like coal dust, but it is flea excreta.

Please keep me updated. [Wink]

Scratching is normal, but persistent scratching demands attention. In nine out of ten cases it will be something as simple as fleas.

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Posts: 140 | From: England | Registered: Aug 2003

Peggy
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posted August 30, 2003 06:13 PM

I hate Flees to I have had my dogs on FROUNT LINE sence thay wer about 8 weeks old and now thay 18 mounts the outher is 1 year also try to treat your yard but your best bet would be some kind of flee control ask your vet for some advice but frount line done wonders for me. Good luck and let me know how it gose PEGGY : [Smile]

Posts: 3 | From: Louisiana | Registered: Aug 2003

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posted August 31, 2003 02:52 AM

Frontline is quite exspensive though. I reccomend sprays, collars, or anything else you can think of. My dog has fleas at this moment, I am using a spray to get rid of them, I'll tell you how it goes, it could help you anyway.

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Posts: 140 | From: England | Registered: Aug 2003

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posted August 31, 2003 10:14 PM

Personally, I also prefer to use products that favor the natural approach. I don't agree with using pesticides on my dog. I find it hard to believe it won't have a long term deterimental effect on his lifespan. So I use Rio Vista's D-Limonene shampoo and between washes I use the D-Limonene spray. My dog doesn't have fleas normally but I take him to a local dog park and occaisionaly,he's come home with fleas after playing with the other dogs. Flea's prefer to be on a clean dog, so it's only natural for them to jump over to my pooch! By the way, I just bought my latest batch of dog shampoo directly from this site! It's very convenient!

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Posts: 52 | From: California | Registered: Aug 2003

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posted August 31, 2003 11:05 PM

I think it's great when you can use natural products, but sometimes you have to take in other health concerns. It is true that an herbal repellent is not going to be as strong or effective as a synthetic preventative. There have been many safety tests performed, and I am sure that almost all of us have used pesticides on ourselves.

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posted September 01, 2003 09:00 AM

That is true Dawn. Good news, the fleas are fading now from my dog. I'll probably order something from Pro Dog when I have the money. Lol. [Razz]

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Posts: 140 | From: England | Registered: Aug 2003

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