sypomtons of fleas on dogs?

Answer 1

scratching, especially around the tail and ears is the number one sign.

take a pet brush and run it through your pet's fur. If the infestation is bad, you might see little black bugs with wings running through the fur. Or run your hand over your dogs fur. If you see little black dandruff looking stuff, that is flea dirt.

If you find evidence of fleas, wash your dog with a medicated shampoo. Put their bedding, collar, stuffed toys, etc. in the washer and dryer. Vacuum all of your floors and furniture that they go on. Afterwards get your dog a flea collar or medication from the vet to prevent any further recurrences.

Answer 2

The answers you have already gotten are good ideas. So let me offer you a way to get rid of them. Don't use flea shampoos. The chemicals, even though they say safe for dogs and cats aren't. Use believ it or not Pert Plus Human hair shampoo. I don't know what it is about it but it works great. Nothing else I have found in the human section works, it has to be the name brand stuff.
Then at your favorite store look in the pet section for something called Zodiac plus. They make a once a month and a flea collar. I prefer the once a month. This spreads all through the dogs body, where as a flea collar I have found, just works around the head and neck area.
You do want to buy a really cheap flea collar though. This you will cut into two inch pieces. If you use a vaccuum sweeper with a bag drop one in the bag. This will go out when you change bags obviously. If you use a bagless sweeper you can pull it out and drop it in the canister a few more times before you send it to the dump.
Put the rest of the collar in an air tight container. This way you have it again for later use. By putting this in your sweeper, when you sweep your home the fumes from the collar build up in the bag or cup depending on the vaccuum sweeper you have and as you sweep the fleas come into the bag and die. Believe it or not, just sweeping them up won't kill them. But the in the sweeper flea collar will turn it into a gas chamber.

Answer 3

Frantic scratching by the dog. Sometimes if you quickly part the dog's fur you can see the fleas running for cover. Even if you don't see the fleas sometimes you see the flea droppings (little dark specks) in the dog's coat.

Answer 4

THeres a really easy way to tell if your dog has fleas. It may sound gross but it works, take your dog and look at the crotch area on the dog, generally fleas love to hang out where it happens to be the warmest so there'll they'll be. Just kind of move your finger through the hair on their belly near their crotch and if they have any you'll find em

Answer 5

"Symptoms indicating that a pet has fleas include scratching and general discomfort of the animal. You may also see grains resembling salt and pepper in places where your pet sleeps or rests. These are eggs and flea droppings that indicate that the fleas are reproducing."

Answer 6

They will scratch a lot, and you may see dark specs where they lay that will bleed out red if you get them wet. If you suspect fleas, you can part your dog's fur and look for little black crawling things.

Answer 7

All the things people have stated here, plus they'll be biting you to.
Get Advantage or Frontline

Answer 8

Lots of scratching.

Answer 9

hind leg scratching the hell out of dog

Answer 10

brown bugs crawling around in the fur