i have tryed to use garlic powder in food, buying sprays for floors and dogs, powders for floor and dogs, expensive topical (frontline) solutions are just not working. theirs not many fleas just a few per dog but them few are making the dogs ich like crazy. i feel so bad for them and need somthing like an old-fashion technique or just somthing different i can try.
2007-05-03 15:23:57 · 6 answers · asked by sara m 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I use a good flea dip and then 7 days later flea and tick shampoo. But no matter how much you bathe your dogs you need to do the house too. buy a flea fogger for the house.Or have a professional come out and spray. What a pain fleas are no fun at all, GOOD LUCK
2007-05-04 02:43:23 · answer #1 · answered by ldbevers21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be better if you didn't. Shaving a dog with any conical guards hairs - as in the case of herding breeds - blunts them and gives the coat that grows in an awful texture. You'll be very sorry when that grows back. Better to get them clean (my Beagle Aussie thing gets scrubbed down with Dawn), and then Furminate as well as you can. That should remove most of the fuzzy undercoat where the ticks hide, leaving the slick protective outer coat they should have. Speak to your vet about better tick protection - and do get them vaccinated against Lyme disease. We're lucky at least to have a dog vaccine for it, and that is a big par of the best defense. I use Preventic collars, which will last for three months and are a bargain at around ten bucks. You can use them with the other topspot stuff as well. Ultimately, you're going to be looking for ticks, but your dogs really would be better off being left with a protective fur coat. Just get the fuzz out, and leave the rest. They really need it and you don't want the results of their being shaved - it takes many years to correct.
2016-05-20 00:19:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was told if you dip a Q-tip in rubbing alcohol and apply it to the flea (not that easy, believe me) it will stun them for a sec, and you can then catch and pinch them dead. We used that on tiny kittens who couldn't be treated with flea shampoo. If your dog doesn't have too many, give it a try. The bare area on the dog's stomach is usually the best place to kill fleas.
2007-05-03 15:37:00 · answer #3 · answered by Jess 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wash all of them using flea shampoo first. Then wash them again using regular shampoo. You can keep washing them with the flea shampoo anytime. After they are dry from their baths, put k-9 advanticks. It really works. Frontline is a better choice for cats. Also give them heart guard.
2007-05-03 15:28:32 · answer #4 · answered by Player4life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes vets can give an injection, mine does. It last awhile so the current fleas die and then the hatching ones die later.
2007-05-03 15:28:24 · answer #5 · answered by Prodigy556 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shave the dog, or get a cat
2007-05-03 15:30:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋