Proofen home remedy for getting rid of dog fleas requested.?

Question

I have tried baby powder, dawn dish soap,vinegar. They all work for a little while .Then my female Doberman/Mountain Rottweiler is scratching again. Please no harsh answers, I need only those that love their pets & know how to take care of them. Thank you for your assistance in advance.

I live on an island & no vets. I have tried flea collars. I will test out all possible answers to see which one works. I have a limited budget.So keep less $$ to spend on remedy in mind when answering.

Answer 1

I second Borax - a friends Great Pyrenees had loads of skin problems and couldn't get rid of fleas and spent horrid amounts of money on vet bills and medications that did not work. Not only did they sprinkle the carpet with borax but they made a solution in a dish soap bottle of water, peroxide and borax and washed their dog in it. He is now flea free and his coat is growing back - even better is he now can live life like a normal dog. (Do not mix the borax in a spray bottle it will explode - the peroxide breaks down the borax to make it effectively kill fleas and cleanse the dog)

Answer 2

I am allergic to fleas so I can pretty much tell the signs if they have been gotten rid of by the looks of my legs! lol It's possible to get rid of the fleas, but with the flea cycle and the eggs being layed from the fleas, it will just be an ongoing problem if you can't get it under control. First , where pets have been sleeping, gathar up bedding and wash every thing. Read the directions and Then set off bug bombs in the house in every room. In the mean time take your dog to the vet for a flea bath appointment. l would also follow up using a monthly flea medication like Advantage applied to the back of the neck of your dog. According to my vet, it should be done year round and not just in the summer months. Brewers Yeast can be found in tablets or powder to put in your dogs food can also help reduce the flea populations. The bug bombs really do work! Fleas can run and hide with just vaccuming but the bombs get a little deeper.

Answer 3

You're not going to find a home remedy that works I'm afraid. Fleas are hard to kill, and things like Dawn dish soap, vinegar etc are just not going to cut it. Flea collars also do not work!!

I don't normally recommend this, but since you're on an island and don't have much choice, you're going to have to get your proper flea treatment online. Buy some Frontline, it actually works. It'll kill all flea on your dogs within 24 hours, and keep them protected for up to two months. I would think you'll also need to buy some flea spray for your house as most of the fleas are living in your house.

If you're on an island though, what will you do if your dogs become ill?

Chalice

Answer 4

Do you apply any flea controls on your dog? You could try advantage or frontline so that your dog is protected from getting bit. Then you can get rid of fleas around the house. If your dog repeatedly getting bit (blood is the food for the fleas), there's a big chance that the fleas would lay eggs again, and reproduce tremendously fast! The flea control helps break the flea cycle, so adult fleas are killed and have no chance of laying eggs. The rest is up to cleaning the surroundings like people had suggested. Lots of vacumming, including carpets, furnatures. Wash her beddings with HOT WATER, which would kill those insects as well.

I found this website which discusses about fleas and flea controls. If your're interested, feel free to take a look. :-)
http://lancaster.unl.edu/enviro/pest/factsheets/007-98.htm

Answer 5

There is no easy home remedy for fleas. You can flea comb your dog every day, and drop the fleas into a bottle of surgical spirit. Bath your dog in baby bath once a week. Use cotton towels for bedding and boil wash them once a week with no washing powder of fabric conditioner. Use a plastic dog bed not a wicker one. Get a really good hoover and hoover throughout the house right up to the skirting board every day. But bottom line is that fleas transmit tapeworm, plus your dog will pick up more fleas every time he goes out, bring them back and they start to breed in your house. The easy way is to go to the vet and get the stuff you drop onto the back of their neck, theres a new one called Stronghold that does the worming as well.

Answer 6

LOTS of vaccuming, as soon as you are done.. empty the vaccum. you will need to go in and kill them off more than once. you are probably getting the adults, but the eggs and larvae are very hard to get rid of.. be consistent. you may kill them off the dog, but if they are living in the house you are doing no good. its really something that you should mess around with. before long youll have a full infestation on your hands... trust me.. i learned the hard way. every 2 or 3 days i was doing something to help manage them. also, get something like frontline for your dog. if you arent comfortable with that kind of treatment, then consistent bathing and crush up some garlic and add it to the food. im sorry about the fleas.. i know how it feels. good luck

Answer 7

Fleas don't like cedar. You can buy animal beds that have cedar bark shredded inside for stuffing, It will help with the fleas. and any local vet has a treatment called advantage that only needs to be applied every 2 months between the 2 and regular washing you should considerably diminish the fleas.

Answer 8

1. Create dog salad dressing:

In a spray bottle make a solution of about 50% water/ 50% red wine or apple cider vinegar. Add a dash of olive oil, and a drop of dishwashing soap. Crush a clove of garlic and throw it in the mix.


Spray your dog down with the mixture and work it into their fur. Use a flea comb to get the undesirables that didn't take off as soon as they got a whiff of the vinegar.

2. Add vinegar to your dog's water. A few teaspoons will do. (This is fine to do everyday for the rest of your dog's life) Farmers often give their animals vinegar in their water to help ward off fleas, flies and other pests.

3. Add garlic and brewers yeast to your dog's food. You can pick up brewers yeast at your local dog supply store. Dogs love garlic... cut up a clove each day and add it to their supper.

4. Kill the fleas in your house and wherever your pet goes with salt. Sprinkle salt everywhere in your home, corners especially. Make sure you get the spot where your pet sleeps well. Allow the salt to sit for as long as you can, then vacuum it up. You can also add salt in your vacuum bag so that when you vacuum up the fleas, they die and stay in the bag. Salt dehydrates fleas and eliminates them.

Fleas (and other pests) hate the taste of brewers yeast, vinegar and garlic. Plus the vinegar and garlic boost the immune system. And vinegar itself soothes your dog's skin from the bites.

Don't worry about the smell from the garlic and vinegar, the "dog salad dressing" mix will actually remove "dog stink", and the vinegar smell will be barely noticable. It also gives your pet a shiny healthy coat.

Home Made Flea Collar (for dogs only)
1/2 cup rosemary essential oil
1/4 cup citronella essential oil
2 tablespoons white cedar essential oil
2 tablespoons peppermint essential oil
2 tablespoons eucalyptus essential oil
Soak a natural fibre rope in this mixture for a few hours, then let dry overnight. Tie around your dog's neck.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

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