Fleas

[iron man]

My dog has recently developed a flea problem when she had an encounter with the neighborhood mut. Anyone got a good flea med? I know frontline is pretty good, but its a little pricey.

[weedeater]

Originally Posted by iron man

My dog has recently developed a flea problem when she had an encounter with the neighborhood mut. Anyone got a good flea med? I know frontline is pretty good, but its a little pricey.

good luck, I have been fightin fleas fot three months. I have bought sprays, dips, shampoo, colar and anything else and then I talked to a guy and he told me somthin crazy that worked. Some people may say not to do this but give it a lead shot between eyes and put it in the ground and your problem will go away.....hehe j/k. Go to the store and get Pine-sol and mix with water and dip your dog and the fleas will die and then take and wash with Don dish soap, sounds crazy but its the only thing that has worked to realy get them off the dog and the Don is supose to repel fles and skeeters. I sprayed my yard with Hi-Yield 32 from a feed store and its good for about any bug that moves but you will have to spray once a week for a few weeks and keep washin and dippin dog if you see fleas on it agin.

[iron man]

Originally Posted by weedeater

good luck, I have been fightin fleas fot three months. I have bought sprays, dips, shampoo, colar and anything else and then I talked to a guy and he told me somthin crazy that worked. Some people may say not to do this but give it a lead shot between eyes and put it in the ground and your problem will go away.....hehe j/k. Go to the store and get Pine-sol and mix with water and dip your dog and the fleas will die and then take and wash with Don dish soap, sounds crazy but its the only thing that has worked to realy get them off the dog and the Don is supose to repel fles and skeeters. I sprayed my yard with Hi-Yield 32 from a feed store and its good for about any bug that moves but you will have to spray once a week for a few weeks and keep washin and dippin dog if you see fleas on it agin.

what about any kind of dish soap? looking to do this today cuz she won't shut up.

[weedeater]

Originally Posted by iron man

what about any kind of dish soap? looking to do this today cuz she won't shut up.

Sure try what you have but keep lookin her over as you wash to see if its killin them, I washed both of mine last night with Don and you could see them die and wash off. I talked to someone else that said deisel, just dont smoke if you do that

[CrazyD]

a Bath in the pine sol mix and then a bath with baby shampoo will kill them also

[outcast]

Dont know about don, but dawn dishwashing liquid will kill fleas instantly. Also adams flea spray works great, you can get it at the vet

[weedeater]

Originally Posted by CrazyD

a Bath in the pine sol mix and then a bath with baby shampoo will kill them also

Fleas or Dog, figure mine have a few more chances and they become crab bait

[CajunSaint]

The vet has some pills we give ours that work GREAT!!
When the flea bites the dog it dies.(the flea dies not the dog)
I'll find out the name and let you guys know.

[Keywest18]

use daen dish soap the skin renewal leave it on for about 5 minutes it works pretty good.

[weedeater]

Originally Posted by outcast

Dont know about don, but dawn dishwashing liquid will kill fleas instantly. Also adams flea spray works great, you can get it at the vet

Don is Dawns twin

[iron man]

Originally Posted by weedeater

Don is Dawns twin

AH

[Bluechip]

Originally Posted by weedeater

Don is Dawns twin

Twin Brother.... :-)

[muttmechanic]

go to your local vet. get two pills one fights heartworms and acts like birth control for fleas called sentinel but it wont kill fleas immediately. Another pill called comfortis will kill them upon being bitten within an hour. I've yet to see a dog in my clinic on both of these with a flea on them. The baths will only help temporarily, the pills will last a month at a time.

[iron man]

Just gave her a bath with some palmolive dish soap. rolled her over and saw lots of dead fleas. will have to let her spend the night in her kennel inside and check her tomorrow.

[CajunSaint]

Originally Posted by muttmechanic

go to your local vet. get two pills one fights heartworms and acts like birth control for fleas called sentinel but it wont kill fleas immediately. Another pill called comfortis will kill them upon being bitten within an hour. I've yet to see a dog in my clinic on both of these with a flea on them. The baths will only help temporarily, the pills will last a month at a time.

That's it thanks Mutt!

Works great!

[iron man]

Originally Posted by CajunSaint

That's it thanks Mutt!

Works great!

I'll bring her to the vet monday and get all this taken care of. Thanks mutt.

[CajunSaint]

Iron man you can prolly go by and just pick some up if they know the weight and age...
Good luck I hate those little obamas!!! Sorry had too

[evidrine]

I used to spray around my kennel with a clorox and water mix. It would take care of the little buggers for a while. Concentrate on getting them off the dog and then treat the area he usually stays before he goes back out there. If you dont take care of both it will be a constand fight.

[iron man]

Originally Posted by evidrine

I used to spray around my kennel with a clorox and water mix. It would take care of the little buggers for a while. Concentrate on getting them off the dog and then treat the area he usually stays before he goes back out there. If you dont take care of both it will be a constand fight.

This is exactly what I need to do. I'm cutting the grass around her kennel shorter than I normally would and I need to spray grass killer around the slab and then treat her area with some type of FLEA BE GONE stuff.

[Dink]

That confortis is great stuff!! Litteraly fleas falling like rain off a dog!!