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Posted by danny short on 08-26-2013 09:58 PM:

what to do for fleas

what is the best thing to do for fleas

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Posted by Triple K Kennel on 08-26-2013 10:03 PM:

Re: what to do for fleas

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what is the best thing to do for fleas

Comfortis.......1 pill a month and No fleas on your dogs.

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Posted by GA DAWG on 08-26-2013 10:16 PM:

Yall seen that new 8 month collar that's out? Seresto collar. I wonder if they work. One collar good for 8 months!

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Posted by truly on 08-26-2013 10:26 PM:

If you have a bad outbreak I would dip or bathe them first. Then put any of the commonly available drops on their shoulder blades monthly.
If there is no outbreak yet, or it is very minimal, just go with drops or comfortis or one of those collars. I like the drops myself.

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Posted by punky bruster on 08-26-2013 10:38 PM:

dip them in creo dip.

Posted by chuck west on 08-26-2013 10:52 PM:

Cheap and fast ,go to your garage bring out the WD-40,Spray him from the top of his head to the root of his tail ,safe and easy .

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Posted by on 08-26-2013 11:00 PM:

Spectra shield. Had bad outbreak of fleas on my wife's pet. Put these tags on them and not ont flea or tick. A $16 dollar tag last for months.
Easy, no mess and reasonable.

Posted by Triple K Kennel on 08-26-2013 11:10 PM:

Re: .

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Originally posted by Bruce M. Conkey
Spectra shield. Had bad outbreak of fleas on my wife's pet. Put these tags on them and not ont flea or tick. A $16 dollar tag last for months.
Easy, no mess and reasonable.

Where did you get these Bruce ?...... Thanks,....Tim

Posted by hillbilly56 on 08-27-2013 01:59 AM:

Re: Re: what to do for fleas

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Originally posted by Triple K Kennel
Comfortis.......1 pill a month and No fleas on your dogs.

X2 you can't beat it won't see a flea on your dog go to your local co op and get a bottle of creolene mix it 50/50 with water spray your kennel with it and the ground it will kill all the fleas on the ground and is safe to use around animals

Posted by perry co cooner on 08-27-2013 02:16 AM:

An older gentleman told me to sprinkle Sevin dust in the bedding in the dog box.

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Posted by hillbilly56 on 08-27-2013 02:27 AM:

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An older gentleman told me to sprinkle Sevin dust in the bedding in the dog box.

seven dust works to but the comfortis pill works wonders

Posted by Milner on 08-27-2013 02:40 AM:

Soap the dog up with DAWN dishwashing liquid and leave it on about 5 minutes. The soap bubbles cover the fleas gills and smothers them. An old Cajun man from Picayune, Mississippi taught me that old trick and it works. You will rinse off dead fleas.

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Posted by perry co cooner on 08-27-2013 03:21 AM:

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Originally posted by hillbilly56
seven dust works to but the comfortis pill works wonders

Are these pills expensive?

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Posted by hillbilly56 on 08-27-2013 03:39 AM:

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Originally posted by perry co cooner
Are these pills expensive?

think i pay 17 dollars for mine its for a 20 lb dog not sure how much 1 would cost for a hound my flea contorl for them is put red ceader chips in thier box and spray around kennels with creolene never have a flea problem with them i use the comforits pill on my wifes shitzu sense she stays in the house the dawn soap willonly kill fleas that are on the dog don't keep them from getting infest again

Posted by Scary Creek on 08-27-2013 03:41 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Milner
Soap the dog up with DAWN dishwashing liquid and leave it on about 5 minutes. The soap bubbles cover the fleas gills and smothers them. An old Cajun man from Picayune, Mississippi taught me that old trick and it works. You will rinse off dead fleas.

this is what we do with our pups a few times before well sale them , I cant stand to see a pup or older dog ate up with fleas . old dogs I buy a spray at trac supply with citronella in it and spray them ounce a week and seems to do fine , also put and keep cedar chips in dog house and around kennel , I never hardly ever see fleas or ticks on my hounds .

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Posted by Cynthia on 08-27-2013 04:25 AM:

cedar is good for fleas, but the oils can cause an allergic reaction on the dog. comfortis can get expensive depending on how many dogs you have to treat. some vets are cheaper than others on it and there are places online that you can order it from UK, Aus, etc. for a lot cheaper.

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Posted by BrandonZadina on 08-27-2013 04:46 AM:

Frontline works good.

Posted by BUGMAN88 on 08-27-2013 04:54 AM:

I use petcor it works real good. Spray the dogs down once a month. No fleas or ticks.

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Posted by Melanie H. on 08-27-2013 05:38 AM:

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Originally posted by GA DAWG
Yall seen that new 8 month collar that's out? Seresto collar. I wonder if they work. One collar good for 8 months!

My dogs currently have them on. I had a very bad flea infestation this year and nothing was working. I was spraying down kennels every week and dogs all had Frontline on. You could flip a dog over and watch those nasty little things scatter. I bought all 3 hounds Seresto collars. I sprayed the kennels down again, changed their bedding and put those collars on. Within 12 hours I was only able to find a couple fleas, in 24 hours no fleas. I don't know if they will last the full 8 months but after what I went thru trying to get rid of the fleas, I'd be happy with 4 or 5 months. They have had them 1 month now and absolutely no fleas on them.

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Posted by Yogi33 on 08-27-2013 07:20 AM:

Seresto collar....put it on and forget about it. Very safe, and for the price, I am not sure you can beat it. I am curious also to see if it lasts the eight months, my dogs are swimming quite a bit so I think five months can be expected.

Melanie....glad it worked well for you.

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Posted by skeets on 08-27-2013 09:30 AM:

i tried the seresto flea collar on my little cur dog and he was sick the whole time i had it on him,i took it off and he was fine the next day.my dog is a wimp i reckon.

Posted by perry co cooner on 08-27-2013 10:24 AM:

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Originally posted by BrandonZadina
Frontline works good.

I used to swear by it but wouldn't spend a dollar on it now. K9 Advantix(sp?)
Works good but like front line it can get expensive

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Posted by imacorgimom on 08-27-2013 01:38 PM:

FYI Comfortis has not been tested on breeding animals. I would not give it to a dog or bitch I planned to use for breeding.

I have corgis and 2 spayed pet yorkies. The yorkies - who spend almost all of their time in the house - have gotten fleas something awful this summer. Frontline isn't touching it. I've heard the fleas are becoming resistant. Meanwhile, the corgis haven't has a problem at all.

Hate fleas.

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Posted by Cynthia on 08-27-2013 02:07 PM:

here are the active ingredients to the common flea meds (all have inactive ones). You can get some of the yard bug, grub worm liquid that has the Imidacloprid as the the ingredient and it will for fleas as well. I have used it by putting it on a rag and rubbing the dog on belly and under legs and also putting it in a spray bottle. never had any adverse effects.

I mainly use the Comfortis pill myself. no issues there and have had a litter w/o any issues with bitch on the pill as well.

there is also the Diatomatious Earth. It is an all natural product that can be put on dog, pen, bedding, etc. It kills the fleas by getting into their exoskeleton and drying them out and they die. It doesnt work as quickly as some other products esp if you have a bad outbreak.

no matter what you use, do the research first. every one one of these has side effects and its up to you to make the choice what is best for your animals.

Advantage:
Imidacloprid
Pyriproxyfen

Advantix:
Imidacloprid
Permethrin
Pyriproxyfen

Frontline has:
fipronil
(S)-methoprene

Capstar (tablet) give daily or as needed for infestations:
Nitenpyram

Sentinel:
milbemycin oxime
lufenuron

Comfortis:
spinosad

reference to safety in breeding bitches. this was done with a much greater dosage than 1 pill a month:

In a reproductive safety study, COMFORTIS chewable tablets were administered orally to female Beagles at 1.3
and 4.4 times the maximum recommended therapeutic dose every 28 days prior to mating, during gestation, and
during a six-week lactation period. No treatment-related adverse effects were noted for conception rates in the
dams, or for mortality, body temperature, necropsy, or histopathology findings for the dams or puppies. One dam
from each treatment group experienced early pregnancy loss and one additional high dose dam aborted late term.
The treated dams experienced more vomiting, especially at one hour post-dose, than the control dams. Puppies
from dams treated at 1.3 times the maximum recommended therapeutic dose had lower body weights thanpuppies from control dams. Although puppy mortality between treated and control dams was not different, the
puppies from the treated dams experienced more lethargy (4.4X group only), dehydration, weakness and felt coldto the touch (4.4X group only) than puppies from control dams.

Posted by hillbilly56 on 08-27-2013 08:54 PM:

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Originally posted by BrandonZadina
Frontline works good.

i used frontline for awhile on my wifes shitzu 1 summer couldn;t keep the fleas off her when she went out she got a reaction of some kind from them took her to the vet he said the fleas have become ammune to the front line told me about the comforits pill i try it won't use nothing else now

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