Registered: May 2006
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 1344

What is everyone using to spray their kennels for fleas?

I've always kept Frontline Plus on my dogs and never had flea issues.. This year the fleas are BAD..

I made a spray the of Sevin Dust, Permethrin 10% and bleach. Sprayed the kennels down 2 weeks ago.. Didn't seem to work well.

Today I gave all the dogs a dishsoap bath and sprayed the kennel down with a BioSpot kennel spray for fleas- gave them a Capstar (they are not due for more topical flea treatment for a week) and this evening still found a few fleas.

I've ordered the Bayer Seresto flea collars for the dogs since the Frontline hasn't seemed to work.. I should have them early next week and we are going to give that a go..

Is there something better to spray the kennels down with? They are partial dirt-partial gravel.. I stripped everything out of their houses today and put new bedding in.. After I sprayed everything I sprinkled Diatomaceous Earth Powder on the ground and in their houses..

I'm running out of ideas...

__________________
~Melanie Hampton~
OutWest Big Game Hounds

You've only got 3 choices in life, give in, give up, or give it all you got.

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jan 2012
Location: canton texas
Posts: 709

Melanie you need to get you some MARTINS I.G. REGULATOR or another similar product to break the hatching cycle . I just use the martins mixed with permethrin 10% when I spray . the martins is an insect growth regulator that sterilizes the newly hatched fleas and doesn't let them reach the biting and egg laying stage thus breaking the hatching cycle . once you do this they are easy to keep under control . these two products are all I use in my kennels .

__________________
EAT MORE POSSUM !!!

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jun 2012
Location: Virginia
Posts: 231

You are going to love the Seresto collars. Work wonders for fleas, but can't hardly beat it for ticks. I was using frontline, then advantix monthly with the preventic collars for ticks, this surpasses all I have used. I have my dogs in the woods year round. If they are as bad as you say in the environment, fogging the kennels with a flea fogger may work, but dogs obviously have to be out for awhile after flea bombs go off. You will like Seresto collars. Good luck.

__________________
Casey Knight
757-618-6496

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jul 2008
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 349

I used frontline for years with good results. Last year had fleas realy bad. I heard about comfortis and tryed it. Give pills to dog and with in 30 minutes dead fleas were falling off dogs. With in 2 days no fleas on dogs or around kennel. I give pills to all dogs every 2 months and have no fleas. Never spray kennel or yard. Get them at my vet they are expensive but worth every penny.

__________________
Randy Arnold

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: May 2006
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 1344

Thanks for the ideas. I'm going to try the Martin's with the Permethrin and hopefully that will knock them down.

Casey- Glad to hear someone is having good results with those collars! The reviews I've seen have been good, but there are not a lot of them yet. I bought them through Dr Foster & Smith and I can get $20 rebates on 2 of the 3 of them.

I'm going to switch the 2 house dogs to comfortis I think. When I'm at work they are kenneled next to the hounds and I haven't been thrilled with the topical flea treatment on them. I've been thinking about it for a while. If they work that well I may just switch the hounds over. I'll spend the money if it works....

__________________
~Melanie Hampton~
OutWest Big Game Hounds

You've only got 3 choices in life, give in, give up, or give it all you got.

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: May 2007
Location: fairmont wv
Posts: 11948

quote:

---

Originally posted by randy ar
I used frontline for years with good results. Last year had fleas realy bad. I heard about comfortis and tryed it. Give pills to dog and with in 30 minutes dead fleas were falling off dogs. With in 2 days no fleas on dogs or around kennel. I give pills to all dogs every 2 months and have no fleas. Never spray kennel or yard. Get them at my vet they are expensive but worth every penny.

---

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Feb 2012
Location: Rockwell, NC
Posts: 268

Comfortis all the way! Just remember do NOT give anything with ivermectin in it within 2 weeks of giving Comfortis. It can cause anything from neurological problems to death. Triflexis also has spinosad (active ingredient in Comfortis) and a heartworm ingredient.

__________________
"The Frozen Semen Specialist"
CCH GRCH 'PR' Brushy Mtn Dust To Diamonds
BMOS SETW Days 'PR' Knockhill Fast Freddy

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jun 2012
Location: Virginia
Posts: 231

Comfortis does work great. Girlfriend uses it on all three of her dogs, it just doesn't do anything for ticks. She started adding Advantix to her arsenal this summer after taking her dogs out to the woods with us. The Seresto collar kill fleas that are on the dog, and kills any additional fleas that jump on before they can bite. Dogs are allergic to the saliva of the flea bite, so good prevention needs to kill them quickly. The seresto collar kills ticks before they attach. And you can't beat the 8 months of protection for the price!

__________________
Casey Knight
757-618-6496

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Sep 2012
Location: Coldwater Mississippi
Posts: 566

quote:

---

Originally posted by blocksporthound
Just remember do NOT give anything with ivermectin in it within 2 weeks of giving Comfortis. It can cause anything from neurological problems to death.

---

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Nov 2006
Location: KY
Posts: 4308

What is it?

__________________
HOT English Kennels
TEAM MAIN STREET
GRCH NTCH Main Street "HOT" SPOT
2014 perf. sir
GRCH NTCH Late Nite Swamp Bustin Blaze R.I.P
Liking River Cheddar Bob
Skuna River Crazy Kate

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Oct 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 3709

quote:

---

Originally posted by Pluto
Fleas and Ticks 100% Pet Safe

Its obvious to assume, most of us are here because we like our dogs.Some get pampered,some not so.Point is ...there is now a healthier alternative the works EFFECTIVELY and SAFELY to treat for Ticks and Fleas! Conventional methods rob your dog of up to three years of life with toxic poisons in there blood stream.
Anyone can hit me up me up for the product name and where to get it if your interested.

---

__________________
BROKEN ROAD KENNEL
Breeding for the future of the Treeing Walker
"God bless the Broken Road"
~A man is only as good as his word~

Proud home to;

'PR' Kentucky River Fly Again (Kentucky River Rowdy frozen semen)
ACHA CHT x3 Broken Roads Little Texas (Kentucky River Rowdy x Houses Lipper's Hope)
CH Broken Roads Southern Stylish Boom (Kentucky River Rowdy x Houses Lipper's Hope)
Broken Road's Rowdy Lil Miss (Kentucky River Rowdy x Houses Lipper's Hope)
Broken Road's Meabie I will (Lipper's Rooster x Missy)
Broken Roads IMA Boomer2 (UKC NATL GRCH GRNTCH Honest Abe x Broken Roads Southern Stylish Boom
~~~~~Watch out!~~~~~
They just might make an IMPACT!

and the girls...Punkin and Tater!

Gone by never forgotten ~ Fly high my beautiful angels
~ GRCH GNTCH PKC SC Toucan Sam
~CH Toucan's Ugly Betty
~ CCH CH Southforks September Rain
~ Martin's Daisy JJ (what a beautiful litter you left behind)
~ Luke, the lab who brought us so many doves and ducks over the years
~ UKC GRCH,ACHA CH 2014 LWCH 2014 2 x's ACHA YOUTH WCH AKC CH AKC CH 'PR' Kentucky River Mundar ~ (Kentucky River Rowdy frozen semen) DNA Profiled ~ Fly high, old friend.

"The WILL of God will never take you where the GRACE of God can not protect you!"

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jan 2010
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 10675

quote:

---

Originally posted by Pluto
Fleas and Ticks 100% Pet Safe

Its obvious to assume, most of us are here because we like our dogs.Some get pampered,some not so.Point is ...there is now a healthier alternative the works EFFECTIVELY and SAFELY to treat for Ticks and Fleas! Conventional methods rob your dog of up to three years of life with toxic poisons in there blood stream.
Anyone can hit me up me up for the product name and where to get it if your interested.

---

__________________
Gold Life member of G.P.A.A. #257936
Member of The Lost Dutchman's Mining Association #02890729

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jun 2003
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 4502

quote:

---

Originally posted by Pluto
Fleas and Ticks 100% Pet Safe

Its obvious to assume, most of us are here because we like our dogs.Some get pampered,some not so.Point is ...there is now a healthier alternative the works EFFECTIVELY and SAFELY to treat for Ticks and Fleas! Conventional methods rob your dog of up to three years of life with toxic poisons in there blood stream.
Anyone can hit me up me up for the product name and where to get it if your interested.

---

__________________
2012 National Grand Show Champion, World Show Bluetick Female CCH GRCH 'PR' Southern Flame Blame it on the Rain (Rain)
2012 Purina Show Bluetick Breed Winner GRCH 'PR' Southern Flame Grt Balls o' Fire (Jerry Lee)
2013 World Champion Bluetick, 2013 AO Overall Bred By winner GRCH 'PR' Sexy and I know It (breeder)
2015 AO Overall Dual Champion NTCH GRCH 'PR' Sexy and I know It (breeder/owner/handler)
2016 Grand American Overall Dual Ch, Overall Show CHampion NTCH GRCH 'PR' Sexy and I know It

AKC CSG, UKC CCH GRCH 'PR' Southern Flame Bad News Bandit (Bandit)
2010 National Grand Champion Bluetick
2013 AO Bluetick Stud Dog winner

CCH GCH 'PR' Southern Flame Elvira - the one that started it all

southernflamekennel@earthlink.net

RIP Southern Flame Elvira (the cornerstone of the kennel) 5/16/02-1/17/14

RIP Southern Flame Scarlet (the lone Redbone) 5/11/01-7/19/13

RIP Southern Flame Wild Irish Rose (Rosie) 6/15/09 - 3/12/15

RIP Southern Flame Too Hot to Trot (Bonnie) 3/27/07 - 4/20/15

RIP Southern Flame Bad News Bandit (Bandit)

RIP Southern Flame Triple Trouble (TT) 12/17/04 - 11/19/16

RIP Southern Flame Blame it on the Rain (Rain)

RIP AdeleMay's a Smokey Bandit (Adele)

RIP Southern Flame I Like Ike (Ike)

RIP Bella the Beagle

Bear, Jerry Lee, Camo, Maybellene, Lacy, Thor, Sissy, Merle, Tina, Bridgette - the Blueticks, Hollie - the Aussie

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Mar 2009
Location: south carolina
Posts: 251

Try brewers yeast pills 1 pill per 10 lbs the locale feed store turned my wife onto them seems to work pretty good give them to all yhree of my dogs daily also helps to make there coats look good we havemt had flea problems since last year when she started them....works for us may wanna try them

__________________
Lowcountry Kennels
Grays Hill SC

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jan 2012
Location: canton texas
Posts: 709

well they have been hocking this 100% safe product as a '' new '' wonder cur for everything wrong with a dog for big bucks , which is no more than food grade diatamacius [ spelling ] earth .

__________________
EAT MORE POSSUM !!!

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jan 2008
Location: alabama
Posts: 351

Bayer tree and shrub. Have used this for 2 yrs and not a flea problem. Rub a little on dog once a month and spray area once a month.......

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: May 2006
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 1344

Well I'm about a month into the Seresto collars and I love them so far.

No fleas for the hounds. I'm still going out every two weeks and spraying down the kennels and every week putting down Diatomaceous Earth Powder. It seems to be working great.

When I first put on the collars, in about 12 hours I could only find one or two fleas and in 24 none. In the month they have had them on I think I have found about 2 fleas between the 3 dogs.. Now we will see how long the collars last, but if I get 4 to 6 months out of them I'll be thrilled.

__________________
~Melanie Hampton~
OutWest Big Game Hounds

You've only got 3 choices in life, give in, give up, or give it all you got.

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Aug 2013
Location: Seneca, Mo
Posts: 5932

If your collars don't do the trick go to vet & get comfortis pills...~ buy the one for up to 120 lbs & cut it in half so 1 last 2 mo. fleas on dog will die within an hour , within 24 hrs none ,new ones from kennel that jump on dog the same... breaks the flea life cycle

__________________
Cheyenne & Jennifer Cummings
Seneca , MO
(417)317-4815
"TEAM MAFIA"
*NATIONAL GRNITECH GRCH GRNITECH(5) HALL OF FAME PKC PLATIUM CH REDNECK BACKWOODS SHACK
2014 OK STATE CH, 2015 MO PKC LEADER, 2016 PKC NATIONALS SEMIFINALIST, 2016 UKC TOP 20, 2O17 UKC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 3RD PLACE, 2018 PKC SENIOR SHOWDOWN TRUCK HUNT FINAL 4, 2018 MO PKC STATE CHAMPION, 2019 AUTUMN OAKS NATIONAL GRNITE CH, 2019 PKC WORLD CH SEMIFINALIST. 2021 PKC SENIOR SHOWDOWN TRUCK HUNT FINAL 4.
*PKC WORLD CHAMPION PLATNIUM CHAMPION GRNITECH SHACK'S HEATHER ISLAND SOUTHERN STOGIE
2021 OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPION, 2022 PKC WORLD CHAMPION, 2022 MO PKC STATE LEADER PRO SPORT TRUCK WINNER, 2025 MO PKC STATE CHAMPION

RIP
*GRNITECH PKC SCH REDNECK MAFIA PKC HALL OF FAME REPRODUCER INDUCTED 2022
*GRNITECH CH PKC SILVER CH REDNECK SHACK ATTACK aka TAC 2018 OKLAHOMA STATE CHAMPION, 2020 MO PKC STATE LEADER

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged