~I don't care what it takes...
I have tried flea and tick shampoo - also the stuff you put down her back

~All made by Sergeants, and she is still covered with them

What the heck can I do?

The options available have run out and done little good....

I have to hand this pup over to someone else that I care about too -

And I do not want to do so with fleas running all around her.

What can you suggest? I am out of ideas...

 

I do not know about on the dog. I use a product called talstar inside and outside of my home. I have not seen any fleas for years now. It is pricey, but goes a long ways.

 

You'll probably need to go see a vet and get her treated. But, the problem is likely that they're in your current environment. I'm not sure where to look for the dang things, but I suspect that she's picking them up as fast as they're getting killed.

So, maybe treating AND a move.

On the other hand killing fleas by hand can be amazingly effective -- if you can do it. My wife used to do it when she had show dogs -- and they were Shelties with nice long coats. She used a flea comb with nice fine teeth and stuck 'em in vaseline. (I never tried it -- not that talented).

Safer for the dog too.

Good Luck,

hj

 

I've heard that fleas hate citrus, but I have no personal experience with that - one trick I heard was to take an orange, cut it in half, then rub it over the pet's fur. I've also heard that diatomaceous earth works...

 

Spray the yard, wash the beding and all cloth coverings, of dog bed, Clorox-,
then wash all dog's in Triemiecine dip, this must be done to rid flea and tick. keep track of two week dip treatment ,and wash , when tick enters home ( fumigate) flea ( spay again with less water ) keep all animals and ( kids away when excumiming this and ware a mask with latex gloves

 

I've used, and still do, a product called "Comfortis". You have to get it through a vet, it's expensive, but what is a BC worth. A lot!!!
It comes in a chewable tab form, that my guy won't eat. So, I crush it up, and mix it into a ball of cheese, or canned beef stew. The stew is ONLY used for this, it's not exactly the best thing for dog or man.
It starts to kill the fleas within 1/2 hour, and is a monthly thing. It's $91 for a 6 tab package, but again, what is a BC's worth to you?

 

Blue Dawn dishwashing liquid. Wash the dog three days in a row using this dish soap (blue. I don't know if the other kinds work as well). It kills fleas (and all kinds of other insects). Don't believe it? Drop a live flea in a glass of water with 2 or 3 drops of Dawn in it and watch how fast the bug dies.

For the fleas in your house, use regular table salt. Pour salt all over the rugs. A lot of salt. Leave it for a day and vacuum it up. You'll have to run the vacuum over the rugs a few times to get all the salt, but it works. We did it last year.

 

My vet recommended this method, she was taking money off the table by telling us.

 

My dog had fleas once. We took him to the vet and he got some medicine and no more fleas

 

I have heard of a pill that my neighbors use (one is a veteran of a Marine Corps MAG) that once you give it - the fleas take one bite and drop dead as stone.

I have transpo limitations though, and don't even know what it is called - nor if it is available online

He also sevins the crap out of his yard once in a while - talked to him today and arranged for him to borrow a tiller. This is a guy who has befriended even wild birds - they fly in and out of his garage and he can feed them by hand.

I think the yard needs sevin dust like yesterday, and I think I can get some nearby

 

yea the yard is the big breeding ground for fleas, there's a Garlix pill that helps too, you will have to coax the little pooch with meat and garlix.

 

I wonder what will happen if I begin adding garlic powder to their food?

NOW THAT INTERESTS ME DEEPLY!

The fleas may believe they are attacking Italians!

~That is NEVER good....


Seriously though - It never occurred to me, and you may have made a point. Many animals object to various smells, garlic being one.
Deer, for one - will avoid areas where their noses tell them not to go


In recent years I have explored planting various "ITEMS" - such as marigold and catnip, to repell mosquitos. It is certainly worth exploring

I will give their food garlic powder from now on

I once DID hear that if you smell like garlic - 'skeeters will leave you alone
I wonder if that is true of fleas as well?

 

When I had a dog I'd use "Advantage" which you squeeze a little out of a small tube on the back of the dog's neck. It'll kill all the fleas on the dog quick style.

 

I used a version of that made by "Sergeants" in little squeeze tubes

~Negative, Ghost rider - they evaded it or more were picked up.
I want a thing that will annihilate them the instant that they bite


My primary attack now is to eradicate the sources in the yard

Tomorrow, I have decided to sevin the yard, now that it is cleared.

THE GENEVA CONVENTION ON CHEM WAR HAS BEEN REPEALED AT MY HOUSE!

~Damned shame the goody two shoes have made Malathion illegal

 

You have to use "Advantage" for flease or "Advantix" for ticks. Not something else. Once your dog is flea-free you can bomb the house and be done with it.