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Flea treatment for dogs

Posted: Dec 2, 2011

Hi Everyone,

What kind of treatment works best for your dogs? My 3 little doggie children are having the darnest time keeping fleas away. The last treatment I tried only kept them away for about a week or so; can't think of the name, but it's the one you can get at Walmart. Was thinking of giving Frontline a try . . .

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Frontline Plus also - sm

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My littlest guy suffered from a flea saliva allergy and was miserable. Vet gave him a steroid shot and it helped immediately.

flea treatment for dogs - Brenda

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I use Sentinel tablets which is heartworm and flea treatment all in one oral tablet once a month and also use Frontline once a month topically for my doggie babies and that seems to work great. The Sentinel is suppose to sterilize the fleas keeping them from hatching new ones and the Frontline keeps them at bay altogether so they are double protected and my oldest baby is 8 years old and never had a flea problem and I have 5 of the doggie babies. Of course, those treatments are through my vet. I have never had any luck with the over-the-counter Walmart flea treatment. Best of luck.

I use Frontline Plus on my 2 big dogs and - sm - XXX

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and Advantix on my smaller dog (Corgi) who is low to the ground. The Frontline works great on my big dogs but fails on the Corgi. So he gets the Advantix (was using Advantage) and Program too as we just could not get the buggers to die on him last Winter, had the fleas for about 4 months, the combo did the trick though. Luckily no flea infestation in the house despite the corgi sleeping everywhere, under/on beds, the couch, floor, etc. though I did spray flea spray now and then about hoping to kill any eggs or loose fleas about the house. So you need to de-flea the home as well as the dog, wash bedding, vacuum, etc. I am dosing the dogs one last time until Spring this weekend as our weather is up and down right now from the 70s to the 30s.

Fleas - Fussy

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Google diatomaceous earth. I just bought some. Frontline was making them sick so I had to find something else. It was only $12 with shipping and handling.

I give mine COMFORTIS - IT'S BY MOUTH, SEE MESSAGE - AWESOME FLEA MEDS

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I discovered this through my vet a couple of years ago. If your vet doesn't carry it at the office, they can give you a prescription to send off to petcarerx.com or 1800petmeds. I have found that petcarerx.com to be the lesat inexpensive with the best customer service.

There are 2 kinds, one just treats fleas and the name is COMFORTIS.

The other treats heartworms, fleas, and something else. It's name is TRIFEXIS, and this is what I use for my 135-pound dog now.

I have use both and they are WONDERFUL AND THE BEST FLEA MEDICATIONS ON THE MARKET TODAY.

The Frontline and other medications you put on as an oil have become resistant to fleas and do not work.

Good Luck!

I use Vectra 3D - sold only at vets office

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and it really does work. Not only does it work, but it lasts the full month until time to apply it next month. It is pricey, but I recently researched products in stores and I'm not paying that much more than I would at a retail store for a lower grade product. I pay about $83 for a 6-month supply. The manufacturer has a coupon, though, and they will send a $10 voucher to your vets' office to use on your next purchase. It is a little less for a smaller dog. My dog is a medium-sized dog.

Thanks Everyone!! nm - Sunshine State MT

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I really tried very hard to go the organic route - for fleas because I SM

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think that administering this "poison" over and over again cannot be good for them in the long run. Alas, it was just not effective, and I had to go back to Frontline.

Fleas live in environment, ie house, would rather be on dog - than on you. Treat environment, too. nm

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fleas - oldoldmt

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There is also a product called Capstar that you can buy without a prescription at any pet store that is great for flea infestations. It starts to work within an hour or so. You can literally give it every day if you need to. However, it is very expensive and so the best use is with heavy infestations and then use something like Frontline when you get the fleas under control.

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