Different Dog Flea Treatment to Remove Dog Flea Pests

by Austin Baines Content Writer

Experts who are well paid say that the common hungry dog flea might gnaw up your family pet more than 350 times a day. One wonders how they know this. 44 fleas add up to 15,400 bites per day. It's a wonder that he doesn't get really ticked at flea bites and rips out somebody's throat to express his annoyance! It's no wonder that if these stats are anywhere near true, it's more very important than ever to get rid of the dog flea pests!

So, is the dog looking a little bare of hair lately? It's a common condition in dogs that are dog flea obsessed. They tear out their fur in search of hungry dog fleas. How would you feel if you had no fur?

Checking your dog for dog fleas is fairly straight forward. Roll him over and scope out his itchy belly. If you haven't established a program of dog flea treatment, chances are good that you'll see lots of little moving black speckles.

Fleas are billions of years old...possibly older than the earth. They will suck the blood out of most anything, but they didn't wait for all those billions of years for the rise of the house dog or yard dog for nothing.

Dog Flea Treatment Methods

Doggie Flea Drops: Spot doesn't care much for this technique. See Spot jump when you apply these half dozen drops behind his head on his shoulder where he can't get at it with his tongue. Why exactly this happens is a mystery, since Spot loves to run approximately in the rain. The top choices for doggie drops are Frontline and Advantage. One will work better than the other on your dog pet. Experimentation will say which.

Oral Dog Flea Cure: Spot gobbles down a tasty chew pill that you give him, never knowing that he has just ingested a prevailing drug that stops dog fleas from making more dog fleas. Sort of like dog flea birth control. It's a dirty trick, but neither Spot nor the dog fleas ever comprehend what just happened.

Dog flea Collar: This method is also of years old. It has evolved over the years but does have its drawbacks. Namely, they don't work terribly well, and secondly, they contain some pretty potent poison. If you use a dog collar, keep an eye on Spot to make sure they are able to tolerate it. If Spot gets sick, take it off immediately.

Flea Powder: Talking about old, the ancient Spot used to do his own flea powder by rolling around in a dusty spot on the ground. Modern speck will do the same thing too, much to the horror of his human owner who thinks he's human.

Dog flea powder has been around for a long time. When it was all there was, it was better than yard dirt, but it never worked all that well. You can still get a box of flea dust, but it's really old technology. Worse, while Spot LOVES yard dirt, he doesn't care much for flea powder. It can dry his skin or worse. If you persist in flea powder, you must keep a careful eye to Spot's condition.

Dog Flea Shampoo: Washing the dog helps but, as soon as the bath is over, Fluffy will start acquiring new dog fleas. Yes, to your household herd of dog fleas, bath time is like nuclear war, but it doesn't do diddle for those fleas and eggs than didn't make the trip. More, you don't need to wash Fluffy frequently. Fluffy would just as soon be dirty and stinky anyway. Washing your dog isn't terribly good for the skin, so don't do it more than once a week...or preferably a couple of times a month.

Flea Comb: Snake oil thinking positive thoughts while being stranded in the desert without any water.

Flea Sprays: for dog flea treatment. Flea sprays mostly kill adult fleas and do nothing for the flea egg babies.

Flea sprays for carpet treatment. This is some GOOD stuff if you get a good brand and develop a spraying program. You have to follow up to kill the newly hatching crops. The bottle says "residual," but you need to transmogrify this into spray again in a week.

Dog flea treatment yard sprays Yes, you can treat your whole yard for fleas. If you have only a 4X4 yard, it helps a lot. If you have a large yard, you are whistling in a storm. Save your money for more advantageous treatments.

Home Remedies: Diligent research will yield home remedies like borax and diatomaceous earth.

It's a no brainer that the quickest down and a grimy way to address any dog flea treatment regimen to getting rid of fleas is with toxic chemicals made especially for the purpose. However, for some dogs...and humans, the treatment might be worse than the cure. Flea bites on dogs aren’t the worst thing that can happen.

Or, you might be a tree hugger, a friend of the earth, who doesn't believe God or the great mother earth spirit would ever overlook manmade chemicals to kill fleas. Obviously, you have never been flea-bitten, but that's your bag... To the rescue, enter a handful of products worth consideration.

We're talking borax and diatomaceous earth. Borax is a natural material that is mined and shipped in on 20 Mule Trains. Allegedly when the dog fleas land on it they lop up a little bit off their dog flea feet. This dries them out. Likewise, the diatomaceous earth may serve to dry them out, but more probably, it lodges in tiny places in their diamond-hard exoskeleton and really drives them batty, until it kills them. On the dog flea scale, diatomaceous earth is just a weensy bit harder than diamonds. It's nasty stuff to dog fleas, but no big deal in the human space. Borax, by the way, is also death to roach bugs, to a flea, a roach bug looks like the biggest tank on 8 legs.

Then, finally, there is a brewer’s yeast and garlic tablet. This is said to make Spotless itchy worth a try.

Suppose after all of this you really don't have fleas on your dog? Flea control for dogs only works is there actually is...fleas. Search for the local Brisbane Flea Control pest control company for help.

So, your next step is to check for dry skin and doggies allergies, which leads to a whole other treatment regimen. Having pets is fun, and part of it is taking care of them. When they get old, crippled, or stinking, you still have to take care of them. Or you should! Sometimes the best dog flea treatment and the best dog flea medicine is love. Once you have that, the rest takes care of itself. 

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