Oh V! I feel your pain. I also HATE fleas! When we picked up Gizmo from the breeder and brought him home, he had fleas horribly bad. For puppies, I was told to be careful with dawn since they are so squirmy. You don't want to get it in their eyes since you are trying to get them to like baths. The test we were told to use (by our vet) was a lemon juice rinse and you should have seen the fleas coming out of his fur!
I hate to bring this up, but I haven't heard anyone mention this in this thread. You also have to watch for the dreaded tapeworms now.
They can be a direct result of a flea problem. I've forgotten exactly how that works, but it's tied to the fleas. Look for little rice looking "segments" in their pooh. (Like we aren't already obsessed with checking pooh here on YT.)
Also remember to keep up the heartworm meds. In areas where fleas are bad, so are heartworms usually.
Kathy - our vet keeps pushing us to change from Frontline also. I haven't been able to get a straight answer as to why though. It's really worked for us, so I hate the idea of switching. IDK what we're going to switch to next.
UGGGHHH! I hate fleas!!!
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