[Sadie's Mom]

What is the name of the shampoo that is recommended?

Originally Posted by Pettysmith

Just a word of caution about using Dawn. If you are using topical flea control, Frontline or Advantage, and you bathe in Dawn you are washing the flea control off and defeating the purpose. You must bathe in a mild aloe/oatmeal pet shampoo, no Dawn, no human shampoo, not even baby shampoo. I have worked in a vets office for 11 years and this is what the Merial reps have trained us to tell our clients. It used to tell you on the insert to use an aloe/oatmeal shampoo but I just read the one I have for Frontline Plus and it says nothing about it. I am going to e-mail our rep tomorrow and ask her again to be sure. I do know that the product sits in the sweat glands and oil on the skin. It attaches to the hair follicles and released from there to kill the fleas. It affect the flea's nervous system so it cannot bite your dog. That is why it is such a great product for those of us who have furbutts that have flea allergies. If you use a dish detergent like Dawn that is made to wash your greasy dishes, it is going to wash the oil off the hair, plus is can be very drying to the skin which will only make them more itchy. The best way to kill fleas is by drowning them if you keep the dog wet long enough, so is it really the Dawn that is killing them or the water drowning them. Someone earlier mentioned Capstar. Very, very good way to get ahead of a flea infestation. Give for 3-4 days, apply Frontline on the first day - Fleas gone!!!! I live in East Tennessee, in the woods and have been using Frontline for 11 years. We have yet to have a tick or a flea.

Belinda, Gizmo, & Barkley