You can mix Dawn 50/50 with water, then apply it to a dry dog. Let the suds stay on as long as your dog will put up with it, then rinse. It will kill any live fleas. You can follow up with a conditioner. Dawn won't kill flea eggs or larvae so it won't solve a flea problem on its own, though.
The flea population is typically made up of 50% eggs, 30% larvae, 15% pupae and only 5% biting adults. You can wash in Dawn one day and the next day your dog can be crawling with fleas again if you don't apply a topical preventative afterwards that will stop the life cycle of the flea like Frontline, K9 Advantix, etc. |