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Originally Posted by Dara311  you can use dawn, or joy dish soap mix it with water first then give your puppy a bath with it- the best way to test if your dog has flea dirt is if you can flea comb your dog, take the hair from the comb, and put it on a paper towel, then gently put some water on it- if you see a red color its the flea dirt from biting at your dog. do you have your dog on flea preventative!? |
I am not located in the US, so I'm not sure if we have DAWN here.. I will look in Ace hardware though, they usually have imported things.
I am CONVINCED my dogs have fleas... my mom was adamant they don't have it.. but she isn't the one sleeping with them. I see them scratching every night, I feel so bad, I KNOW they have fleas. I did buy frontline the other day, but haven't applied it as we went for a vacation like the next day. They probably have ear mites too, but again, my mom just forbids me to call the vet as she thinks I have spent too much money on them.. nevermind that Lulu is her dog
I have been cleaning their ears all I can, and applied the ear mites remedy from 8 in 1 - it has pyrethrin - I read up on it and I will see if it helps. It's just not easy to clean Mocha - she just won't let me groom her. I will call the vet if it doesn't go away in maybe 2 weeks.
I did get them on Sergeant's flea preventative about 2 months ago.. that was the only brand that I could get my hands on at the time.
I just bathed Lulu today.. and she has one or two flecks on her skin - reddish brown - definitely flea dirt. I will apply the frontline tomorrow to both of them.
I noticed from the other thread that you're a vet tech.. thank you for sharing your knowledge with us
Is there anything else I need to do??