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Dame · 09-21-2009, 05:16 PM

Well... Winston and I got back from the vet today. He's got tapeworms, and they found two fleas. Now I know he got tapeworms from eating fleas... no question about that! But part of this flea business is throwing me.

When I purchased Winston he had quite the flea issue, all the breeder's dogs did. I treated him, we never saw a flea since (and that was months ago.) The Vet recommended I treat my house, which I will no question but....

Does two fleas on my dog really mean I have to have a flea problem? We use K9 Advantix (his last dose was about two weeks ago.) The vet prefers frontline which they of course tried to sell me (understandable.) Am I justified for not understanding how Winston has a flea problem? He's attached at my hip, he gets combed every day, am I out of line for thinking that the might have picked these two fleas up before going to the vet and that we don't have a flea issue? I mean, wouldn't he have more then just two? Whenever we had a flea problem in my house it was clearly visible both on the dogs and on us humans. The no signs on anyone and two fleas on him leaves me throughly confused.

I have 4 months of K9 Advantix left, and not only do I not want to waste it but I can't really afford to just throw that money away. Apparently fleas are a lot worse then I realized here in KY so I'd like to find something I can add to our current flea meds as extra protection. I know Dawn kills fleas, but I obviously can't use it every day. Has anyone had first hand knowledge of natural flea remedies that worked for them?

I know there is a lot of info in past threads... but a large majority of it seemed to be second hand info. Having to treat Winston for tapeworms again would be counterproductive since it's going to cost more then another couple months of comfortis or frontline so I really want to try something I know will have some sort of positive effect.

09-21-2009, 05:16 PM	#1
Dame Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Louisville, KY, USA Posts: 239	Fleas & Natural Flea Preventions - that work? Well... Winston and I got back from the vet today. He's got tapeworms, and they found two fleas. Now I know he got tapeworms from eating fleas... no question about that! But part of this flea business is throwing me. When I purchased Winston he had quite the flea issue, all the breeder's dogs did. I treated him, we never saw a flea since (and that was months ago.) The Vet recommended I treat my house, which I will no question but.... Does two fleas on my dog really mean I have to have a flea problem? We use K9 Advantix (his last dose was about two weeks ago.) The vet prefers frontline which they of course tried to sell me (understandable.) Am I justified for not understanding how Winston has a flea problem? He's attached at my hip, he gets combed every day, am I out of line for thinking that the might have picked these two fleas up before going to the vet and that we don't have a flea issue? I mean, wouldn't he have more then just two? Whenever we had a flea problem in my house it was clearly visible both on the dogs and on us humans. The no signs on anyone and two fleas on him leaves me throughly confused. I have 4 months of K9 Advantix left, and not only do I not want to waste it but I can't really afford to just throw that money away. Apparently fleas are a lot worse then I realized here in KY so I'd like to find something I can add to our current flea meds as extra protection. I know Dawn kills fleas, but I obviously can't use it every day. Has anyone had first hand knowledge of natural flea remedies that worked for them? I know there is a lot of info in past threads... but a large majority of it seemed to be second hand info. Having to treat Winston for tapeworms again would be counterproductive since it's going to cost more then another couple months of comfortis or frontline so I really want to try something I know will have some sort of positive effect.