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Originally Posted by Junebug Bettyanne, you guys sound like us!! Several times, we found fleas on Otis and completely freaked out! Mike would scream, "I SAW A FLEA!!" with his eyse all big as if it was a ghost he saw!
And little Otis is so cute...I would say, "Otis, let me see if you have a flea," and turn him over on his back with his paws in the air, and I would literally pick them out and drown them in a cup of hot water. We would be at Mike's house, and I keep all of Otis's bathing things and Advantage at my house, so there would be nothing else to do but pick them out! Honestly, I think it's kinda fun, and Otis seems to enjoy it! hehehe..
I have a great tip about bathing dogs. Wet and soap the head of your pet FIRST, not last. This way, the fleas will travel to the body of the pet, and will be less inclined to "hide out" behind the ears or near the eyes. Once they're on the body, soap your pet up really well, and the fleas have no place to go but down the drain. |
That IS a great tip!! Wish I had read it before I bathed Toto yesterday because after I soaked her, shampooed her twice and conditioned her I found one lurking around behind her ear!! Sent him on to "flea heaven" or where ever those devils go!!!
It's traumatic for all of us .... poor Toto thinks she has done something wrong even though we tell her what's going on and that she is a "good girl"!!
Thanks for the tip ... I will use that even if it's just her regular bath ... then if there may be some there that we haven't seen, they will drown and be gone!!
