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02-12-2012, 02:25 PM | #16 | |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
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02-12-2012, 03:13 PM | #17 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Indiana
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| I have found Comfortis to be really good and works really fast, within two hours. Good luck. |
02-12-2012, 03:27 PM | #18 |
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| It's our cats that get ticks on them and Frontline is the only company that has a tick treatment for cats but it doesn't work. We tried it and the cats still would come home with fully engorged ticks on them. It's so gross. I figure if it doesn't work for the cats there was probably no sense in putting anything on Gracie. |
02-12-2012, 03:38 PM | #19 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: E. Falmouth, Mass
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| We use K9 Advantix and I have used this for a few years now. Levi contracted Lyme disease while on Frontline. If I find any ticks at all on Levi or Lily they are generally dead. I live on Cape Cod lots of sand and lots of fleas and ticks(lyme) and I have not had a problem since I started using this product.
__________________ Rosemarie, Levi and Lily "The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals" ~ Anonymous |
02-12-2012, 03:44 PM | #20 | |
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This is what we use also.
__________________ . Cali , and Cali's keeper and staff, Jay No, not a "mini" Yorkie - She loves to motor in her Mini Cooper car | |
02-12-2012, 04:03 PM | #21 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NY
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| I used to have a little Shih Tzu that had a severe flea allergy. When they are allergic to fleas it only takes one flea to send them into a horrible state. The flea just walking on their skin starts the reaction. The flea feces also cause a severe reaction. They will itch and scratch though you might not see anything on them. It's awful. If left untreated a form of eczema will develop on the skin. Then usually steroid shots are the only relief. |
02-12-2012, 04:15 PM | #22 |
YT 3000 Club Member | check out flea busters, it works and is not toxic, they can apply it depending on where you live or you can order it and do it your self. I moved into a place and months later fleas, no matter what I done. I had flea busters come out and I have not used frontline in a long time |
02-12-2012, 04:46 PM | #23 | |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
02-12-2012, 04:54 PM | #24 |
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| I had a vet tell me not to use dawn on pets it dries out their skin, and it make sense we use dawn on grease so imagine what it does to your pets. |
02-12-2012, 05:05 PM | #25 |
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| I feel for you. Fleas are bad news. Fleas carry tapeworms. It is difficult to know what works best in your area and for your dog. A good doctor can give you information and suggestions. Our Vet worked with us to find the best product. We use Trifexis, it prevents most intestinal worms, fleas, flea eggs, flea larva, ticks, mites and heart worms. We live in Fl. and parasites are a year round problem.
__________________ Teresa & Rubin, Gracie, Abba, Ginny Joy and Julia Rose Act like a dog, be kind, forgiving, and loyal. |
02-12-2012, 05:45 PM | #26 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| You shouldn't use it all the time but once to kill the fleas is ok.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
02-12-2012, 06:32 PM | #27 |
Senior Yorkie Talker | I think I want to go with the natural remedies to deal with the flea problem. I've been doing some research and I don't like the long term effects of putting those toxins in my baby. I just don't. I read that the heartworm tablet is like drugging up your dog's system with the cure over and over when it is not needed and it actually lowers the body's immunity to other things. And hinders the healing of wounds and the abililty to fight things off. So yeah. I think natural is the way to go.
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02-12-2012, 06:36 PM | #28 | |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! | |
02-12-2012, 09:43 PM | #29 |
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| Don't get me wrong i've used dawn on my pets for years to kill fleas, since the vet told me that couple years ago I haven't used dawn on my pets, since then. |
02-13-2012, 08:21 AM | #30 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| He probably meant using only it as a shampoo every week and that would really tear the skin up.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
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