Fleas Hi, do any of you use the garlic tablets for dogs to help with fleas? If anyone has ever had experience good or bad with the garlic tablets, please let me know. I have read many different views on the use of it; pro and con. Thanks! |
Garlic isnt good for dogs- You should get your dog on a Flea Preventive... K9 Adantix, Frontline... Something like that- I have Pnut on K9 Advantix and I love it- He has been on it since he was a pup and I have never seen a flea or tick on him! |
If you are looking for a truly natural flea remedy do some research on food grade Diatomaceous Earth. Many people use it as a dusting on their pets and in their homes as well as outside the home. It's not as simple as a once a month treatment but it is all natural. |
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I have Addy on comfortis now and have had her on K9 Advantix before and it stop working. I don't know what the deal is with the fleas the last couple of years; nothing seems to work anymore. Before that I had zero problems with the fleas. Addy has severe flea allergies. :( Thanks for responding. |
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I throw in 10 or 12 cloves of garlic when I cook up their rice & pearled barley together, (4 cups of vegetable, chicken or beef broth, 1 cup rice & 1 cup of pearled barley) but I discard the cloves after cooking. Here is a helpful site on using non-chemicals on the dogs to combat fleas, ticks and other insects. Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia - Ticks, fleas, bees, flies, snakes and other gremlins! And how to deal with them! |
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WOW!! Thanks for the link; a lot of useful info. |
Another thing you may consider is that Advantage and Advantix will not work if you apply it up to 3 days after a bath. You can use it and then give your dog a bath a few days later but do not apply after a bath for at least 3 days. If your house has some fleas in it the Advantix and Advantage will not last as long either and may need to be applied more often until the fleas are under control. Sometimes the fleas will develop a resistance to certain products and you may need to change to a different product to get results. |
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I have used diatomaceous earth, and it is very natural. However, it is only a short term solution, I noticed I had to put it on every day or every other day in order to keep the fleas away. If I skipped a day or two, I would notice fleas again. It also gave their fur a weird texture, but it works if you are willing to keep up with it! |
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Thanks, I think there is a resistance problem with the advantix and advantage products, due to the fact that I have used them for years. This is the second year I have used comfortis, so I wouldn't think there has been enough time for resistance to it. ?? |
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Sentinel and capstar or frontline or advantage when you do see fleas... I wouldn't give garlic. |
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It takes 30 days for most things to break the egg, larva, flea cycle. I live in Fl. and loved Comfortis the product really worked well. My Vet has changed my Yorkies to Trifexis. This is a combo med for most intestinal worms, fleas, and heart worms. |
Jilleen, I live in Arab, AL and I had to put mine on comfortis. Its the only one that would work up here. I tried the topical like frontline and advantix and neither of those worked with the fleas. Comfortis had the fleas killed within 30 minutes and works for a month. During the summer, I give them one every month and the winter about every 2 months. I also treat my back yard inside my fence to help with the fleas too. Hope this helps! |
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