Fleas

[SoCalyorkiLvr]

I have a westie who is terriby allergic to fleas and lost all of her hair once because of it. So far, we have not had a proble since we got our yorkies but we use Advantage monthly to control it.

[Gizmo's Mom]

I would like to know what you spray your yards with. I guess Gizmo gets them from the neighbors yard next door when he makes his visiting rounds. I work in the yard every evening and have never noticed fleas. What do you use and how do you apply it?

[LvMyYorki]

I have heard that if you put Dawn dishwashing liquid in your yard it will kill the fleas.

[YORKIEDOGSFG]

I use the flea and tick lawn spray sold at Walmart. It hooks to your garden hose and mixes as you spray. Im not shore of the brand, its out in the garage, but it is located in the lawn and garden dept. Also have it lowes home center

[RowdysMom]

Here in Texas, I use beneficial nematodes in my yard. Nematodes are a micro-organism that lives in the soil and eats the flea eggs. It will also eat fire ant eggs so you won't have any fire ant mounds in your yard either - YT'ers from the south will appreciate that! You get the nematodes from any organic gardening store. They are sprayed on your yard with water, they are not harmful to pets or anything else at all - much better than chemical spray. Of course, they do not prevent your dogs picking up fleas from other places. Anyway, I live in flea alley and we have not have any fleas (from my yard) in several years. My daughter's dog did come over a couple of weeks ago and brought us fleas but at least I know that they won't set up housekeeping in our yard.

[Laura]

I think for it to work three months, you have to use three tubes. That's what I use for my babies.

Does anyone know how soon you can safely flea the mommy after babies?

[Laura]

I believe flea eggs can live a long time dormant in carpets and such. You should be able to see them. Mine scratch their ears a lot, it drives me crazy. Their ears look fine, the vet has checked them and I paid $45 for ear wash, they pulled the hair out, said no ear mites. I am back to shampoo or some sort of allergy

[Lady of Yorkies]

Laura, my vet told me to put it (Frontline) on mom after she nurses at night. I think the idea is that after the baby(ies) nurse and you put it on her the baby is asleep and it (Frontline) has time to dry before the babies can get into it. Sylvia

[mojo]

Originally Posted by LMHamel

I have heard that yorkies do not get fleas because they have hair not fur.

Is this true?

Not true!!! I recently bought a puppy from texas and he had fleas!!!!
I live in NV and had never seen one as we don't have them here. Gross!!!!!