How to Get Rid of Fleas!

Are you tired of watching your dog with fleas? Sick of watching them in pain? Don't want to pay high prices for name brand medication treatments? I have a quick way that you can do to get rid of fleas!

Step 1 You Will Need...

-lemon joy dish soap
-black pearl dog shampoo (optional)
-a dog with fleas
-bathtub or hose/water spicket

Comments

[mandismuses]

Another thing, I saw azuregreen.com has a herbal supplement for their food to kill the fleas and subtlety change their scent to make them no longer attractive to fleas. I haven't tried it personally yet, but I'm getting dang near desperate enough when even Frontline or Advantage isn't working. I've ordered other things from Azuregreen and they are really a good company, and their other products have been outstanding. If you have the extra $10-$15 bucks, this might be something you'd like to try:)

[rwilliams28]

thanks for sharing :)

[flick]

Fleas breed on the ground. They're only on the dog to feed. This method might temporarily kill fleas on the dog but it wouldn't solve the problem here in the southern U.S., where we've got fleas galore most of the year.

Your dog will continue to get fleas every time it leaves your property, or every time it steps outside the house unless you kill the ones breeding in the yard. Every time a feral cat crosses your yard at night, it's gonna leave more fleas. And what about the ones breeding in your rugs or furniture?

How often are you gonna shampoo your dog? Daily? Every other day?

We give our dogs Confortis, which seems expensive until you realize you don't have to spray or bomb the house, or spread granules in the yard, or spray/dip/shampoo the dog again and again and again.

I do not work for nor am I connected to the co. that makes Confortis.

[myoder hutson]

i have heard about confortis.... and i read your message.. how exactly does that work.? why don't you have to spray the yard or bomb? i gave my two dogs the pill last month and again this month.. and it seems like the only thing it did was keep them off the dogs for a bit. my family is getting chewed to pieces lol...

[star_above_the_clouds]

I own 5 acres of land. So yeah, I don't have the money to treat all that land. Nor do I have the money to pay for Confortis for 3 dogs. We've had a flea problem for 3 years now. I've given them all kinds of flea killer, (expensive and inexpensive) but they always come back. This is just my way of helping to eluminate some of the fleas. I have accepted to live with it until every one of my dogs die. It's just the way life is. There seems to always be obstacles in one's way.

And yes, I know it'll only temorarily kill the fleas. But temporarily is better than nothing at all. But thanks for your feedback.

 PS.. I'm not stupid. I may be only 12, but I know bathing my dogs every dang day is not the smartest thing. It's winter, smart one. They are old and have thin fur. I''m sure they'd freeze to death if they don't get ripped of their natural body oils first.

[jthompson30]

The best thing we've found is Borax 20 Mule type. Sprinkle it on the ground, bedding, shake out after awhile, sprinkle and sweep into carpets, sprinkle on hard wood floors and sweep up later. Kills fleas and keeps them from coming back. We have 21 dogs and no fleas.

[star_above_the_clouds]

Wow! Thanks so much for the info. I will definitely look into that.

[lemonie]

Have you actually tried this?

L

[star_above_the_clouds]

Yes. I use it on my dogs everytime I bathe them, because I live in the country where there's always a flea problem.

[lemonie]

Are the fleas coming from other animals? I ask because I've known dogs to pick-up sheep-ticks.

L

[star_above_the_clouds]

I highly doubt they are, because I have 2 fields in my front yard that are full of high grass... when we cut the fields, we always find bunches on dead fleas in the cut grass. (my dogs sometimes walk through the fields)

[TSC]

Be gone fleas!

[star_above_the_clouds]

Amen! :D

[TSC]

Yep!

[CaseyCase]

I'd be concerned that the Lemon Joy would strip all the oils off of the dog. It's good to see that you use conditioner afterward. I recommend Dr Bronner's peppermint soap--eucalyptus works well also. Both do a great job running off the fleas.

[star_above_the_clouds]

You're completely right, I was worried at first but I found that I can't use it any more than once a week or it irritates the skin. And thanks for the tips! I might try those sometimes.