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I use comfortis. I like it but remember it is only for fleas. I use the Preventic Tick collar b/c I have the best results with it.
One of my friends with dogs did experience some of the side effects with Comfortis but when I asked him some questions I found out he was not giving it right after a full meal (on a full stomach). So if you use it be sure and give ONLY after a full meal.
Comfortis is what the vet gave me to try & the one I did a research on. I also found a forum about it & there were a lot of horror stories as to what it can do to a dog. Some had good luck with it but the majority of them had problems.

The vet & the research I did recommended giving it with food. If not, it will cause than vomiting than giving it with food.
Here's a tried and true trick.

Avon "Skin-So-Soft."

It's way cheaper than anything the vet can sell you, it works on people as well as pets, the effects are ALL beneficial, and bugs-ANY bugs absotively, posilutely HATE the stuff. I've seen it work with my own eyes. On me AND my dogs.

Ya just gotta re-apply it regularly for it to keep working, but who doesn't like to pet a dog? Big Grin
I too have spent almost $200 on flea products and still haven't won the war. Frontline on three dogs and one cat. Flea bombed the house and I'm treating the yard this weekend. But here's the kicker. I couldn't find one flea on one of my dogs (see avatar, Hooch) but picked 32 fleas off one of my other dogs using a flea comb and she's got flea dermatitis. Poor girl is just miserable. I'm not happy with Frontline at all.

Co worker suggested Selsun Blue. I'll try anything at this point.
Ok, went to frontline.com, clicked on the "still have fleas?" icon. Answered the questionnaire (did you know that one female flea can lay 50 eggs a day? Yech!). I apparently have not broken the flea cycle so this weekend I am going to set the flea bombs off (again) in the house and while I'm waiting my two hours will mow and treat the yard, which will hopefully break the flea cycle.

When you apply Frontline it will kill the fleas that are on your animal but the next day the hundreds of tiny baby fleas in your house and yard still jump on your dog or cat who will then bite, feed & die.

I hate fleas.
I had an awful problem last spring. I started using Comfortis instead of Frontline (no side effects for my dogs), vaccumed the house (the whole house, including the furniture) every day for a couple of weeks to make sure I got all the eggs, and treated my yard with Ortho Max granules for fleas & ticks twice within a month. Haven't seen any fleas after that, last year or this.
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Originally posted by Road Puppy:
Here's a tried and true trick.

Avon "Skin-So-Soft."

It's way cheaper than anything the vet can sell you, it works on people as well as pets, the effects are ALL beneficial, and bugs-ANY bugs absotively, posilutely HATE the stuff. I've seen it work with my own eyes. On me AND my dogs.

Ya just gotta re-apply it regularly for it to keep working, but who doesn't like to pet a dog? Big Grin


Isn't Skin So Soft oily? Do you put it on your dog & then bathe it?
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Originally posted by Jones33:
Ok, went to frontline.com, clicked on the "still have fleas?" icon. Answered the questionnaire (did you know that one female flea can lay 50 eggs a day? Yech!). I apparently have not broken the flea cycle so this weekend I am going to set the flea bombs off (again) in the house and while I'm waiting my two hours will mow and treat the yard, which will hopefully break the flea cycle.

When you apply Frontline it will kill the fleas that are on your animal but the next day the hundreds of tiny baby fleas in your house and yard still jump on your dog or cat who will then bite, feed & die.

I hate fleas.


You have to treat at least three times (two weeks apart I think) to break the flea cycle....
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Originally posted by vplee123:
I'm interested in the avon skinsosoft method- how do you do it?
I use frontline, and have good control over ticks....we have zillions of ticks out here in the woods. But the fleas are unscathed by the frontline.


I have a Corgi, A rat terrier, and a..."Russian Bear." (Goes Russian through the house and Bear down on a biscuit..I dunno what she is but she's pretty good sized and medium shorthair.)

I just rub the stuff in down to the skin as best I can. Seems like all you have to do is get it in their fur. The dogs don't mind and the bugs seem to hate it. I learned this trick when I was in the Army. Another Specialist where I worked had an 'ashy' skin problem and noticed that it kept all the bugs away. Mosquitos, ants, ticks, etc. Bees weren't all that bothered by it but the rest seemed to hate it.
I tried it and it works pretty good.
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Originally posted by semiannualchick:
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Originally posted by Road Puppy:
I just rub the stuff in down to the skin as best I can. Seems like all you have to do is get it in their fur.


Does it make their hair oily?


It can if you use too much. I pretty much just apply it mainly to the 'warm' spots that ticks and other bloodsuckers tend to be attracted to-neck, ears, underside, legs, etc. where the fur and skin is usually thinnest. Ya just gotta get enough on them so the (smell or whatever repels the bugs) works. I probably wouldn't recommend it for long-haired dogs, either. Just because it'd be a PITA to apply. I'd go with Shoals Resident's method of treating the yard in that case.

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