Fleas

[Sutter'sBeard]

Anyone else having trouble with these little varmits this year. My dog is ten and has never had them until this year. He spends a grand total of 3 minutes a day outside pooping. Now my house is infested and I have very little carpet. I hate those little f**kers.

[lukethedrifter]

What makes you so sure it was the pooch what brought 'em in?

[docellis]

i give my dogs baths every other week. last night i saw fleas. this sucks. i thought i liked having less winter but i forgot about fleas.

[cardinalkarp]

Do you guys use that frontline stuff on your dogs?

[docellis]

Do you guys use that frontline stuff on your dogs?

back in the South i used to use that. you had to back there - it never got cold enough to kill bugs so fleas were almost a year round battle. but since i moved here i never have used it and i have never had fleas.

but that crap is so freaking expensive.

[Arthur Dent]

but that crap is so freaking expensive.

No kidding. I got some because I took my dog camping and was worried about ticks. I don't think I will continue as fleas haven't been a problem. Serious sticker shock there.

[cardinalkarp]

Hmm, I never noticed how expensive it is. My wife always brings the dogs to the vet.

What's it cost about 30 or 40 bucks for a application that lasts a few months? I know we don't put it on them very often and they have never had fleas.

[Richie Allen]

I've got a 9 year old and a 3 year old that have never had fleas until this week. Not sure what's going on out there but they're terrible. I just left the back deck because 3 or 4 ended up on me somehow.

[Richie Allen]

I just noticed we have four applications of Advantage Flea Killer. I think those were pretty expensive too, if I remember correctly. Hopefully they'll help with the problem. Now I've gotta go start vacuuming.

[planet planet]

We've got three cats so 1 package of Frontline Plus only lasts us a month. The stuff doesn't work for us. There were some dead fleas after initial application, but a week later, still scratching, and still fleas.