Hinotori
Sustainability Master
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After having a flea issue that almost killed some schipperke puppies I had, I don't mess around with them. I'd pay for the month dose of puppy flea med from the vet. At 4 months that's old enough for it. Hermes was that old when he had his first dose a few month ago.
All the OTC stuff is fairly useless for totally getting rid of fleas as they are immune to them in many places.
I usually only need to dose dogs here every few months max and not usually through the wet season. Hermes has been dosed 3 times because of his liking to run out in the tall grass where the wild animals pass through. Now that the grass is pretty flat he might not need anything until summer again.
Worst fleas were when we lived in Virginia Beach in town. Neighbor didn't ever treat their dogs. Finally had to keep my dogs on other side of house from theirs and was able to get it controlled. I couldn't walk out on that side of the house to mow without getting eaten by fleas.
All the OTC stuff is fairly useless for totally getting rid of fleas as they are immune to them in many places.
I usually only need to dose dogs here every few months max and not usually through the wet season. Hermes has been dosed 3 times because of his liking to run out in the tall grass where the wild animals pass through. Now that the grass is pretty flat he might not need anything until summer again.
Worst fleas were when we lived in Virginia Beach in town. Neighbor didn't ever treat their dogs. Finally had to keep my dogs on other side of house from theirs and was able to get it controlled. I couldn't walk out on that side of the house to mow without getting eaten by fleas.
