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| Puddin' Man |
Re: Fleas and flea collars
Good folks,
We have a 8-9 month flea season here in the midwest.
Previous to about 1995 I would buy a $9 11-month
flea collar and would have no problems all season.
More recently I would have to use 2-3 collars per
season.
This season my vet special ordered a new kind of
collar. Stunk horrible when I put it on my 30 lb
7-yr-old Brittany last spring. It is still stinky:
I figured it was still chemically effective and
working.
Gave the dawg a trim today and found she was
infested bad. Just checked her a week ago.
Do long-term (8-9 month) effective flea collars
still exist? If so, what brand? This for next
season.
I dosed dawg with Advantage, fleas will be dead
very soon. Whats the best way to get the flea
droppings off her? Just a regular shampoo/scrub?
I figure my inability to now find good flea
collars is attributable to one or both of the following:
1.) Vet industry just wants to get more $
out of us for flea control.
2.) Some unnamed guv'ment (probably "fedral")
has restricted use of effective chemicals.
If anyone knows better, please let me know.
Cheers,
Puddin'
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| CCDOX |
>Do long-term (8-9 month) effective flea collars
>still exist? If so, what brand?
I don't have the answer to your question, but I won't use flea or tick collars
on my dog. She sleeps in bed with me, and I don't want those chemicals on my
sheets or on me. Also, if your dog plays with other dogs, or if your dog plays
with children, it is unsafe (for the other dogs or children) to use the
collars.
Since I am a snowbird, I use Frontline on my dog 10 months of the year (I don't
think it's necessary for the months of November and December in the Northeast).
I have never found a flea on her.
Dorothy, owned by C.C., a very spoiled dachshund
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| Käpt'n96 |
Flea collars ain't no good for dogs more than 15#.
"Puddin' Man" <Pudding_Man@mail.com> wrote in message
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> Re: Fleas and flea collars
>
> Good folks,
>
> We have a 8-9 month flea season here in the midwest.
> Previous to about 1995 I would buy a $9 11-month
> flea collar and would have no problems all season.
>
> More recently I would have to use 2-3 collars per
> season.
>
> This season my vet special ordered a new kind of
> collar. Stunk horrible when I put it on my 30 lb
> 7-yr-old Brittany last spring. It is still stinky:
> I figured it was still chemically effective and
> working.
>
> Gave the dawg a trim today and found she was
> infested bad. Just checked her a week ago.
>
> Do long-term (8-9 month) effective flea collars
> still exist? If so, what brand? This for next
> season.
>
> I dosed dawg with Advantage, fleas will be dead
> very soon. Whats the best way to get the flea
> droppings off her? Just a regular shampoo/scrub?
>
> I figure my inability to now find good flea
> collars is attributable to one or both of the following:
>
> 1.) Vet industry just wants to get more $
> out of us for flea control.
> 2.) Some unnamed guv'ment (probably "fedral")
> has restricted use of effective chemicals.
>
> If anyone knows better, please let me know.
>
> Cheers,
> Puddin'
>
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| Puddin' Man |
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 00:31:59 GMT, "Käpt'n96"
<Kirk97@AnyOneButBush98.org> wrote:
>Flea collars ain't no good for dogs more than 15#.
I hadda Springer Spaniel, 45 lbs, from 1983-1996,
did just fine with (I think Vet-Kem) 11 month
flea collars.
"Whot's weight got to do with it??"
Puddin'
"Whot's Love Got To Do With It??"
- Tina Turner
>"Puddin' Man" <Pudding_Man@mail.com> wrote in message
>news:413cf262.32751063@news.east.earthlink.net...
>> Re: Fleas and flea collars
>>
>> Good folks,
>>
>> We have a 8-9 month flea season here in the midwest.
>> Previous to about 1995 I would buy a $9 11-month
>> flea collar and would have no problems all season.
>>
>> More recently I would have to use 2-3 collars per
>> season.
>>
>> This season my vet special ordered a new kind of
>> collar. Stunk horrible when I put it on my 30 lb
>> 7-yr-old Brittany last spring. It is still stinky:
>> I figured it was still chemically effective and
>> working.
>>
>> Gave the dawg a trim today and found she was
>> infested bad. Just checked her a week ago.
>>
>> Do long-term (8-9 month) effective flea collars
>> still exist? If so, what brand? This for next
>> season.
>>
>> I dosed dawg with Advantage, fleas will be dead
>> very soon. Whats the best way to get the flea
>> droppings off her? Just a regular shampoo/scrub?
>>
>> I figure my inability to now find good flea
>> collars is attributable to one or both of the following:
>>
>> 1.) Vet industry just wants to get more $
>> out of us for flea control.
>> 2.) Some unnamed guv'ment (probably "fedral")
>> has restricted use of effective chemicals.
>>
>> If anyone knows better, please let me know.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Puddin'
>>
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| Puddin' Man |
On 06 Sep 2004 23:55:15 GMT, ccdox@aol.com (CCDOX) wrote:
>>Do long-term (8-9 month) effective flea collars
>>still exist? If so, what brand?
>
>I don't have the answer to your question,
Yes, I noted that. :-)
>but I won't use flea or tick collars
>on my dog. She sleeps in bed with me, and I don't want those chemicals on my
>sheets or on me. Also, if your dog plays with other dogs, or if your dog plays
>with children, it is unsafe (for the other dogs or children) to use the
>collars.
>Since I am a snowbird, I use Frontline on my dog 10 months of the year (I don't
>think it's necessary for the months of November and December in the Northeast).
> I have never found a flea on her.
>Dorothy, owned by C.C., a very spoiled dachshund
Fleas control is nasty business. It is accomplished with
the use of Hideous Chemicals.
If you know for a fact that the HC in Fronline are less
Hideous than the HC in flea collars, then you know more than
po' me.
Puddin'
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| ZPL |
It's not necessarily weight; it's surface area.
"Puddin' Man" <Pudding_Man@mail.com> wrote in message
news:413f3fa6.14588016@news.east.earthlink.net...
> On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 00:31:59 GMT, "Käpt'n96"
> <Kirk97@AnyOneButBush98.org> wrote:
>
>>Flea collars ain't no good for dogs more than 15#.
>
> I hadda Springer Spaniel, 45 lbs, from 1983-1996,
> did just fine with (I think Vet-Kem) 11 month
> flea collars.
>
> "Whot's weight got to do with it??"
>
> Puddin'
>
> "Whot's Love Got To Do With It??"
> - Tina Turner
>
>>"Puddin' Man" <Pudding_Man@mail.com> wrote in message
>>news:413cf262.32751063@news.east.earthlink.net...
>>> Re: Fleas and flea collars
>>>
>>> Good folks,
>>>
>>> We have a 8-9 month flea season here in the midwest.
>>> Previous to about 1995 I would buy a $9 11-month
>>> flea collar and would have no problems all season.
>>>
>>> More recently I would have to use 2-3 collars per
>>> season.
>>>
>>> This season my vet special ordered a new kind of
>>> collar. Stunk horrible when I put it on my 30 lb
>>> 7-yr-old Brittany last spring. It is still stinky:
>>> I figured it was still chemically effective and
>>> working.
>>>
>>> Gave the dawg a trim today and found she was
>>> infested bad. Just checked her a week ago.
>>>
>>> Do long-term (8-9 month) effective flea collars
>>> still exist? If so, what brand? This for next
>>> season.
>>>
>>> I dosed dawg with Advantage, fleas will be dead
>>> very soon. Whats the best way to get the flea
>>> droppings off her? Just a regular shampoo/scrub?
>>>
>>> I figure my inability to now find good flea
>>> collars is attributable to one or both of the following:
>>>
>>> 1.) Vet industry just wants to get more $
>>> out of us for flea control.
>>> 2.) Some unnamed guv'ment (probably "fedral")
>>> has restricted use of effective chemicals.
>>>
>>> If anyone knows better, please let me know.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Puddin'
>>>
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| Natalie Rigertas |
Puddin' Man <Pudding_Man@mail.com> wrote:
> I hadda Springer Spaniel, 45 lbs, from 1983-1996,
> did just fine with (I think Vet-Kem) 11 month
> flea collars.
> "Whot's weight got to do with it??"
> Puddin'
I have one 11 year (almost 12 year) old cocker, never had fleas. Rarely
gets flea meds. Another cocker, almost 15, got fleas when he came in
contact with a flea infested area. He has never had flea meds since he
was 4 months old.
I wouldn't think that the flea collar is what kept your dogs flea free.
My youngest dog is always out in brush, so he gets flea meds monthly.
Never had a flea on him, even during times when I've forgotten the meds
and he's been in infested areas. A flea collar, however, pretty much just
protects the area around the neck and head. It's very ineffective, which
is why larger dogs don't benefit as much as smaller dogs. The flea collar
only spreads so far, and proportionally it's more in a smaller dog.
For any dog that gets fleas often enough to warrant preventative meds, the
topical solutions are more effective than collars. If you read the
warnings, it always says wash your hands well after touching the collar,
don't let kids play with the collar, etc. While the topicals say it's
safe to touch the dog as soon as the solution dries after putting it on
(20 minutes or so). I'd go with the one that it's safe to touch any time
over one that has warnings not to touch it.
natalie
What fresh hell is this?
--- Dorothy Parker
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