My poor 1 year old lab has fleas and was looking for some reccomendations for flea drops.
I use Frontline on my dogs. Get it at Walmart or Target now, half the price as the vets office.
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Please ask your vet. OTC drops almost killed my cat.
Flea control medications should come from the vet. We use Frontline.
Never, EVER use cheapo brand flea control from the store (like Hartz, Sargent's, Sentry). They're well known to cause major physiological and neurological reactions that can result in death. Also, when you purchase Frontline, if your pet is on the lower end of the weight spectrum for that dose, choose the next lowest dose instead. It will still work perfectly, and you'll avoid potentially overdosing your pet.
We use K9 Advantix II. Our vet sells it, but I can get it cheaper ordering it from an online pet pharmacy. It's pretty much the same as Frontline, but my vet prefers it for some reason. My dog has done fine on it...no side effects that I can see. You rub it on her back once a month.
You need more tan drops right now. Needs to go to vet and get medication. Then you have to treat your entire house! If you do not, no sense treating dog. Tedious process but it must be done. Then make sure he is on preventive med.
I've never had much luck with the drops... they only lasted 2-3 weeks for us, but we're in Texas where fleas are a year-round problem.
I use Comfortis for my dog. Works great! It is a chewable tablet taken once a month.
We use Trifexis oral tablets from the vet.
Talk to the vet. A lot of these products cause reactions in pets, and you need a back-up plan. We used Frontline for flea and tick prevention for years, and the first dog did fine. Our second dog did fine for about a year, but then had a scary reaction so we switched to a collar from the vet, which works fine. But she didn't have an active flea infestation like what you're dealing with.
Vets have told me that a lot of the products available on line and in the stores are not well-regulated, come from another country with low standards for toxicity, or are factory "seconds". So choose wisely.
Take added precautions when there's an active infestation. Some years ago, my parents' dog had fleas, and after the dog was off being treated at the vet, everyone in the house got flea bites (which are awful - as you can tell from your poor dog's misery). They prefer the dog, but they'll bite anyone. If you don't get every egg, you're in for a long haul. As someone else noted below, it's a nuisance, but essential.
Frontline Plus.
I have a GSD and we have used Frontline Plus for her since she was old enough to apply it. We have never had fleas. Not a one. Have found a few ticks over the years... (fell off after the meds killed them). Our dog is almost 11 years old.
Except during tick season (which is really year round where we live, but is noticeably worse a few months out of the year) I normally only apply it every other month. We still have no issues.
She's an inside dog, except when she goes out with us, but we live fairly rurally and have a lot of woods around us, and wildlife (foxes, bobcats, beavers, deer, squirrels, coyotes, opossums, raccoons).
I don't know if it matters, but we get ours through the vet, not online or at a pet store.
mine is a cat, but the meds are the same. I used to use frontline, but its no longer effective so switched to advantage.
Frontline. Also make sure you treat the house if your dog is kept inside because fleas will infest your house pretty quickly if the dog has a lot of them.
We have used a vet prescribed medicine called comfortis. It's a chewable they take once a month and it was very effective. The fleas drop off dead within about half an hour of ingesting it. Currently, they take Nexguard which is for fleas and ticks. We have had no issues using either medicine.
