In fairness i should point out that none of.
Frontline flea treatment for dogs not working.
In cases of heavy flea infestations some home products such as advantage carpet and upholstery spray kills fleas and ticks quickly and continues to kill fleas for two weeks.
Otherwise the medication may not have spread throughout your dog s body completely and won t work as well.
Read how to control fleas indoors and outdoors.
You may be doing your best to keep your pet flea free but if the rest of the area is infested you may still be seeing some scratching.
Yet over and over again on discussion boards and in forums you see comments from dog and cat owners claiming that frontline isn t working.
It has been providing excellent flea control since years.
Why are dog flea treatments not working.
Frontline plus is a popular flea treatment for cats and dogs.
Each of them contains different.
It lasts 3 months can t remember what it s called i think it starts with a b.
In every case i recommended among other things switching flea products.
I saw at least four frontline plus treated dogs that day for skin problems.
Yet over and over again on discussion boards and in forums you see comments from dog and cat owners claiming that frontline isn t working.
There are a variety of reasons why your flea medication may not seem to be offering any relief for your pet.
The product may be a cheap over the counter treatment you may be using the medication incorrectly or you may not be keeping your pet s environment clean which is vital to eradicating fleas.
The treatment s efficacy rate may be 95 98 but few fleas may still stay untapped.
Commercial topical products such as frontline advantage k9 advantix and revolution are of course formulated to control fleas.
A favorite of pet parents this chemical treatment claims to kill 100 adult fleas within 12 hours of application and boasts of destroying flea larvae egg and pupae for four continuous weeks.
Another reason for products not working is by not treating your home and yard where in some cases 80 of the flea life cycle may occur.
If you don t have a flea shampoo even a bath with regular dog shampoo will get rid of most of the fleas on your dog.
Too much washing the pet.
Consider treating your home and yard for pests as another measure to keep your pet healthy.
Commercial topical products such as frontline advantage k9 advantix and revolution are of course formulated to control fleas.
Some estimate that over 90 of the flea population lives not on your dog but in your house and your yard.
Not every flea is killed by flea and tick treatments.
Pet parents can combine other short term flea treatments like capstar to make sure every flea is shot down.
We get an oral treatment from the vet we went through weeks of hell when our dogs ended up infested after frontline stopped working within a week all the fleas were gone.
