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Submitted by LaMareOssa on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 3:29pm

I have a large dog. Black Lab/Pit mix and we also have a smaller dog Beagle Shihtzu mix-Beatzu. We have neighbors..two of them who have dogs who are clearly uncared for. When we moved into this house we had two cats and then got my pit mix and not one flea was ever seen! Then these people move in next door with two dogs then my other neighbor got a dog and chickens and all of a sudden I have the biggest flea problem EVER! DH and I gave flea baths, got flea collars and it wasn't working. We bombed the yard and bought Frontline....$60 for my big boy and $30 for the lil dog. Didn't work.

We then bought Advantage that was even more expensive. It worked, but we honestly can not afford that kind of money every 3 months and I feel terrible for my dogs. We are now giving weekly flea baths.

Does anyone have any ideas on what we can do? Maybe some type of home remedy? Herbal? I'm sooo lost on this issue. I feel like a terrible pet owner.

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just.his.wife's picture

Submitted by just.his.wife on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 3:33pm

Nematodes.

Invisible ameoba like bugs that eat flea larva and eggs. Look them up online, attach to your hose spray your yard and within 48 hours. None.

Most amazing natural cure for fleas I have ever seen! As a bonus, when they run out of a food source in your yard they will move into your neighbors and kill the little buggers there too. That way you do not get reinfested. It cost me about $100 to do my yard, lasted all year.

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Submitted by Purplemom on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 3:37pm

Food grade diotomaceous(sp?) earth for the yard (dries out the insects- all of them! and is not harmful to the dogs/cats MUST BEE FOOD GRADE- it can help deworm too!), and Advantage or frontline plus ONLY for the dogs.

The over the counter stuff can kill your animals- google "bio spot death" or "Hartz death" If you use the wrong stuff on the dogs it can kill your cats if the cats go near the dog- no joke.

TO save money on the advantage buy the huge breed size and google for the split- I can do all of my cats and my dog with one tube of the large dog dose for the month. Make sure you get the right dosage split for the correct product though.

I did animal rescue for the last 10 years... We get really good at doing things on the cheap!

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Submitted by AndSoItIs on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 4:09pm

Comfortis. We had a similar problem and that was the ony thing that worked and it is wonderful. It's a pill you get from the vet, the fleas bite, die, and fall off. It's the most amazing pet flea treatment. we tried everything out there and spent so much money trying to fix it hit that worked amazingly.

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Submitted by StepX2 on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 4:18pm

I too say go with Comfortis pills. When you figure out the price by month, the pills are much less expensive than Advantage.