I would recommend talking to your veterinarian - there are now several very effective medications that will take care of both adult fleas and the fleas still in the egg/larva stage. However, if your house is infested with fleas (which is likely if your dog has fleas), you will probably need to hire a professional pest exterminator to get rid of them.
The silver lining here is, once you get rid of the fleas, there are several monthly medications you can start using to make sure you don't get them again.
The fastest way is to use one of the topical flea killers such as Front Line or Advantix, etc. I would give the dog a flea bath first and then apply Frontline topically, on the skin. You should use this once a month year around. It also takes care of ticks too. You can find these at your Veterinarian's office or out of a catalog such as Omaha Vaccine catalog or try online too. I keep all my dogs on Frontline Plus once a month year around. Fleas are also the intermediate host of tapeworms. I would also have your dog dewormed for roundworms and tapeworms. Take a fecal sample into your Vet to see what parasites your dog has. The only parasite that might not show up is the tapeworm egg as it is carried in the segments. Since your dog has fleas, just go ahead and deworm for tapeworms or have your Vet do that. Check to make sure your dewormer also takes care of tapeworms. Not all do. Worm X is a good medication. Repeat your deworming in 2 weeks. Don't forget about keeping your dog on a heartworm medication too, year around. Ask your Veterinarian about this.
The very best flea protection are the brands you get from a vet's office, because they are safer and more effective than the ones you can buy at the supermarket of department stores. Plus, there is always the problem of counterfeit products, which is another very good reason to buy from a vet's office.
Ask for brands like Frontline, Advantage, K9 Advantix, Capstar, and Revolution. An affordable alternative is the generic equivlant to Frontline, sold under the names FiproGuard, and PetArmor, the active ingredient for both products is Fipronil.
Non-toxic food grade (ONLY use food grade!) Diatomacious Earth is another product that's safe to use on both dogs and cats, as well as for treating fleas in the home. Diatomacious Earth works great, is easy to apply, and is very cost effective.
If the fleas are in your home, your home and dog bedding needs to be treated since fleas only spend part of their lifespan on a dog, the rest of the time they're in the "environment", namely your home.
A flea comb works pretty well. So does a bath and a flea dip.
No they jump off and reproduce
bath them good and pick the fleas off or get them a flea collar or something else that keeps fleas away.
It is a parasite - host relationship. The fleas as parasites living off of the dog as a host.
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No, but the fleas can feed on the dog's blood. After 24 -48 hours a female flea will lay eggs with the blood feces which falls off the dog which, re-starts the life cycle.
Yes. They jump off and into the carpet, etc. furniture. One way to eliminate fleas on the dog is to bathe them, neck down, then do the head. You may see the fleas going down onto the nose or into the ears. I use Eucalyptus soap, but as long as you use soap and water it will drown the fleas. Vacuum a lot, and dispose of the bag immediately to the trash. Soap works faster and more safely than pesticides with fleas. Be sure to lather up the dog or cat and don't hurry to rinse off... let the fleas absorb into the lather, then rinse. Shampooing will eliminate the live fleas, pesticide will not; it weakens them (and your dog).
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Keeping people warm in cold winter days and/or attracting fleas to keep off people. (Fleas are attracted to warmth.)
there is really no difference.....most people say dog hair is what it is called when it falls off the dog and fur when it is on the dog...dogs with short fur/hair get less fleas then dogs with long fur/hair.... dogs also with white or light fur get more fleas then dogs with dark or black fur...
It happens if the dog is old or if it natural comes off.From:Natalie Connor
Parasitism is when one organism lives off another (host). Like fleas on a dog, for instance.
you would probably get rabies and fleas. Also you would lose your finger and have bitemarks on your leg.