[Dailydrool] Fleas

[Laura Tancredi]

Although people have thought that there is resistance with Frontline there are 
other things that contribute to seeing fleas on a pet who is treated with 
Frontline.  Frontline will kill fleas that get on your pet so you may still see 
a flea here and there but they will die.  What the most likely situation is the 
area (yard, dog park, neighborhood) has fleas and everytime the dog goes back 
into that area there are more fleas showing up on the dog.  Treating the yard 
and house are the best to assist.  Also although it says you can apply it the 
same day as a bath I still wait 2 days after their bath to apply it.  If you 
don't have cats you can try Advantix also but it is a larger volume of liquid 
and my one (non basset) dog shook it up the living room wall.  I still perfer 
Frontline to anything but there are other products available.  I work at a 
Banfield Pet Hospital and they have FirstShield.  This is larger volume of 
liquid but some owners have said they have never seen a flea on their pets.  
Again I wouldn't recommend this if you have cats in the house because it also 
has permethrin in it like Advantix.  Hope things helps
Laura
Flash 
and Ryu