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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#17365D'>I haven’t had a flea problem in YEARS at home, but there are certain areas we travel to and through that do, so in the past I have only applied Frontline before dog shows. New game this year however … one of the puppies has sensitive skin and a significant reaction to fly bites. She just got a big hot spot over night, so I bathed her and treated the hot spot and found ONE flea. One is one too many. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#17365D'>I called my vet to inquire about Trifexis and Comfortis, specifically asking about safety for breeding dogs. NOPE … none of the oral flea meds are approved for breeding females and none are even tested for effects on breeding males. So I have to use a topical or a flea collar (can’t remember the name of that). Flea collars don’t work very well on my bassets … they are too loose and they pull each other’s off and chew them. So a topical is my only viable option and Frontline is the only topical safe for breeding dogs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#17365D'>I know this doesn’t affect the majority of droolers, but there are still a few breeders on this list, so just sharing the information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#17365D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#17365D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#17365D'>Sandi Wittenberg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#17365D'>Red Bay Bassets<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>