Killing Dog Fleas – What’s available.

Is your dog scratching frantically? Are you seeing bald patches, rashes on its body? If you are not aware, here is a gentle reminder from your doggie that the flea season is here once again and it’s time for a battle of killing dog fleas.

“How to get rid of fleas on my dog” and “What is the best flea treatment medicine for my dog” are questions most frequently asked by dog owners in their search for a most effective and safest flea medication for their dogs.
 
Considering the number of commercially available flea and tick medicines today, dog owners are spoilt for choice. But hold on a minute. Before you go rushing out to get a bottle of what you believe to be the best dog flea killer, here is a list of what’s available and that have been reported to be effective in getting rid of dog fleas

Flea comb

Flea combs are specially made fine-toothed comb that could trap fleas and flea eggs on your dog’s fur. Though not able to eradicate fleas completely, it helps in reducing the flea population and maintaining a healthy fur coat of dog.

Flea shampoo.

As with flea comb, flea shampoo has no residual effect after being washed off but it sure helps in killing off a good portion of the flea population and helps maintain hygiene of your dog’s skin especially if rashes and inflammation develop after constant scratching.

Flea Medication

There are many types and forms available but the most popular of them all are the spot-on applications like Advantage dog flea treatment, Revolution flea and tick medication for dogs, Frontline flea control for dogs and Advantix flea treatment. Not only are they easy to apply, its effect can often last for a longer time, usually a month, making them highly popular among pet owners.

Program and Sentinel are flea pill for dogs. They are two of the latest addition to the existing range of flea control medicines and they are both safe and effective. These growth inhibitors help to interrupt the life cycle of the fleas and when used together with the topical applications have been reported to achieve high success rate in flea control

For more details on each product mentioned above, make sure you check out the section on “Flea Treatment For Pets”  whereby issues pertaining to the safety, proper use of the product, side effects and the dosage will be discussed in great details to help dog owners in deciding one that is most suitable and safest for their dogs.