Hello. I have a 6 month old Sable puppy. We've had her for about 5 weeks now. Since then, I gave her two treatments of Frontline Plus. Her last dose was about a week ago. I don't think she had fleas then.
We were on vacation for the weekend, and my puppy went to the boarding place for 2 nights and 3 days. They had about 15 dogs of their own and 3 they were boarding. I was told that our puppy was placed with their own puppy and 2 that were visiting, playing together well.
Well, we got pur puppy back on Sunday afternoon. That evening, when I was scratching her ears and neck, I felt something. I looked and it looked like black dirt. I thought she was playing with other puppies and got some dirt around her neck and ears area. THEN, yesterday I saw something crawling around her neck area. Yes, it was a flea. I caught about 5 yesterday and 5 more today. Yuck!! We have a hard wood floor and she only stays in that area. I did a quick internet search and it says for 10 fleas you see, there are like 500 eggs and larvae in the dog and home.
My question is, our puppy was treated with Frontline Plus a week ago and how can she have fleas?? She could have had it and we didn't know or she could have contracted then from the borders. I have no idea. But how do I get rid of them? Is it safe to treat my puppy with frontline plus only a week after the last treatment? I'm washing all her bedding etc. I've vacuumed the entire house. I'm going to get a flea shampoo and bath her today. Do I need to call an exterminator?
This is our first puppy and first flea fighting and it's totally grossing me out. She doesn't seem to be too bothered by it though. Only scratching occasionally. When I searched her for fleas, there were lots of black dirts around her neck and ears area, which I now know is dried up blood?? Yuck and poor puppy!!
We were on vacation for the weekend, and my puppy went to the boarding place for 2 nights and 3 days. They had about 15 dogs of their own and 3 they were boarding. I was told that our puppy was placed with their own puppy and 2 that were visiting, playing together well.
Well, we got pur puppy back on Sunday afternoon. That evening, when I was scratching her ears and neck, I felt something. I looked and it looked like black dirt. I thought she was playing with other puppies and got some dirt around her neck and ears area. THEN, yesterday I saw something crawling around her neck area. Yes, it was a flea. I caught about 5 yesterday and 5 more today. Yuck!! We have a hard wood floor and she only stays in that area. I did a quick internet search and it says for 10 fleas you see, there are like 500 eggs and larvae in the dog and home.
My question is, our puppy was treated with Frontline Plus a week ago and how can she have fleas?? She could have had it and we didn't know or she could have contracted then from the borders. I have no idea. But how do I get rid of them? Is it safe to treat my puppy with frontline plus only a week after the last treatment? I'm washing all her bedding etc. I've vacuumed the entire house. I'm going to get a flea shampoo and bath her today. Do I need to call an exterminator?
This is our first puppy and first flea fighting and it's totally grossing me out. She doesn't seem to be too bothered by it though. Only scratching occasionally. When I searched her for fleas, there were lots of black dirts around her neck and ears area, which I now know is dried up blood?? Yuck and poor puppy!!
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