Fleas! What is the absolute best way to get rid of them?

[Sam3030]

Have em in my yard really bad... And would like to hear what y'all use on your dogs too. Thank y'all any feed back will be appreciated thanks

[Steven M.]

A pill you can get from the vet called comfortis, a little pricy but is by far the best I've used and spray your yard with demon wp you can get that at most fee stores

[halfbreed]

  permetherin 10%  on yard , dogs and kennels .   get a product called     MARTIN'S I.G. REGULATOR .  and mix and spray according to label on a perimeter around the kennel and in the kennel it's self  [ NOT ON DOGS ]   be sure and read the photo degradation of the products  i.e. the martins is effective in the direct sunlight for ten days   . do this start NOW  and don't let up till they are gone  .  and then get you a maintenance schedual set up and stick to it   .  

[justincorbell]

sell all your dogs and light the yard on fire! 

[brushbusters]

Sevendust

[Circle S kennels]

To sell a dog because it has fleas is the dumbest thing I have ever heard! For someone to buy a flea infested dog to bring back to their place and spread them on their yard and to the rest of their pack is rediculous and if some one did that......well..... Seven dust granuels x2!!! Works real good, and you can get pills or a liquid drop that you can administer yourself from tractor supply, any feed store or you local vet. If you have pens that are not on a concrete slab, on the ground you can also spray diesel, or if you have wooden pens burn the pens and build new ones after the fleas are gone, then make sure you administer flea meds to you dogs annually or as often as the medication requires you to do so. Another trick for your yard is using a sprayer that hooks up to you water hose... Fill the sprayer full of dawn dish soap and spray your yard, the soap will harden and suffocate the fleas! I am partial to seven dust though!

[charles]

10% permethien all the way. Mix it in a 20% by volume for kennels n yard and 10% for dogs

[Reuben]

x3 on the 10 percent permetherin and bayer tree and shrub or ortho tree and shrub max...just make sure it is fertilizer free and 1.47 percent active ingredients...just pour 15 cc's on your dog and rub it in to the skin on his topline and/or belly...you have to break the cycle in the yard and use any poison that disrupts the flea cycle...once the fleas are gone keep other dogs and cats out of your yard...

[J5]

Burning your pens doesn't strike me as very intelligent either. How about dynamiting them? Deamond works good. Mix in a little malathion would help with some residual. An insect growth regulator is important method of prevention. It breaks the life cycle by not letting juvenile fleas mature so they aren't able to lay eggs. If you can find one with nylar in it as the active ingredient, it would be a good thing. That one lasts for up to 6 months.

[dodgegirl]

sell all your dogs and light the yard on fire! 

You always have the best home remedies 


But on a serious note, my family has always put garlic in our dogs food. We've never had fleas.

[Reuben]

x3 on the 10 percent permetherin and bayer tree and shrub or ortho tree and shrub max...just make sure it is fertilizer free and 1.47 percent active ingredients...just pour 15 cc's on your dog and rub it in to the skin on his topline and/or belly...you have to break the cycle in the yard and use any poison that disrupts the flea cycle...once the fleas are gone keep other dogs and cats out of your yard...

I treat my dogs about twice a year and fleas are always under control...the dogs are kennelled on concrete but I let them run in the back yard about 1 hour a day...the yard is sandy but no fleas...

[Easttex91]

I use permerherin on the dogs back bout once a month. ( I just pour a few CC  directly on the dog no mixing) and I get pure sulfur that's crushed up real good and throw it out in the yard where the dogs are haven't had a problem since I started this.

The most deadly thing I've ever seen on fleas is pine sol (sp?). Bathe your dogs in it it'll at least give them some relief. Make sure you rinse it off good.

[Lacy man]

Some on here referred that ultra shield, it's for horses and does it all, fly,fleas,ticks,mosquitoes. I ve been using it and seems goo pretty cheap too. 19.99 at local field store and its a big spray bottle. It's also waterproof for 17 days. To the yard I do ditomaces earth, (DE) haven't seen any problems in my yard. If I see a few fleas I then use the demon. But demon is kinda a pain says let dry before allowing dogs back on it. How to keep 6 dogs in a house? Haha

[cajunl]

Comfortis is the best hands down.

[halfbreed]

   yes there are many , many  methods and pills and salves and creams for the dogs , witch is very good to treat the dogs for fleas cause with fleas come , tape worms and many other parasites .  but if you are not treating your yard and kennels , you are spinning your wheels . most of these products the flea has to bite the dog to work , once bitten the flea dies . you are still going to have to treat the kennel and yard and the well any kind of flea killer will work on the flea it's self . but in a bad infestation you  MUST also treat with an  INSECT GROWTH REGULATOR  to break the fleas life cycle or once again you are just spinning your wheels .  bunch of good advice on this thread but most times it is just responded to put this or that on the dog , when in reality the yard and kennel are your biggest problem that needs treating .

[cajunl]

I have used comfortis to treat 7-8 dogs for about 5 years. I have never had to spray yard or kennels since using it. It costs about $100 a year. Usually, now the fleas are gone I only have to give it to them one maybe two times a year.

I had a heck of a time for a long time fighting fleas and it seemed a never ending battle.

I love it and would never go back to pumping up a sprayer!

You do have to use a spray or something for ticks occasionally.

[Mike]

X10 on the Comfortis.

I give it to my dogs 2 maybe 3 times a year... no need to spray the yard or anything.

[charles]

Comfortis is the best hands down.

Is it good to rid a fly problem too? I aint had an issue with fleas, just flys n skeeters. The permethin works, along with the ultra shield. Nvr seen or heard on confortis, but if its better for flys for a longer time, if i can find it, i'll give a wirl

[cajunl]

It only works on fleas.

[charles]

Ok, thank u cajun