Health And Dogs

Housing pets, fleas are a common thing today. Sooner or later your animalswill become contaminated with them; despite the millions of dollars Americans spend annually on various products to keep in check this annoying flea. If your pet plays outside then they probably have them. You can believe that these fleas can quickly take over what ever room or yard they live in. because they're hosts to the worms and eggs they can create serious medical problems with your pets including tapeworms, hair loss, and dermatitis. Fleas may even carry bacteria that are contagious to humans. But you can keep fleas at bay or prevent them just by using some defensive methods

Most people have a skilled lawn care company that treats the lawn on a monthly basis. The exterminatingcompanies post a warning sign not to let dogs or cats out on the lawn for several hours unless there is a good rain. The sign says that lawn chemicals can cause cancer in dogs.
Exposures to herbicides that contain dioxin have been shown to increase the risk of lymphoma in dogs, although this finding is considered somewhat controversial. The threat is small but can be significant. Some say that there is an increased risk for dogs if they live near a golf course where herbicidal products are used extensively.
Dogs do not always just walk on treated grass, but that they also roll around and play on the grass and sometimes eat anything they might find there. After all of this, dogs like to lick may do some extensive licking of the feet and fur coat, by doing this, any contaminated substances are easily swallowed. As far as we know there has been no studies done on the quantity of the herbicide and the increase incidence of cancer. You want to be safe and sound, Ask for a label and msds and follow the lawn care company's recommendations.



Be proactive

Use a merchandise like frontline as a preventive method to keep the fleasoff from reproducing. Most of the treatment like frontline has a 30 day treatment period. If you're going to do this it would be to your gain to use it at the beginning of warm weather.
Frontline is a topical treatment applied between the shoulders of the pet. It will stop the younger parasites from developing into a full adult flea. You could also use pills and have the same outcome and they are safe to use.


Get rid of them as fast as you find them
No matter how often you try you can still get fleas. If you notice a lot of scratching check out your pet and see if you spot any fleas. One way is using a flea comb or look in the hair by separating it with your fingers. Look for black specks, specs of dried blood and or the flea it self.

Take some proactive steps and ask your vet for workable solutions. Vacuum a lot and the bag out of the house by disposing of it and you can be very successful.