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Old 05-13-2014, 07:45 AM
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We had a big flea problem back in the '80s with a springer spaniel. Then we had a flea problem with our first golden one time. He spent the weekend with our cleaning person and her boxer, and it cost over $100 (ten years ago) to get rid of the fleas and have him treated for all the holes he bit in himself. Never again. I hear what you're saying, Bonanza, and I admire your environmental conscientiousness, but it's not worth the risk for us, nor the misery for the dog.

I'm not worried about ticks in TV. We don't walk in the woods. We walk in the middle of the street! DDRR has no bushes or pine trees, and Crosby spends the bulk of his time there in the wading pool, surrounded by cement pavers. If they still had Interceptor, I would use that and a topical, but they don't, so we will keep with trifexis unless we find a tick on him.
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