Natural Flea Control?


Don’t miss flea treatment news sign up for news via RSS now. There is a lot of talk about natural flea control these days but people are a bit confused about it. Natural flea control doesn’t indicate that something is not toxic, only that it is made from natural ingredients. Pyrethrins for instance, they are [...]

How to get rid of fleas in Ohio? (Subscriber Question)


Recently Flea Control Secrets received an email from a subscriber (Peter) who had a multiple part inquiry. The person owns three thick coated dogs and said that he cannot get the Frontline Plus drops delivered to the hair follicles at the base of the skin by the shoulder blades. So instead, he put the drops [...]

Cat Flea Medication Reaction (Video)


This disturbing video shows a cat having a reaction to flea medication. Care has to be used when applying any flea control product or using any flea treatment on an animal or in the environment. One of the reasons I wrote Flea Control Secrets was because of increased issues and reactions. Take a few minutes [...]

Organic Pest Control is the Right Choice


If you ever worry about organic pest control or natural flea control, you’ll be interested in this bit of news. Although it does not specifically have to do with flea treatment for dogs or flea treatment for cats–it does show an important trend. Commercial product manufacturers would do well to pay attention to the latest [...]

Lufenuron (Program®) Flea Treatment


Program Flea Treatment (Lufenuron) is one of the more popular flea control products. Lufenuron dosage is based on your pet’s weight and species. It is critical to avoid giving a dog product to a cat and a cat product to a dog. If you haven’t heard about the many issues under investigation by the EPA–part [...]

EPA Flea Treatment Study Hits the News


The long overdue results from the last Office of Pesticides Program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to make significant changes when it comes to spot-on products. Ya think? I wrote about this in the eBook Flea Control Secrets and anticipated the results last fall at the latest. Today it was announced that [...]

How Frontline Plus Works (Video)


In this brief video you will learn how Frontline Plus flea treatment actually works.

Are fleas becoming immune to flea treatments?


There has been much speculation as to whether or not fleas are becoming immune to flea treatments on the market. Just whether or not flea treatment resistence is a reality has not been widely studied. In fact, I blogged about the Bayer Animal Health-funded Flea Susceptibility Monitoring program being the first and only companion animal [...]

Another Spot-On Flea Product Issue Revealed


A poodle stuck in its crate last week had a visit to the vet who traced the problem to the pet’s spot-on flea treatment. Residue from the product Advantage, applied between the poodle’s shoulders, dissolved the plastic and caused it to adhere to the dog’s belly. When the dog wouldn’t come out of its crate [...]

How to Avoid Counterfeit Flea Treatment Products


Counterfeit flea treatment products are suspected to be contributing to the adverse reactions being reported by pet owners after using flea treatment products. In the first post in this series I listed the most commonly counterfeited products along with their registration numbers. But the question on most people’s minds is, Just how do you identify [...]