Water Loving Doodle

[Kris & Brinkley]

My Guy sure does Love getting wet, he digs into the water bowls & drags it around all the time gettng happier & happier  as he gets wetter & wetter.( a habit I def will work to break)

Now I might be able to over look the wet water/ mud mess on my wooden floors but What about his flea meds?

These flea meds go on the back of his neck & as messy as he is getting he needs baths a lot. The meds wash off even the "water proof" ones I know bc my guy now has fleas while the others don't.

 

My dilemma is Water/Mud mess vs Flea Free....

[Adina P]

Try a "Buddy Bowl" and that should keep the water contained.

But he shouldn't need a full soap + water bath each time.  Can you just rinse off his paws and legs where he's most muddy without using shampoo?  Frontline and Frontline Plus shouldn't 'wash off' -- as long as you wait 3 days after application to bathe your dog it should be fine. The medication distributes to pores (or was it oil glands?) where it is released over the period of 6 weeks regardless of baths.

[Kris & Brinkley]

I wish it was him only getting his legs & feet LOL He is so small still mud reaches up to him practically & covers him.

 

I've used frontline & the FL plus on my lab it isn't as water proof as you'd think. :/

[Kris & Brinkley]

COOL! I'll ask about that for both dogs!

[F, Calla & Luca]

I think it works by being absorbed through the skin and then it works systemically (throughout the body). I also think that not bathing for a bit before the application helps since the skin oils help the absorption.

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Yes you're correct, The directions say to not bathe for 2 days prior to application and 2 days afterward. I follow this religiously now that I had one run in with fleas in Oct. I would tolerate a muddy dog all day compared to knowing there is even ONE flea in my house!!!! Wet ones, dry him off and brush him, do whatever you need to but keep using the meds. Look into the pills though, there was a reason i don;t use them and not sure why right now, but if they worked longterm ( 30days) and were about the same price as the FL Plus I would've had that by now.

[F, Calla & Luca]

Maybe because it doesn't work on ticks?

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

That might have been it since we take them on hikes and in wooded areas. Not that there are probably many here is Az. but we do go, or husband goes to Colorado and Ca. with Murphy at times.

[Kris & Brinkley]

fire ants are so bad here that we don't really have ticks, one of the only pros to fire ants.

[Kris & Brinkley]

I did that with my lab & he still is getting them, I just found them on him :(  & I haven't bathed him in awhile  bc of his dry skin.

I'm actually not the first TXn I know to complain about Front Line not working here for dogs that go out, but I was out of flea meds & got it at petsense.

[Kris & Brinkley]

do you know the name of it?

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

Use Comfortis for the flea control (oral) and Sentinel for Heartworm (also oral).  I give Gracie one on the first of every month and then on the 15th I give the other.  If we go where there might be ticks then I use the Frontline Plus topical since neither of the other two cover ticks.  Gracie is constantly wet!!!

[Kris & Brinkley]

I think Brink would be to if I LET him LOL! And Thanks for the product info will be checking those out!