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| Does anyone have an idea of how to get rid of fleas from my dog? I have done bathes, flea collars, frontline, etc. I can't treat the ground becuase of the goats, sheep, and other animals. Any ideas?
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why can't you spray your ground with those animals?
Just a question...
I for the first time in my life have found 2 ticks on my dogs. I have started to spray my cattle and get them sulfur blocks because I don't want any of my cattle to stress. It costs money and upsets them.
personal preference? or some other reason?
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| i ve been told by people around here that I should not put anything on the ground. What did you spray on the ground? I am looking for any help.
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I'll ask my vet and check the bottle.
3 good friends are Vets and that has helped me very much. They give advice and I don't feel like it's a sales pitch.
it wasn't anything to fancy. I also spray the livestock down with rubbing oil that one would use on those rubbing bags in pasture. Rather than hoping they rub on it, I put them in the head locks and spray them down with the sprayer. I also use a product in the grain to kill bugs in there waste.
today lots of bugs hatched....but our stock look very happy. 0 flies or critters. Stress cost's 20% of your yield.
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The products that you are using on your dog are probably working, however, if you have a bad infestation on the ground, your dog is probably constantly picking up new fleas. The only way to get rid of them is to treat the source. Can you treat the areas that your dog spends most of his time in? For example, his favorite sleeping places. Does he come indoors? Treat the house. There are some products that are safe to use outside, I would definitely check with your veterinarian. I worked as a licensed vet tech for 16 years before I quit to raise my family. This is a common problem. Also, if you treat the ground and are still seeing fleas on your dog, try a different product on your dog. Revolution, Frontline, and Advantage are all good, but I have found that some products work better on some dogs than others. I don't know why this is true, but it is.
Good luck
bhford
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Got any softwood trees on your property? Softwood trees have resin in them that fleas will not tolerate. If you can take softwood branches, chip them in a chipper and layer the ground with them, then you can organically and naturally rid your dog areas of fleas. I do this in my kennel. Wood chips also has the added benefit of scrubbing the soil of excess nitrates which can come from excess dog poo.
You are better to get the biggest chipper you can though because as I found out, a small 5-10 hp chipped makes for a small chip that the dogs can drag into the house by getting stuck on their paws and coats. This was not good as my dogs lay on the couch a lot.
It does work however. Cedar is ideal but other resinous trees like Spruce, Fir and Hemlock will also work.
Eat lamb...because 50,000 coyotes CAN'T be wrong!
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| what do you do for pest control on your animals Draw?
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Good question but you are going to laugh...I put up Bat houses.
I love bats anyway. I think they are cool to watch fly at dusk as they dart and literally fly making square corners. Better yet though they eat their weight in bugs every night. I am all for that. Unfortunately only the insects that are out between dusk and dawn get eaten, but it makes for a significant difference. I am working with the NRCS now in the WHIP Program to have even more bat houses installed.
I'm not organic by any means, but as I said in another post yesterday, the tactics I use must stand on their own fiscally. Buying fly control in this state, where the insect problem is only a few weeks in length does not make much sense.
Of course the dairy farm is different. There we use pour on dewormer/insecticide for dairy cows, but its very expensive.
Eat lamb...because 50,000 coyotes CAN'T be wrong!
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| It's that way we look at money again. Carries over into other things as well. Bats eh?
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| We have a load of bats as well and they are really busy in the late evening and possibly during the night as well. This year we have a pair of Martins or Swallows nesting in the Garage rafters and they are also awesome hunters. The only problem is I have to leave the garage door open all the time for them to get in and out. I am hoping they will return next year and hopefully there babies will return also. We have been here six years and this is the first year I have seen fleas, We have checked the cats and dogs but have not seen any there but I have found three land on me!! (I killed them but were there is one there are many?) We seem to have a lot less flies this year and I think it is because the chickens have been really thinned out by a fox. I think all the chicken poo attracts the flies.
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