Dog Flea Medicine
vs.
Natural Flea Prevention

I'm not telling you to never ever use the insecticides and growth inhibitors that come in pills or topical flea treatments. Just take a closer look and consider an alternative at least some of the time.

Dog Flea Medicine - An Innocuous Substance?

How can a flea poison on or inside a dog, be an innocuous substance to that dog? If it kills the fleas, it must poison our dogs to some degree even if there are no short term signs or symptoms.

Here are examples of natural, organic flea killers.

• Borax is mined from the earth. It causes death by dehydration. I would NEVER put borax ON my dog, but nestled down deep in the carpet its great. It lasts up to a year.
• Food grade diatomaceous earth, the tiny skeletal type remains of long diseased diatoms, can be used in the carpets, on the dog and fed to the dog (killing internal parasites as well).
• Nematodes - Like releasing Lady Bugs in an organic garden to eat aphids, you release nematodes into the soil to live and eat fleas.
• Organic Dog Flea Shampoo and a good Organic Flea and Tick Spray should not be overlooked. There is even a collar tag that deters fleas with an electromagnetic field, called Shoo Tag Natural Flea Repellent.

Toxicity

While even too much sun or water can kill you, chemicals can do it much faster. None of my dogs ever had a reaction to topical flea medicine until last summer. That incident changed the way I will deal with fleas for the rest of my life.

Should be put into place before you bring a new pet home. (I know, I never did either.) Still, I see the beginning of Spring each year as a time to jump start my use of the natural flea killer process before there is even one sound of thump-thump-thump as my dog's foot hits the floor between scratches.

Resistance to Pesticides

The more pesticides we use on this planet, the more resistant insects become. Sadly, we are creating super bugs. I would hate to see them standing (or flying) after we are gone.

The Best Flea Medicine

Is no medicine used on a regular basis. If you have a flea infestation, you may have no choice.

Please don't use flea medicines for prevention. Used only for acute cases of infestation and flea allergy in dogs is the best way to go.

The Very Best Natural Flea Prevention

Here is an added note:

I want to share something really important with you. It's been two years since the giant flea debacle using the dog flea medicine that nearly killed Helen. I changed all five dogs to a more natural diet (lots of raw stuff) and here is the important part...

It is July 2011 and it just dawned on me I have not seen one flea on any of the dogs, none in the house, and gratefully, none on me. I have not used any flea treatments or even dusted the carpet with borax in over a year.

Flea Free Food Supplement

My dogs are living proof that healthy food, creates a healthy dog that is not nearly as interesting to fleas!

Now I have a recommendation for you. Until you can improve the health of your dog like I did, please order the eBook called Flea Control Secrets so you can be a knowledgeable consumer.

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