Until we have enough frost, or even a good freeze, pets need to be protected against fleas and ticks. You can't let your guard down just because the air is cooler.
It is fall where we are, the leaves are changing, the air is crisp, but not crisp enough to kill fleas and ticks. In fact, during this season these nasty bugs are looking for warm bodies to hitch a ride on, and then to do their dirty work of biting as they live on the blood of warm blooded animals.
They may even hitch a ride on your pets into the home, and sometimes even infest the home.
This time of
year it is especially important to use some kind of flea repellent so
your pet doesn't suffer and your home is kept tick and flea free.
I have written a page that includes an article about protecting your dog from fleas and ticks. You can click here to find the article, and look in the right margin for other full page articles.
Image Credit: "Flea Drinking Tea" by debspoons at freedigitalphotos.net
Updated 2/27/17
Spring is here, summer is coming, and my owner treated me for the first time for fleas and ticks yesterday. It should have been done as soon as the weather got warm, but we've had a cold spring this year, so we waited a bit. I haven't had any bites. Some of you live in climates that are warm all the time, so please, be sure to keep those itchy little pests away from your pets...it's miserable when they bite, I know!
I get terrible allergic reactions to flea bites, just one little bite is enough to cause a rash over almost all of my body, so I was really happy when she read the article listed in the "pages" section to the right. Or, to make it easier for you, just click this link.
Updated 2/27/17
