Killing Dog Fleas By Cutting Them Off At The Source

You want Batman know a secret? The best way of killing dog fleas isn't by killing them. You read that correctly. The best way to get rid of fleas is to keep the little bloodsuckers from being hatched in the first place. Does that sound a bit silly, or perhaps impossible? Just humor me and read on.

I can understand the reluctance to believe. This is normal and healthy to question things you don't understand or that send me the card new, particularly when it is not clear how your focus on killing dog fleas should be set aside so you can instead focus on flea birth control. Of course it would be great if you could keep the fleas from multiplying and amassing a major army, but wouldn't it be better use of your time and efforts treating dog fleas that are already attacking your dog and eventually wiping them all out?

Short answer: no.

If you are only focused on killing as many fleas as you can then you will only be partially effective in your war against fleas. You will have a long battle ahead of you. All the while you will be asking your self again and again why is this infestation getting worse instead of better? Eventually you will succumb to battle fatigue while those little bloodsuckers keep sucking your dog dry.

Work with me here. If you take my advice, you and your dog could be flea-less in just a few short days. Why? There is one very important thing you have not thought of in your battle to rid your dog of those bloodsucking pests. That is the typical flea's mortgage loan of reproduction. Just one flea can lay up to 50 Deavgycnkcd in one day. They can lay up to 2000 in their lifetime. Worse still, each of these eggs will only take from two days to a couple of weeks to hatch depending on conditions.

The worst is yet to come. Flea's eggs are very small. They are only a fraction of the size of an adult flea. This makes them very hard to see with the naked eye. Locating them is almost impossible. Equally stressing is they are difficult to remove. The eggs are typically immune to much of the treatments that were designed to kill the adult flea. What does this mean? It means by the time one flea is finally killed, hundreds more will take its place. Do you still think your only focus should be killing dog fleas?

As stated previously, the best approach to treating dog fleas is to cut off the source by stopping fleas you are fighting now from reproducing. Then and only then can you take control of the situation and start wiping them out faster then they can produce. You must also be able to deal with their remaining eggs. It's not as difficult a process as you might imagine though. There is what is known as Insect Growth Regulators (IGRs). IGRs basically make it impossible for fleas that are exposed to them to reproduce. This in turn will effectively stop the cycle by preventing future births.

IGRs come in various forms. There are sprays or powders known for their effectiveness of treating dog fleas. Some even contain adulticides to make an effective adult flea killer as well. You get a 1-2 punch in killing the adult flea while ensuring those waiting to hatch won't produce any offspring of their own.

So to do away with the little buggers for good, I would advocate a much more effective approach than just Dog-and-Puppy-Training-and-Care.blogspot.com">killing dog fleas by the hundreds. You'll be far more efficient in controlling the population just by practicing a little birth control -- on them.

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