Use garlic for flea control. It's effective, healthy and cheap.

I've heard many conflicting things about this. Isn't garlic part of the onion family?

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It's fine in mild doses for dogs especially big ones.

Exactly! Higher doses of many foods for humans and animals can become toxic to the system. We also eat varieties of fruit and vegetable that have related members that are poisonous to consume.

It would not surprise me that forum postings, articles and comments from pet shops may discourage garlic use as they in effect wish you to purchase the mainstream, chemically manufactured flea prevention treatments. May also be down to ignorance.

I am using Milbemax for wormer. My vet does the first one free and I've got a buy 3 get 4th free card. I put it in with my puppys food and he didn't even notice. They are quite small tablets and supposed to be more palatable than others.
I haven't flea'd him yet, I will probably use frontline but am a bit concerned about the way it is put on externally, in case my son decides to lick him
Does anyone know how long it takes to soak in?

It doesn't soak in, it's fat soluble and spreads around the skin on the natural oily layer. It's waterproof once fully applied, but best to double check with your vet to be safe.

Thanks. I've used garlic a few times before but stopped when I was told it could potentially be more harmful than good.

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I mentioned it to my vet. As vets follow proven science; applied medicine, she could not not recommend it. She just said it should not be a problem. Tactful!

However I good friend of mine in Los Angeles is a vet and she gives her three dogs garlic as flea treatment.



I crush several cloves, mix with a small amount of extra virgin olive oil and store it (contained) in the fridge for a week or so. I dont add it to her food daily, just a random manner!. As she is only 18 weeks old I only add about 1/5 of a teaspoon.

I've been using it too. It takes a little longer than the pesticides, and is maybe a little more work, but it's great. Totally organic, don't have to worry about the cats licking the wrong stuff off of the dog, and not only does it worm if ingested, apparently the minerals are good for their joints and such.

I use Frontline for fleas, and Plerion for worming. Plerion is great and the dogs take it easily as it's chewy like a treat.

I only flea and worm a few times a year.

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