From: 1234@yahoo.com   
      
   Sounds good.  Any side effects?   
      
   "WiseBonzai"  wrote in message   
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   > Talk to the owner about getting him started on Revolution.  It kills   
   > roundworms, ascarids, mosquito larvae, flea larvae and adults, and it   
   > repells all of the above, and kills heartworm larvae and prevents it.  The   
   > only worm it does not kill is tapeworm.   
   >   
   > If the neighbor's dog has fleas, yours will get them. Anything he has will   
   > be transferrable via blood saliva from fleas...because they inject juices   
   > that thin the blood in order to suck it back out, and so anything in that   
   > flea from his dog, becomes inside yours if the flea bit his first.   
   >   
   > Same thing with mosquitos...interchangable fluids.   
   >   
   > Flease can be dangerous for dogs.  They carry tapeworms.   
   >   
   > Please talk to him about Revolution to prevent the fleas and to kill the   
   > life cycle.  It's around $15 a month.   
   >   
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   > Renee & Maverick   
   > Service Dog   
   > "Dan S."  wrote in message   
   > news:oOOch.2084$Ga1.1095@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net...   
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   >>   
   >> "Mike" <1234@yahoo.com> wrote in message   
   >> news:43Bch.1320$lb1.1034@trnddc05...   
   >>> Hi, I dog sit for my neighbor's dog, a mixed breed that weighs around   
   >>> 40lbs.   
   >>> He scratches an awful lot and I suspect he has fleas.   
   >>> What's the best way to get rid of them and keep them off the dog?   I   
   >>> don't   
   >>> believe the owner is going to do anything about it.   
   >>> Also, what do you get recommend for dog food?   
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks,   
   >>>   
   >>> Mike   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Depending on your relationship with the owner, you should probably leave   
   >> the healthcare for the pet to them.  However, that aside, you could try   
   >> washing the dog in a flea shampoo every 7 days or so for 4-6 weeks.  If   
   >> fleas are in the bedding and carpet, you will also need to treat them.   
   >> If this is the case, you may need to wash the dog for 6-12 weeks.  This   
   >> is what worked for me last time.  Of course, I didn't give the offending   
   >> parasites the opportunity to infest the bedding and carpets extensively.   
   >> Prior to that, I used the vet's prescription.  Certainly, it has always   
   >> worked.   
   >>   
   >> For food, no table scraps, unless you carefully formulate a diet with   
   >> some type of professional guidance.  Other than that, I recommend any   
   >> over-the-counter dog food.  Some breeders and owners of show dogs go for   
   >> the higher dollar stuff, but, for general purposes, the store brand would   
   >> be fine.  The problem with store brand dog food is that unless you shop   
   >> at the same store all of the time, you can't always get it.  I use the   
   >> largest national brand.  It is available wherever I choose to shop that   
   >> day.   
   >>   
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   >>   
   >> Yours,   
   >> Dan S.   
   >>   
   >> Reporting to you from South Bend   
   >> -Outspokenness is too often confused for a virtue.  However, virtues   
   >> underlie the message not the act.   
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