This might sound a silly question, but i'm a novice and learning. Anyway, how do you go about getting flea treatment? Does the dog have to have the treatment even if there are no fleas? The vet didn't mention this when i saw him.

The vet is the best place to get flea treatment, stuff from pet shops isnt as good.  With our dog and cats we use the spot on treatment which is a tube of treatment which is squeezed onto the skin - usually in between the shoulder blades.  We use this all year round as a prevention, it is much easy to prevent fleas than to get rid of them when they are fully established on your pet and in your house :)

Yep! pet shop/supermarket products are a rip off! I have a blue fit every trip to ASDA's! lol
Advantage is a good one (spot on) and Frontline ( spot on or spray) both are prescription only, but do work. I personally prefer the frontline spray, but I have a short coated breed ( staff, of course! lol). Best thing with the frontline spray is the instant effect! Ive treated pets that are INFESTED, and they drop of within seconds once they get a whiff of the frontline!

You get the flea spray (I use Frontline for my lot) from the vet. (Or over the counter in France, where it's cheaper!)
:)

laura,

Think it is a westie you have..

I find for my westies the spray on Frontline ( get at vets) to be the best.   You brush them out and spray all over them , of course by following the instructions.

I personally am not too fussy about the spot on types one of my dogs had a bald patch for about 4 months after I  used a spot on. That is just my personal opinion though.

Flea prevention is important as is the worming.

BFN Pam

also depends on the breed, I'm using frontline spray on a rather shortcoated
dog and the frontline pour-on stuff for my long haired GSD.
vet said the spray is not as effective for long haired dogs,
but I suppose if you're willing to spend
an hour brushing hair away, spray, rinse and repeat, then it will work
just as well

Thinking back, we used to use front line spray on our Afghans we basically sprayed them all over then rubbed it in wearing latex gloves - it seemed to do the trick :) 

Hi Taariq,

What stuff do you have to rinse??  Never heard of a rinse type frontline.

With mine I just brush the hair in the opposite direction and spray , rub in with my hands wearing rubber gloves and leave. 

BFN Pam :-)

sorry Blue, by rinse and repeat I meant the process, no actual rinsing involved.
sorry again :)

That is OK Taariq I thought I was missing something ;-)

BFN Pam

Do`nt have a prob with fleas or worms in my lot so not much help really :) All I can say is they get a raw meat diet with a few supplements, & they don`t have fleas or worms tho they have been feacal tested negative for worms recently & no sign of fleas as far as I can see, sorry :)

Christine, Spain.

Frontline is the good stuff :) - Remember to treat the house with a spray from the vet..This is where the majority of the flea life cycle live, its no good doing just the dog as you will have another batch in no time.  The eggs are sensitive to vibrations and temperature and can lie dormant for long periods of time which is why it is a good idea to de-flea when the central heating gets turned on in autumn.  If your dog picks up a flea on a walk then chances are it will pick up worm eggs as fleas are an intermediate host for other parasites.  No matter how careful or clean you and your dog are, chances most definately are that you will pick up/experience fleas and worms!
Sarah

I get the Frontline spot on through American Ebay it works out cheaper and you do not need a prescription,I also give garlic with there food.