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Oh my goodness fleas are going to be HORRIBLE this summer. We pretty much battle fleas all year anyway, but it gets 10 times worse in July-August. Well, right now the fleas are getting real bad already. Our flea preventative helps A LOT... but it just seems like the fleas will jump on the dogs while outside and instead of staying on the dog, they're jumping off the dog onto us. We use Advantage, and in the past year we've used Frontline (since we had the same problem we're having now, we decided to try Advantage).
So, what other options do I have? I know we need to spray the yard and that will cut back on most of the fleas, but what about things like garlic? I guess I'm thinking more of holistic approaches to this? Ideally we don't want to use any flea preventative, but I just don't see that as being possible. Would it be possible to keep things completely holistic in a situation where fleas are really bad?
So, what other options do I have? I know we need to spray the yard and that will cut back on most of the fleas, but what about things like garlic? I guess I'm thinking more of holistic approaches to this? Ideally we don't want to use any flea preventative, but I just don't see that as being possible. Would it be possible to keep things completely holistic in a situation where fleas are really bad?