My dog has fleas

[Tanya Marquette]

I am kind of recalling someone in the UK saying she used Pulex 50M which
worked to build resistance to fleas.
t
From: Shannon Nelson
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 8:53 PM
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Minutus] Re: My dog has fleas

Is it kali mur that's taught as "specific" for glue ear? Which is also one of the cell salts, I think? I wonder if that would be worth trying?

[Irene de Villiers]

and also damages the dog's lungs. It is not safe.
It is like breathing shards of glass.

...Irene
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"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

[Irene de Villiers]

Makes sense. The B vitamins in there make the blood taste bad to insects.

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"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

[Irene de Villiers]

Makes no difference if it is food grade or not.
DE is DE. So-called "Food grade" just has less junk contamination.

A chemical spray like Frontline (not frontline plus) would be safer than this!
.....Irene

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"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

[Carol Monzillo]

Thanks for all the great ideas.

My dogs diet is grain free and usually includes raw milk and raw egg. Sometimes raw meat but not since the fleas. Not much veggies but he does love a carrot or apple core.

He also has dark ear wax which is itchy.
He can be aggressive to strangers, especially dogs but people also. When we have a new visitor in the house we tell them to ignore him and not make eye contact and he usually relaxes after a few minutes. If someone were to reach out to him to say hello he could try to bite them before he is comfortable with them.
Most of the time he is quiet in the house and has never once showed any signs of aggression to any family member.
He can get worked up in the house if a certain dog or person walks by and then will start barking and running from window to window.
When I tried to clean his ears he turns ears away and tries to hide from me. When he scratches them he groans.
He also has separation anxiety and when we leave the house he watches from the window and when we come back he is at the window. Not sure if he is watching out the window the whole time but I know that sometimes he is not.

Two remedies have been tried. Phosphorous has helped clear up skin crusting that he had and pinkness near groin. Crot-c I thought would help with his aggression and separation anxiety. I chose this because crot-c are very group oriented and playful which I thought described him well. Separation anxiety is better, but not aggression or ears.

The fleas have been going on for almost a month now, the house seems to be under control, but I still find them on him. I have parasite dust which has diatamaceous earth coming in the mail and flea free from Green Hope Mountain. I gave him Frontline on July 19 (please let's not discuss whether this was a good thing I understand exactly what I did and was quite desperate) and he has had baths almost daily with some essential oils ( I did of course wait a few days after the Frontline)

Any other ideas?

Carol
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[Shannon Nelson]

Rubbing it carefully into parts of the coat I would *think* should be okay -- where the animal will not get its nose! I have done this just once or twice with my cats, and once or twice I have used it on my own bed -- *under* the sheet (it does feel unpleasant on the skin), and on the lower half of the bed, not around the face.

I would definitely not put it in an animal's bed (wash and vacuum instead; vacuum up some DE so the fleas don't just hop back out somewhere else in the house!).

One thing I have found when using it on my bed, is that you don't have to get it everywhere the fleas might be (thank God) -- just aim to get it in places that they will walk through or go back to: cracks, and out-of-the-way areas. They don't seem to avoid it, strangely.

[Shannon Nelson]

Yikes, now that surprises me to hear!
Irene, I know you will send your thoughts about my "just not hear the face" approach…
Thanks.

[Maria Bohle]

I have fed raw (meats only), fed a good brand of Kibble, fed my own raw mix of vegetables, etc, supplemented with eggs, egg yellows, etc. Doesn't matter.
He is a scrounger anyway and will go in the farmyard and eat all kinds of poop (sheep, chicken, cat, whatever he can get) as well as anything totally disgusting. One time I had been extremely vigilant with their (have more than one dog) diet, very particular to avoid grains, etc, and I found him with an old, long burried chicken wing (feathers still on it), he had it placed between his paws, was chewing on it and gave me that 'wolf look' of the wild - 'this is mine, I have it and you are not going to take it from me, are you?' He has enough wolf and is not alpha so he doesn't challenge me or any humans so I could have taken it from him, but it was such a primitive look I left him alone with it. If he wanted it that bad must be a reason.

Maria

[Tanya Marquette]

We often project our own human sensibilities onto our furry companions.
My cat will sometimes eat meat that has been sitting out for quite some time
and then will refuse really fresh meat. He is very changeable on this. Last
year with a guest cat in the house, he would jump around the bowl of raw meat
like it was alive. He had been on cheap kibble and canned crap for years and
had to learn to eat real meat. It was really comical watching him.
I keep reminding myself that animals need species appropriate diets which is
what they would do in the wild and not our need for quick, packaged, money-
making product for the corporations and vets!
t
From: Maria Bohle
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 8:04 AM
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Minutus] Re: My dog has fleas

I have fed raw (meats only), fed a good brand of Kibble, fed my own raw mix of vegetables, etc, supplemented with eggs, egg yellows, etc. Doesn't matter.
He is a scrounger anyway and will go in the farmyard and eat all kinds of poop (sheep, chicken, cat, whatever he can get) as well as anything totally disgusting. One time I had been extremely vigilant with their (have more than one dog) diet, very particular to avoid grains, etc, and I found him with an old, long burried chicken wing (feathers still on it), he had it placed between his paws, was chewing on it and gave me that 'wolf look' of the wild - 'this is mine, I have it and you are not going to take it from me, are you?' He has enough wolf and is not alpha so he doesn't challenge me or any humans so I could have taken it from him, but it was such a primitive look I left him alone with it. If he wanted it that bad must be a reason.
Maria

[Ginny Wilken]

I would aver, however, that DE, judiciously used, and especially around the house, in bedding and corners, will help control existing gross infestation. There is no way I would compare it to a potent neurotoxin! But, that said, there are still many insults being perpetrated on this dog, and these need to be cleaned up, and a thorough constitutional case taken. "This for that" works no better on animals than on us, and the presence of parasites is always an indicator of failing health. An honestly biologically appropriate diet, no poisons, and incisive homeopathy should work. I see the various behavioral issues as part of the chronic disease, but I also think that a gentle and effective "teaching" system, such as SATZ, will give this dog a sense of security and purpose he now lacks, and this will aid greatly in his healing. Ask me more if you like.

ginny
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