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Cocker Specific Discussion => Health => Topic started by: gashley on July 24, 2008, 09:37:12 PM

Title: Flea Collars
Post by: gashley on July 24, 2008, 09:37:12 PM

Good evening,

I am thinking about changing to a flea collar and I just wondered if anyone uses them and which ones are possibly the best ?

Title: Re: Flea Collars
Post by: JenSam on July 24, 2008, 09:56:28 PM

We used one on my old dog and it irritated her neck.

Wouldn't use one on Sam.  Just my opinion.

Title: Re: Flea Collars
Post by: Mudmagnets on July 24, 2008, 10:06:22 PM

Quote from: gashley on July 24, 2008, 09:37:12 PM

Good evening,

I am thinking about changing to a flea collar and I just wondered if anyone uses them and which ones are possibly the best ?

Sorry, can't help you there as all mine are frontlined - well to be honest 2 at the moment and baby katie will be when old enough, have not used flea collars for years tho cos I have an allergic reaction to the chemicals, that I don't get with the spot on

Title: Re: Flea Collars
Post by: Countrygirl on July 24, 2008, 11:03:14 PM

I used a flea collar on my last cocker, Sophie.  I used to change it every 3 months and she never had a flea in 14 years.

I now use Frontline on Ellie, because everyone else seems to use it and the Vet recommended it, but I am not really happy about putting chemicals on her skin, although I suppose flea collars have similar chemicals impregnated into them.  Saying that, I only use Frontline everyone other month from April to September and not at all in winter and Ellie has never had a flea either.

Are some dogs more prone to fleas than others?