| The natural way:o Vacuum your home frequently and | | | | product is very similar to Advantage, but is not water |
| seal vacuum bags before disposing.o Wash the | | | | soluble, so alcohol is needed to wash it off. This can |
| bedding of your Shih Tzu weekly in warm soapy | | | | safely be used in Shih Tzu pups, dogs, cats and kittens. |
| water. This is where fleas usually breed.o Bathing your | | | | Efficiency in repelling lasts up to four months. |
| Shih Tzu weekly with a mild dog shampoo prevents | | | | Active ingredients include: Fipronil 5-amino -1- (2, |
| flea invasion.o Use cedar shampoo for your Shih Tzu, | | | | 6-dichloro-4 [trifluoromethyl] phenyl) -4- (1, R, S) - |
| and put cedar oil in their sleeping mats. Cedar will repel | | | | (trifluoromethyl0sulfinyl) -1H-pryazole-3-carbonitrile |
| fleas and other insects.o Fleas are attracted to dry | | | | 0.29% inert ingredients 99.71%. |
| skin, so to avoid it, give your Shih Tzu Linatone oil | | | | Fipronil works as a nervous transmission interruptor, |
| mixed with its food. Excessive shampooing should be | | | | which causes quick death to fleas and ticks. It is |
| avoided.o A mixture of brewer's yeast and garlic, | | | | proven to kills 96% of fleas for the first two hours and |
| available in powder or tablet form can be given in small | | | | 100% within 24 hours. Ticks die sooner than they |
| doses to your Shih Tzu. This creates a certain odor in | | | | attach themselves to the host. Fipronil is from the new |
| pets, and fleas are surely to avoid them.o Fresh or | | | | phenylpyrazole class. |
| dried pennyroyal leaves is a natural flea repellent. Use | | | | Very effective and can be considered safe, so long |
| this in carpets to avoid the abundance of fleas in the | | | | as Shih Tzu are not allergic to fipronil.o Knockout. |
| home. Do not use it if you have small children around, | | | | Performs like Frontline and is as effective, but can only |
| as this could be toxic.o A mixture of 60 ml of lavender | | | | be used in dogs. Active ingredients: Pyriproxyfen: |
| oil with 2.8 liters of rock salt can also be placed in | | | | 21[1-methyl-2-(phenoxyphenoxy)ethyoxy] |
| areas where dogs usually come in contact with and | | | | pyridine....0.05% cyclopropanecarboxylate 2.00% inert |
| this solution could also be used to wash your Shih | | | | ingredients 97.95% Also has NYLAR, which is flea |
| Tzu.o Planting marigolds in the yard is helpful too; it | | | | growth regulator.o Biospot. This is for topical application |
| repels certain types of bugs as well as fleas.o Boiled | | | | and kills up to 75 percent of fleas, eggs, and ticks. It |
| lemon or orange peel in water can be used as a dip | | | | also is a good repellant of mosquitoes and works for |
| for Shih Tzu and can be used too to soak in Shih Tzu | | | | about a month. Temporarily, at times, it turns white hair |
| bedding for a few hours, then washed with warm | | | | to yellow. This can not be used in cats and contains |
| soapy water.o Lukewarm water with little shampoo | | | | permethrins and IGR.o Proban (cythioate) and Prospot |
| and detergent is a good way to prevent fleas. A Shih | | | | (Fenthion). While not to be used in cats, they are widely |
| Tzu's body may be dipped into the solution for fifteen | | | | used in dogs. This is absorbed by the bloodstream and |
| minutes and then rinsed. This only works if flea | | | | fleas die due to the poison that is present in the blood. |
| infestation is light. | | | | For it to work, it requires the bitting of fleas. There are |
| The natural way of treating fleas is effective only if | | | | certain conditions to be considered though. You are |
| the level of flea infestation is average to very few. | | | | injecting a small dose of poison into your dog's body |
| This method usually is recommended for prevention | | | | and side effects are not known. Then this does not |
| only. | | | | help if a dog has flea allergy, and can not risk to be |
| Different commercially available products with chemical | | | | bitten. |
| contents:o Advantage. Active ingredient is imidacloprid. | | | | Generally fleas abound during the summer months, |
| This is a flea poison, from Bayer. It is in a liquid form | | | | when it is their breeding season. These commercial |
| and applied to the skin, at the back of the dog, and | | | | products can greatly help in fighting heavy flea |
| works for about a month. This works by upsetting the | | | | infestation and needed where severe invasion occurs. |
| nervous system of fleas when they come in contact | | | | However, it is always best to consult with your |
| with the liquid. This product is fast acting and is not | | | | veterinarian as the choice of flea control will greatly |
| absorbed into the internal organs and bloodstream of | | | | depend on your life style. |
| the Shih Tzu. | | | | Author: Connie Limon. I raise Shih Tzu puppies from |
| Studies indicate that this product is highly toxic to fleas | | | | top champion bloodlines in many different colors of |
| and other insects as well. A Shih Tzu will be free from | | | | blues, reds, chocolates, blacks. We have the small |
| fleas in just a couple of days. | | | | AKC standards, imperials and teacups at reasonable |
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| A set of two vials costs 15-20 dollars.o Frontline. This | | | | |