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Eric Krewson:
I moved into a rental house one time that had a flea infestation, the owners had moved out taking their pets with them, the fleas were ravenous. I could walk across the carpet and they would swarm me in seconds.

My wife and I went on a vacation to the mountains for a week, I set off a bug bomb in every room just before we left. When we came back the fleas were gone.

Pat B:
I give our dogs Ivomec once a month for heartworms but they rarely have fleas or ticks, maybe a few ticks early but only a few. They are in the woods all the time and with bears, deer, coyotes, coons, skunks, possums, etc. The only times they might get fleas is when they go to the vet. 

AndrewS:
 Fleas lay eggs and the eggs are not destroyed when using anti-flea drugs .
New fleas hatch from the eggs and the whole thing starts all over again.

For our dog we have a collar which she wears permanently.
The ingredients work against fleas and ticks. This way fleas are killed over time, generation after generation.
So we have no fleas and can search for dead ticks.
It is called Seresto from Bayer .  A collar works for about 8 months.

BowEd:
Correct Andrew....To irradicate them from the bedding area a second treatment is necessary 10 days later or the life cycle of the flea.
It's good to know as much about your enemy as possible to get rid of him.The dog or cat will appreciate it.
With pets in the house it's different.The house needs to be fumegated.
With kenneled dogs I've tried it all.Different types of bedding that is [straw,hay,shredded paper,even red cedar chips.It does'nt deter them.In the summer my hounds slept on bare wood in their dog house or if your really nice a small pad of some sort.Anything to reduce the bedding debry for the flea to live.No sand around the kennel either.In the winter it's different.At least in the northern climates.Bedding is used then as it's too cold for fleas to live there.
Parasites on dogs just mean vet bills.With common sense all that can be done by the owner without much expense and the dog is happier for it.

BAfromPA:
I also am a huge advocate for the seresto collars but man, they are EXPENSIVE. If I ever need to treat for fleas again I may try that water trap. Ticks though, not sure how to solve that other than setting up a possum breeding program.

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