I'm always being asked about flea control. I was looking in Retired Racers for Dummies and it mentions that Adams line of flea procuts are used extensively by the racing kennels.

Does anyone know about this? Any opinions?

Hi Blanche, All I know is its a good product. I used Adams before I started using Sentinal HW MEDs. (Dont need the adams now) but it really works. they have a spray and a shampoo.

I can honestly say that in the last ten years, none of my Greys have had fleas or have I had any problems with them!

I have used Adams in the past. It was a concern that my dog and my borhter's visiting children not be exposed to unnecessary chemicals. Adams is all natural and it works. I'm not saysing you can ingest it, but it's better than other severe chemicals we could have treated our lawn / dog / house with. Course I was treating a Blk Lab, no where near as sensative as a GH.

Also a tip we used that worked well. 20 mule team borax. Disolve in a bucket of water and mop the floor with it. it is a natural bug repelent, and a great cleaner. I use it on my concrete floors, and no ants, fleas, flies nothing. You can use it in the laundry washer too. Lots of uses. I buy in the laundry section at wal-mart.

Ang, Leon & Carolina
Darlington SC

Borax is one of the early "natural" cleaners. Everything in is is natural. The insecticide use comes from the boric acid, boron, which can even be ingested. An extreminator I interviewed, even sampled it to demonstrate it's safety.

Adam's seems to be fine with our hounds, and is one of the better working of that category of flea product. ProMeris, a topical like FrontLine, is getting very good reports. It's supposed to be gentler and cheaper than Frontline.

speaking of flea control... i put frontline on odie yesterday. it made a HUGE greasy spot on his back. does this go away? he looks nasty. to be such a small amount of liquid in such a small area, it sure did make a huge greasy spot!!!

The same thing happens to Angel... It does go away, but seems to take about a day or two. Just be careful not to touch it.

Same thing happens to Maddie. It goes away. She will not let me use the front line spray on her- something about her being sprayed she just does not like

do you do anything to that area after a couple of days or does it just go totally away? i feel like i should comb it out or something... ewww!!

it just sort of gets absorbed. I know, it seems really gross!

it is really gross! he looks like he has been in an oil spill.

I usually wipe the oily spot with baby wipes after about 2-3 days.

I have been hearing about a new flea preventative being used by some vets that has been used on Greyhounds as well.

It is called Promeris. I dont know anything about it but I know a couple of folks that use it. It has a eucalyptus smell from what they tell me.

I use Frontline spray. It stinks and cost a lot.