I ahve never heard of garlic being toxic to dogs, my mom and aunt made their own dog food cooked lamb etc and used a pile of garlic in it, I hated that time of the month when they did it, I hated the smeel it was VERY over powering, the dogs ate it right uip and they never had fleas, mom also "dusted" them with some type of powder. and dusted their sleeping areas. On our farm we have biting flies, ticks, mosquito's, no see um's, etc.. so we treat the yard every year x4 years with diaznon crystals, water good and let dry before dogs or kids can play on it, it keeps all those nasty critters out of the yard, weird to see becaue they will be outside the perimeter we treated but not withing hte yard itself, and our yard is very large, a 6 hour mow job with a rider to give an idea. After the 4th year its supposed to be good for a certain number of years untreated, I have to look on my notes to be sure when we are due to retreat..
Are you sure its fleas and not something else? You should be able to find a few on h im at least if that;s the culprit???
My mom's Collie suffered from something I cannot remember the name of, but she would literally chew her tail to a pulp, it was some kind of skin condition...Da
mn I can't remember! ANyway mom would shave her close in the summer, when it got hot is when she had trouble, I remember how pathetic she looked without her glorious coat, but after lots of vet visits, meds, nothing was helping nad this did the trick, no more problems. Only in the warmer months...I wish I could remember what it was! I will ask my mom. I hope she remembers....
She is getting a bit forgetful in her old age....
