Knowing about fleas and flea control is something a pet owner should be familiar with. You can't keep your dog indoors forever, dogs must get their exercise. Even if it's going for a walk. Fish swim, birds fly, DOGS WALK. Simple as that. So there's always a chance, once your dog is outside, that it may get a flea or two on them. This is why you should get a reliable treatment flea control product. If you are using some type of flea control now and it's not working, look for a product that contains natural ingredients. You don't want your dog to suffer from fleas using an inferior product that you just got at a the pet store. Some of those products are dangerous to your dog's health.

A reliable treatment flea control product has the ability to keep your dog from becoming infected with fleas. One flea on your dog can bite more than 300 times a day. If your dog does become infected with fleas, it can lead to scratching and licking and before you know it that can lead to fur loss and hot spots, or some other type of skin condition.

One way to check your dog for fleas is to search flea feces, they'll be little specs of what might look like pepper. Because flea feces contains dried blood, what you can do is rub some between your fingers an add a little water and if it becomes red than your dog has fleas. Your dogs tummy is one place you can search for fleas. Other common places would be where they sleep (I hope its not your bed) or some places where your dog may spend a lot of time just lying around the house.
In the 2nd stage of a flea's life cycle, flea eggs progress into larvae. From there they grow a strong silk like cocoon called a pupae which can become their home for as long as a year without food just waiting for a host, and come out when they sense the body heat from your dog that has just layed down right on top of them.

You can help by keeping your home clean. Fleas can lay their eggs anywhere. Regular vacuuming on a weekly basis (twice a week in the warmer months) can help eliminate flea eggs. If you have a vacuum with a bag, keep a lot of replacement bags on hand and replace them as you vacuum. Make sure you get that dirty bag out of the house right away, fleas can jump over a foot in distance. Like I said, if your want to keep your dog free of fleas follow these tips and if necessary, get a reliable treatment flea control product that contains natural ingredients.[phpzon]flea tick(s), 10[/phpzon]