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tigerfeather
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>>90482 I wholly agree with getting your dog on an anti-flea medication, regardless if it's Revolution, Frontline Plus, or Advantage. If you know your dog's having problems with fleas, then flea shampoos aren't going to do you much good as they only kill the fleas that are on her and won't kill any fleas that jump on her afterwards (even though the bottle says so....don't believe it). A good rule of thumb is to think that wherever the dog's been, there are fleas there. Contrary to popular belief, fleas do not live on the dog; the hop on when they want to eat and hop off into the environment when they're done feeding.
Also, if you're bathing her more than once every two weeks in flea shampoo, you're drying her skin out really badly and just escalating the problem. The e-collar (cone) sounds like a good idea, if just temporarily to let the wounds start to heal (they itch like crazy as they heal and her licking them will only, obviously, make them worse). You can apply Neosporin or any other antibiotic cream, just make sure she doesn't eat it.
Good luck with your itchy pooch.
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