Dogs that require a medicated shampoo or a shampoo designed to kill fleas need to have the shampoo stay on them for a prescribed period of time. Read and follow the manufactures instructions. For most products, a soak of 5-10 minutes is recommended. The shampoo must remain in contact with the skin for the prescribed time in order to be effective.
Here in Maine it’s nearly time for flea and tick season again, and in many parts of the country it’s in full swing already. How do you handle pets with fleas in your salon?
There are means other than pesticides that some groomers prefer to use and recommend to get rid of fleas, rather than using pesticides. While these more natural remedies often take a bit longer and do not have as high a kill rate they are preferred by a lot of clients, so it’s well worth offering them as a retail option as well as using them in the salon. While the word natural does not necessarily equate with safe, most customers believe that more natural products will work and will do so with less risk than more traditional chemical remedies.
Flea combs might not seem like a very important tool. They are small, inexpensive, and seemingly not terribly useful, right? Think again!
