Fleas on puppies

Yesterday we got a 6 week old lab puppy and he's completely infested with fleas! He's too young for any of the flea baths and treatments that I have for my dog. I gave him a bath with Dawn dish soap and use a flea comb on him every few hours, but there's still some on him. Any ideas?!?


ETA: He has a puppy wellness appointment on Tuesday so I can ask the vet then, I'm just trying to find some ideas to make him more comfortable now.

Flea collar.
And I'm sure if you look around at walmart or a pet store they have something for puppies with fleas.

Quoting Riley[Waiting for Olivia]:“ Flea collar. And I'm sure if you look around at walmart or a pet store they have something for puppies with fleas.

I've never used a flea collar, do they work pretty well? I'm heading to Walmart later so I'll look to see if there's anying for a 6 week old

Quoting Mrs.Rachael TTC#1:“ I've never used a flea collar, do they work pretty well? I'm heading to Walmart later so I'll look to see if there's anying for a 6 week old”

Never use the ones they sell at Walmart and grocery stores. They don't work. Just ask the vet to sell you some flea medicine. Should cost about $14 for a monthly dosage.

Why did you get him at 6 weeks anyway? Too young.

Quoting Mrs.Rachael TTC#1:“ Yesterday we got a 6 week old lab puppy and he's completely infested with fleas! He's too young for any ... [snip!] ... wellness appointment on Tuesday so I can ask the vet then, I'm just trying to find some ideas to make him more comfortable now.”

get that flea stuff at the vet that is good for like 3 months....you apply it to the back of this neck. Works great on our dog.

any pet store or even wal-mart have the flea collars for puppys. I would do whatever it takes to get rid of them. We had 2 puppys die from flea annemia(SP?). You will know if that puppy gets it because he will not eat or drink anything and have white foam from its mouth. Plusits gums will be like a white color. So be careful and i hope that it gets better.

Flea collars don't work, but it might do the trick until the appointment. Our puppy had fleas BAD and we just had to keep giving him baths with dishsoap. When we went to the vet, they gave us the flea treatment, but also told us to use a fogger in out house because the fleas lay their eggs in the carpet.

HE is too young for a flea collar. YOu need to bath the puppy again with dawn and leave it on thepuppy for about 5-10min. It will kill them I promise.

I don't like the stuff you put on the back of their neck. Even though it says unscented it still has a smell. Leaving the Dawn in for five minutes should work for now. I also give my dogs a pill called Capstar I think. You have to get it from the vet. It's cheap and works GREAT! But I don't know about puppies. Good luck!

Can we see a pic?

Thanks for all the replies! We got him at 6 weeks because the owners were going to shoot the poor thing, so we took him. He's super cute and sweet, and was so covered in fleas he just had sores all over his body. We'd take him in earlier to the vet, but that was as soon as they could see us. I got a flea collar for LITTLE puppies, cause I couldn't find anything else that was for one that young. I'll try the dawn bath again and leave it on longer, I know it killed a lot of them, but just not all of them. We live on base so we don't have any carpet, but I went ahead and treated the couches and stuff.

Anyway because I know ya'll are curious, here's our new little guy, Jack!

Quoting Mrs.Rachael TTC#1:“ Thanks for all the replies! We got him at 6 weeks because the owners were going to shoot the poor thing, ... [snip!] ... went ahead and treated the couches and stuff. Anyway because I know ya'll are curious, here's our new little guy, Jack! ”

AWE!!!!! Him and my little bradley would be best friends! I hope the fleas leave ASAP! I am happy you gave him a good life, I got my dog at 6 weeks. The breeder was selling them at 6 weeks, if we didnt get him, then some redneck hunter would have gotten him.

Quoting Mandie-2happy:“ AWE!!!!! Him and my little bradley would be best friends! I hope the fleas leave ASAP! I am happy you ... [snip!] ... dog at 6 weeks. The breeder was selling them at 6 weeks, if we didnt get him, then some redneck hunter would have gotten him.”

yeah these people were pretty redneck, my friend found them on Craigslist and was taking his brother, and they said they were just going to shoot the other one cause no one wanted him. So yeah, AF came that morning, my Bday is coming up so I was like, hey, I'm taking this dog and Drew can deal with it  

I do a mix of 1 lb baking soda, and 10 drops eucalyptus or peppermint oil . I put it all over them, except the head, and comb off after 10 minutes.

Quoting Mrs.Rachael TTC#1:“ Thanks for all the replies! We got him at 6 weeks because the owners were going to shoot the poor thing, ... [snip!] ... went ahead and treated the couches and stuff. Anyway because I know ya'll are curious, here's our new little guy, Jack! ”

Awww, too cute!!

Awww, I want to kiss him!