I wish there was some way you could just corral every flea in a five mile radius into one room, lock them in with some ball lock pins, a padlock, or some other impenetrable barrier, and just nuke the hell out of them. Growing up, my mom attempted to do just that with flea bombs, but they never worked. All they ever killed was roaches. The fleas would always be waiting and ready to jump on us the minute we returned home. Frontline and Advantage work up to a point, but it's going to cost around $100 or more to buy enough of the spot-ons for six dogs, three of which are in one weight group, the other three in another. I can't use the over-the-counter spot-ons because Bailey had a bad reaction to one, and I'm not going to risk his health again. That pretty much leaves shampoos and sprays, neither of which seems to be doing anything at the moment other than drowning a few fleas and pissing the rest of them off.
I can't very well bring all of these fleas home next week. I can't even get anyone to look at my house flea free. Imagine what the foot traffic would be like if potential buyers' ankles were attacked by an army of miniscule pests every time they entered my house. Unless anyone has a better idea, I guess I'm going to have to bathe the dogs five minutes before I leave, run as fast as I can outside with them soaking wet, and stick them in the car before a flea has a chance to jump on them, that or hose them down with a smelly flea spray or something like DeFlea, which is supposed to suffocate the bugs, outside the car.
My house, even with the crappy neighbors, is looking better and better.
