A very guilty owner

An owner came in today having used Advocate flea drop treatment on her German Shepherd Harley. He was in for his vaccination but she casually mentioned that she would probably flea him again as she had applied the expensive flea drops; taken him for a walk off lead along the river and he had dived in for a swim.

She asked when she could reapply the next treatment. I then told her off about this as Advocate (like many of the topical flea treatments), contain a substance that is highly poisonous to aquatic animals. It will kill fish.

 She felt very guilty and would not allow her dog to swim again in the river until at least 4 days after applying the flea drops. We all love our environment, including our pets, so let us keep it healthy.

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