I use regular Advantage and bathe Lady weekly. I have had no problem. Make sure you use a shampoo formulated for dogs.
PurePaws does not claim to be a flea preventive shampoo, but the essential oils in it has been noted to prevent fleas. So I decided to go ahead and try not doing any flea meds and see what happens. It's been over 2 months since I've used any flea meds on Zoe and Jett and Callie would have been due for a flea med a couple of weeks ago. So far so good. I would not recommend this for those who don't bathe on a weekly basis. I also use the PurePaws Ultra Shine Spray every morning when I brush and comb them so that may help a bit too. Last Christmas, before I started to use PurePaws, I found a flea on Jett. I have always bathed weekly so I know that weekly bathing in itself does not prevent fleas in my area. Keeping my fingers crossed that we can make it through this whole flea season without any fleas and no toxic flea meds!
I use frontline plus, but I'm pretty sure I'll be switching to advantage because I've found about 10 fleas on her this week...that's never happened to me before on FL. But everyone here seems to prefer advantage. I'm also making my own shampoo with essential oils in it. We'll see how that works out.
(and btw, I JUST put the new fl on them on monday, so it's not even been 7 days! I have to wait 3 more weeks to put anything else on them!)
Fleas can build up a resistance to some of the flea treatments used in your area. That happened to me with Frontline a few years ago. I switched to Advantage and haven't seen a flea since.I use frontline plus, but I'm pretty sure I'll be switching to advantage because I've found about 10 fleas on her this week...that's never happened to me before on FL. But everyone here seems to prefer advantage. I'm also making my own shampoo with essential oils in it. We'll see how that works out.
(and btw, I JUST put the new fl on them on monday, so it's not even been 7 days! I have to wait 3 more weeks to put anything else on them!)