Need Flea Help (she already had frontline!)

[JodiM]

Our vet recommended Frontline to us, since tick's are a big concern where we live.

We applied it to our Golden on the 23rd (no bath before / after)

We took her to basic obedience, and we noticed a couple of fleas. I called the vet, who told me they would die when they bit her.

Last week at her class, she came home with even more, and was just covered by Saturday.

The vet gave me a pill called Capstar (I think?) and it killed all the flea's, but made her really jittery.

She has class again tomorrow, and quite frankly, I'm leary to take her. (although she reallllllllllly needs the class, since she has some behavioral problems)

Is there anything I can do ahead of time to prevent the flea's from getting on her?

The vet said fleas are horrible this year, and to reapply the Frontline in 3wks, instead of waiting 4wks... but it doesn't seem like it's working that well anyway.

I would appreciate any ideas/suggestions/recommendations

[thekimballs]

Is her class held on some sort of carpet? Because the instructor plainly needs to pay a lot more attention to hygiene if she's actually coming home with that many. Yuck!

Frontline is usually very effective--maybe it didn't get down enough on her skin and instead sat on her hair?

Maybe you could use a topical something, like you'd put fly spray on horses, and spray her down before you go into class. Ask your vet.

I'm sort of stumped because a flea-ridden obedience class is collosally gross--it's a problem I've never had to deal with!

[JodiM]

No, no carpet. I'm actually 99% sure it's coming from another dog that we're always stuck sitting next to. (the mom is pretty raunchy too- blech)

I talked to the trainer at the end of the last class, because ds saw them on her right away, and told me. (she's a really light golden, everything shows)
She's going to 'look into it' this week.