Your dog may have fleas if they scratch a lot, have small red bites, or have "flea dirt" on the skin. Your best bet is to take a flea comb to the base of your dog's tail and see if you can spot them.

In all my years of practice, I’m amazed at how hard it is still today to find fleas. A flea is an external parasite of dogs and cats. Fleas look like dark little sesame seeds, crawling around on ...

Some of the best treatments are those that are effective against the pre-adult stages of the most common fleas in the dog, Ctenocephalides felis and Ctenocephalides canis, but there are new ...

Fleas are not just an itchy nuisance. They can pose a serious health threat to our pets. In addition to itching and ...

Fleas and ticks are tiny parasites that cause big problems for dogs, from bites that make a dog's skin itchy to the transmission of diseases like Lyme disease and tapeworms. The best flea and tick ...