Dipping dogs

[dorite007]

Back in the day we used to dip dogs. We would fill a tank or old bath tub with water and put a solution in it ( some kind of flea/tick killer) and bath a dog in it. We called it dipping, does anyone remember what that soulution is? My dog needs it and I don't want to harm him. What do y'all do besides carry them to the vet.. sevin dust ?

use to be sheep dip it worked good , now what u get don't work very well just to keep u having to buy more i have one dog who can't hardly put any kind of stuff on she get's bad sick puking and foaming at the mouth all the other one s i have do just fine use dish liquid the blue work good almost all will do i have 8 dogs now did have 10 couple died from old age and i have to figure out things that will work , but even seven liq, or dust made one of mine sick if that happens get them and wash it off as fast as u can

 

[wbvs58]

When I moved from E Texas to here in Copperas Cove, I brought with me a big plastic crate, all the herbicide and insecticides I had left. In the crate, was an unopened quart bottle of Malathion. I don't remember ever buying any so it must have come from the old barn my Father had built, left over from some long lost year. No telling how old it is. Last summer before it got really hot, we had a plague of pillbugs/rolypolys/sow bugs...whatever you want to call them, that every night grouped up and made a suicide jump off into the swimming pool. I decided to use the malathion. Good gawd almighty!!! I could barely stand to mix it and It stunk up the whole neighborhood. People were calling and coming by asking if I knew what the smell was and i flat lied and said it was probably something they were spraying over at ft hood.... NowI gotta wait until June when the county does their countywide trash and chemical thing where they accept paint, old gasoline, thinner and pesticides over at the disposal station at the dump. It's the only way I know to get rid of it.

You have to watch those old chemicals, they often have stabilisers in them that can wear out. I remember some years ago Diazinon was commonly used on dogs with recommendations on the label for its use, Nucidol was the original brand however generics became available and a Vet not realizing sold a generic that was past the use by date and the client washed their dogs in it and killed them all, apparently the stabilizer broke down and the diazinon changed to a much more toxic form over time. He got into big $hit for that.

Ken

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Do you really think I didn't know that . I live in a heavily wooded area. I need something more than a collar they don't do the trick

Collars aren't my first choice, especially for a dog that roams a lot, especially through brush. Collars get hung up/caught on brush with some degree of regularity, but infrequently. Usually the collar breaks or gets pulled off in the process. Worse outcomes are rare, but are known to happen. Oral tablets or a topical ointment applied which is absorbed through the skin (dipping can work/do this) is my preference. I just bought a topical for my daughters adopted Australian shepard. Her dog is over 7 years old. The dog's original owner died of cancer.

 

[Ouachita]

I still dipped our dogs until the 100 pound German Shepherd came along. I'm not as strong or agile as I once was.
For the past 8 years my wife gets a chewable straight from the vet. When unwrapped it looks about like one of the small Reece's peanut butter cups.

I know she complains about the cost, but it's just easy, and saves me being down on my back for days (which also costs a lot). It works. I haven't seen a flea in years. I can't remember ever pulling an embedded tick from from the shepherd, and rarely from the outside dogs.

BUT……we also have yardbirds (chickens and guinea fowl), so may be difficult to compare effectiveness of my experience.

 

[greybeard]

You have to watch those old chemicals,

You ain't gotta worry about me....I'll never unscrew that lid again.
Someone mentioned lindane. I'm pretty sure it's been banned for use on animals and humans here in the USA. Nasty stuff.

 

[sstterry]

For the past 8 years my wife gets a chewable straight from the vet.

I sure am glad my wife doesn't have fleas or ticks.

 

[Ouachita]

I sure am glad my wife doesn't have fleas or ticks.

That's what happens when I fail to proofread
My wife purchases Bravecto chewables directly from our vet, for the purpose of treating our dogs for ticks and fleas. How'zat?

 

[Travlr]

That's what happens when I fail to proofread
My wife purchases Bravecto chewables directly from our vet, for the purpose of treating our dogs for ticks and fleas. How'zat?

It was better the other way...

 

[Ouachita]

It was better the other way...

I'll see about getting video next time I'm trying to trick her into eating it. Probably will involve soft music, a dozen roses, and chocolate. If that don't work, I'll break out the corncob tongs.

 

[greybeard]

Now we know why you spend so much time at night out looking at the stars with your dogs..

 

[Mark Reynolds]

I'll see about getting video next time I'm trying to trick her into eating it. Probably will involve soft music, a dozen roses, and chocolate. If that don't work, I'll break out the corncob tongs.

I hear lots of beer/alcohol works too.

 

[Ouachita]

I hear lots of beer/alcohol works too.

Can you elaborate? PM if necessary

 

[lynnmcmahan]

Back in the day we used to dip dogs. We would fill a tank or old bath tub with water and put a solution in it ( some kind of flea/tick killer) and bath a dog in it. We called it dipping, does anyone remember what that soulution is? My dog needs it and I don't want to harm him. What do y'all do besides carry them to the vet.. sevin dust ?

Check out Tractor Supply, the have a dog wash room. Probably have lots of spray on's and dips.

 

[Ouachita]

Now we know why you spend so much time at night out looking at the stars with your dogs..

I've been thinking of my reply to your observation all day.
I don't have a witty reply, partly because you are right.
We have a great relationship and work through these things together.
I make too many jokes and I apologize for that.
I'm fortunate tha

 

[texoman]

My ex is still my dog vet so I try and stay up on things. Chewable bravecto (3 months) and the sentinel dewormer (monthly) is all she says I need to use. Like others on here, my dogs eat it or roll on it and if at all possible, both every single chance they get.

They don't dip at the clinic as bravecto kills em fast enough. It still amazes me how fast it circulates and works. If I remember right though, happy jacks dip is pyrethrin. It worked for the folks I sold it to at the co-op as there were several repeat customers for it. You can get the oily stuff you put on the scruff at the same places.

 

[Ouachita]

My ex is still my dog vet so I try and stay up on things. Chewable bravecto (3 months) and the sentinel dewormer (monthly) is all she says I need to use. Like others on here, my dogs eat it or roll on it and if at all possible, both every single chance they get.

They don't dip at the clinic as bravecto kills em fast enough. It still amazes me how fast it circulates and works. If I remember right though, happy jacks dip is pyrethrin. It worked for the folks I sold it to at the co-op as there were several repeat customers for it. You can get the oily stuff you put on the scruff at the same places.

I used Lindane for dipping until I couldn't get it anymore. I think that was about 20-25 years ago. Then started using the pyrethin….pyremethrin stuff. My arm length gloves still filled up, so I was happy when my wife offered up a new play.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

Since I always lived isolated in the country with no cats (fleas on dogs are cat fleas) in Texas I would give my sight hounds a little lick of ivermectin horse wormer paste every months as a heart worm preventative. It also kills any fleas on them. But more fleas hatch out and got on the dogs. After 2 or 3 months of this treatment the fleas on the property became extinct. No heartwoms, no expensive daily or monthly pills, no cats and no fleas. They would be extinct for years at a time. Where we live now there are no heart worms and no fleas either unless the little ranch dog across the road crawled under the fence. But he has disappeared a while ago. I think the coyotes got him.

 

[texoman]

Since I always lived isolated in the country with no cats (fleas on dogs are cat fleas) in Texas I would give my sight hounds a little lick of ivermectin horse wormer paste every months as a heart worm preventative. It also kills any fleas on them. But more fleas hatch out and got on the dogs. After 2 or 3 months of this treatment the fleas on the property became extinct. No heartwoms, no expensive daily or monthly pills, no cats and no fleas. They would be extinct for years at a time. Where we live now there are no heart worms and no fleas either unless the little ranch dog across the road crawled under the fence. But he has disappeared a while ago. I think the coyotes got him.

I grew up giving our dogs the horse paste and dipping in stuff you shouldn't use. That said, there are certain breeds of dogs with a genetic mutation that the horse ivermectin paste will kill. Many of those breeds are cattle and livestock dogs. Not all individuals within those breeds have that mutation, but enough do to be careful with that stuff.

 

[sstterry]

I grew up giving our dogs the horse paste and dipping in stuff you shouldn't use. That said, there are certain breeds of dogs with a genetic mutation that the horse ivermectin paste will kill. Many of those breeds are cattle and livestock dogs. Not all individuals within those breeds have that mutation, but enough do to be careful with that stuff.

I am as bad about doing things myself as anyone else. But there is a reason you need a Vet. In addition to some breeds having adverse reactions, too little of a drug or treatment can make the fleas more resistant to future treatment.

 

[UDF]

I still have bottles of "Adams dip "
It says 1tb to 1 gal. of h20
For outside dogs 2tb to 1 gal.. "Only use 1/2 gal on the dog" ...
Sponge dog down... With that said , some dogs have very bad reactions to dip.


I have used dip on horses . Never a cat..
have given cats a very very warm bath.. They love it .
But you must use almost hot water. As their body temp is so high.
If you use to cool of temp h20 it feels cold to them..
So the warmer the water the more comfy it is for them..