My Golden has fleas & is overweight. What food & treatment to use?

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Hello I have a golden retriever of one year and 7 months, I took him to the grooming and the next day, we found a flea by the ear, we have reviewed Toby completely but we have not found more. What can we do to avoid them? Another thing we were told in Petco is where he is bathed that he is very fat. What food they mend for him. It weighs 90 pounds and eats 2 times at day. Pet's info: Dog | Golden Retriever | Male | neutered | 1 year and 7 months old | 72 lbs

Andrea M. Brodie, DVM · Accepted Answer

Unfortunately fleas only hop on the body of your pet when they want to feed, then they hop off again and stay in your pet's environment. So it could be that he only picked up one flea at the groomer or several, even if you do not find any more on your dog. So you need to treat all pets in the household as well as the environment (which contains the fleas, their eggs and larvae). Here is a selection of effective flea preventatives: Spot-ons and/or chews Advantage, Advantix Advantage Multi (Advocate in the UK) Frontline (ticks as well) Bravecto spot on (ticks as well) - for cats, in tablet form for dogs Simparica, Nexgard Revolution (stronghold in the UK) Tablets: comfortis (will only kill fleas once) Collar: Seresto (ticks as well) As for being overweight: You should take your dog to the vet for an exam, as he may have a thyroid condition very common to Golden Retrievers. This can be ruled out by a blood test. Your vet can then also advise you on which food would be best for your dog and how much exercise he would need in order to lose weight.

My Golden has fleas & is overweight. What food & treatment to use?

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