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My Goodness. Ricey - I respect your opinion and your definately passionate on the matter. Your posts read as if you are shouting the whole time. I am just glad that you were writing what you had to say and that I did not have to be in the same room as you as I am sure that the soap box performance would have caused me to leave the room. At least by reading your posts I can absorb your opinion without walking away, still got a headache but at least my ears weren't ringing from the vocal performance. I am sure that most people know when you are in a room. Your presence in the thread is obvious - very intense, I don't normally come into this area of the forum which is probably why I have not read your posts before. But I noticed the topic on CS and was interested. I am not a quiet person myself and can be very opinionated - but I am pleased to say that after saying something once and airing my opinion - I tend to let it be rather then keep demanding that people listen to my voice and take my opinion as their own. In my opinion most prescription drugs on the market today are poison. Used incorrectly or mixed together they are lethal. A week does not go past without hearing about illness or death from prescription medication. So I don't care what medical research has proved these medications - I will take caution in regard to any medication I use -whether it is natural or medical. So for me - it wouldn't matter what medical research paper you put in front of me to support a product. I won't believe it is safe on that alone and in my opinion - no one else should either. We need to question a lot more the drugs that are being administered to the adults and children in our society. It is sad that you are blinded by medicine and medical research - Not all medicine's - even if they passed for public use in my opinion are "good for you". All medications whether natural or otherwise should be considered carefully. I have found CS to be useful for viral infections. It is not used on a daily or weekly basis - but it was suggested to me as a natural fighter for viruses and I have been pleased with the results. I won't use it every day, only if there is a virus infection -but then again I don't use any medication on a daily basis (including vitamin tablets). I respect what I put in my body and what I put in my dog's body but I am also open minded towards natural remedies. I have become more so in recent years when observing first hand the horrors of people blindly taking prescribed medication from doctors and vets just because they believe a univeristy trained person must know more then the average person on the street. CS taken in large quantities I believe is a poison. So is a whole list of prescripton medication - so my advice to anyone reading this thread - is don't doubt your own knowledge and intutition and research and do what we all have the ability to do - make our own decision after considering all the available information. Most importantly remember that just because someone has a university degree does not mean they know more then you. A university degree doctor told my mother she had depression - put her on a range of medication for her depression..... A year later it was discovered she had a brain tumour. Tumour is now gone - but her addication to the prescription medication is not and there is not much chance that the cocktail of legal medication in my mother's system will change and in my opinion - she is being poisoned - legally.... ps. We have fairies in our garden - much to the delight of my 4 year old who tells me their stories. Cheers Amanda

Like others have said - I would be looking at the environment. Because you are finding dead fleas, the frontline must be working to a certain extent like you said. I have two dogs I groom every year and they are due back in tomorrow (covered in fleas). The owner uses frontline and even sprayed under the house where she believes they are breeding - but still fleas every where. We are in a rural area, where breeding is accelerated, so it can be a loosing battle. But a few nature remedies to consider. Add garlic to your dogs food (fleas apparently don't like it) and also if you dog likes swimming, salt water is great for keeping fleas at bay. I use frontline, but also during the summer months when fleas are really bad, I wash them in a flea wash rather then my regular shampoo and I also wash the kids bedding weekly rather then monthly. Cheers Amanda

Rozzie - your special. I knew Sultan from the Paws site - but didn't know till now that it was you who gave him a wonderful home for his last few months. Thanks The world is a better place for you being in it. Cheers Amanda