Late last summer Mommy got me a super duper seven month flea collar. She had tried very, very hard to repel those nasty fleas using different natural ways, like using blends of essential oils on us and diotomaceous earth on the yard, but we just kept on getting bit, and I kept reacting strongly to the flea bites. That’s when she gave up and got this flea collar from our vet, Dr. Karen. I think Mom spent all her money on it ’cause she said she has never paid so much for a flea and tick collar in her entire life. When the weather turned cold, Mommy took the collar off of me and sealed it in a plastic baggie for when the evil fleas return in the spring. Well, we got springy weather AND my allergy test showed I have a flea allergy, so back on went the collar. That is, until Lucy chewed it off my neck.Mommy was not amused. She stood perfectly still, looking at it like she had never before seen anything that a dog had destroyed. #poormommy. We found a few small pieces on the stairs. Other than that, we think Lucy might be protected from fleas until after her next good poop.Lucy: I’m not going to get any fleas now for seven months. The collar box said the collar’s good for that long.
Mommy could not bring herself to throw away the collar. Or to tell Lucy that she was wrong.Now I have a duck-taped seven month flea collar. I wonder how many more months I have to go with it like this. Probably just until Lucy chews it off my neck again, he, he.
I am Xena , the Good Child.
Pupdate on Collar: Looks like Lucy continues to be protected from fleas. She chewed the collar off my neck again. My neck is 10 inches around. The collar is now 9 inches long. Mommy said you can do the math, whatever that means. I just saw it dropped in the trash. #poorermommy.It’s real cold again, so I hope those evil fleas are gone for a while, or at least until Mommy can get me a new collar. Phhhthhh on Lucy the flealess!
Wished there was a better way here too. I hate to poison them but worms are terrible too which they get from eating adult fleas. Fleas don’t get killed in the winter here.
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We are trying stuff that works better than the essential oils but has the least amount of poison in it. Hoping my new top spot works. Xena
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We’re ready for spring. Dr. Karen told Mommy to get a top spot flea and tick repellant and we are ready! Xena
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Oh wow, we get a pill each month, it’s the only that works in our neck of the woods. B&S
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Meow meow Xena mee thinkss Lucy thott shee was purrtectin you…..shee meened well. an Miss Amy LadyMew said shee com-missyratess with you ’bout THE cost as shee has gone broke from buyin xpensive things fore many of her past catss!
Pawss crossed Spring stayss away fore a long time….
***purrsss*** an ~~head rubsss~~ BellaDharma~~
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With cuties like you guys, it’s no wonder.
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Are you serious? Is it really a sign of love? I sure wish there was a different way she could show me how much she loves me! Xena
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We’re glad Mommy can’t stay mad at us for long. Xena
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It sounds like Lucy is addicted to flea medication. Wish I could figure out how to get her to stop chewing your collar. It is a sign of love.
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I think she was just tormenting me for biting her legs when she walks.
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Uh-oh…somebody’s in the dog house I suspect.
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Sounds like Lucy is a little overprotective of you Xena…she must think you will hurt yourself while wearing something around your neck 🙂
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
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Wow, he got a name. Maybe that means he got adopted, right? Xena
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Oh, you mean Charlie? Of course.
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Ooo, you’re in the desert. Did you ever see the horse there with no name? Xena
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Why did your Mom bring them home? Were they hitchhiking or something? Didn’t she know they would cause trouble? Xena
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We are like twinsies terriers, aren’t we,Ruby! XOX Xena
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I don’t knows WHY Ma was chuckling ….. somethings abouts, ‘that is SO something Ruby would do’…..what?? I would NEVER! okays, maybe, butts I agree Lucy, nows YOU’RE protected, rights??? peeps.
Xena, I gots flea allergies too! I can’t takes the pills, cause they make me toss my milkbones. I have to use the topical stuffs. And Ma has to put it on right before we leave for a walkie, or I will rub it off on the furniture. hehehehee
I hopes those nasty fleas don’t come back!
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
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We are lucky to not have fleas much here in Idaho. The only time mom had a flea problem was when she took her first pug with her to California to visit and brought them home Then they were a bugger to get rid of
hug
Hazel & Mabel
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We’re lucky in the desert-no fleas, no ticks, no need of prevention.
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Mommy thinks she will try something different to help me ’cause Lucy will probably just eat the next one, too. Grrr.
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Lucy was just being mean! *pout* Xena
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The taped collar is a little like doggie Erkle. Your sister is making a nerd out of you, X! I guess your mom will be buying a new collar AGAIN soon. Maybe Lucy will let this one do its work.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Too late, it’s gone in the garbage. Besides, if Mommy had to buy another one, shouldn’t I just wear it around my neck?
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Charlee: “Our Dada says tape is good for glasses, so it should work for a collar.”
Chaplin: “We think that means he’s a nerd.”
Charlee: “Of course, after it got chewed up the second time and got so small, I guess the tape wouldn’t help anymore.”
Chaplin: “Maybe if it gets chewed down a little more you could wear it like a bracelet?”
Charlee: “Ooh! Yes! Then you would just need another one on your other wrist and you would be just like Wonder Woman!”
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Good grief Lucy were you jealous of Xena’s bling? Surely it did not taste good
Hugs Cecilia
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I like the idea of chewable anything, but Mom said she’s trying hard to put the least amount of poison in our bodies as possible.
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Lucy your face is like looking at Big’s face. you are a perfect match. has mama tried the take by mouth chewable NexGuard? that is what all our pups have used. just an idea
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No, she spread it in the yard. She read something saying it would hurt us inside. We’re going for our DNA HW tests tomorrow, so we’ll ask Dr. Karen.
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No really, I didn’t, Miss Margret. Riley used to do the same thing to angel lexi. He chewed off her rolled leather collar that she’d had since forever. And the worst was when she came home all proud of winning at Freestyle and he chewed the ribbon holding her medal right off her neck. Mommy heard her fussing at him about it all through the house.
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I will suggest that to mommy. Xox Xena
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Yes. She was the only one here. I felt her do it. She’s has mischief in her. Xena
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So the way it works at our house is that we sisters help each other out by chewing off bandages, taking off ridiculous head-ware as well as cones. Xena, did you ask Lucy to help take off your flea collar? ~ nose nudges Belle Pup.
P.S. My Margret says to tell your mom she feels her pain.
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Hari OM
Seven months? What a strange length of time. As strange as the length of ‘power’ is that there is something so appealing in it for Lucy to want to chew it. Pawhaps with the (eventual) new collar, mummy may have to put some bitter orange or chilli on the collar too – so that Lucy doesn’t find it so tasty! Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
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Hey there Good Child, are you sure Lucy did that? her face looks perfectly innocent of all charges… I can stay out of trouble most of the time because I am an Only Child, Love Big
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Has mom tried to rub you down in Diatomaceous Earth?
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