Dachshunds have a thick coat, especially in long haired and wire haired, and they are likely to have fleas and ticks in their hair. Fleas and ticks are small parasites that live in your dog’s hair and feed on your dog’s blood. When your dog goes to a dirty place or is not groomed regularly, it can develop fleas and ticks in their coat. It has many disadvantages when your dog has this; you can see your dog excessively itching their skin and coat. Avoiding this harmful parasite from your dog is most important for raising a healthy dachshund. In today’s blog, I will share my own experience and knowledge on dachshund flea treatment, and this is useful if your dog has a tick issue; you can treat both flea and tick after reading this.
What are the problems of having fleas and ticks in your dog
Skin Irritation and Allergies: When they bite the skin of your dog, the skin becomes itchy and red. That sometimes creates an allergic reaction in your dog, and your dog feels itchy, which can make restless to your dog restless.
Hair Loss and Hot Spots: Constant scratching and biting lead to bald patches, scabs, and skin infections that can develop hot spots on their skin.
Blood Loss and Anaemia: These parasites feed on your dog’s blood; excessive flea and tick infestations can potentially cause anaemia, where your dog’s blood count is decreased, and cause various health problems.
Disease Transmission: Fleas can transfer dangerous diseases like Flea Allergy Dermatitis (FAD), Bartonella, and Tapeworms. Ticks can also transmit dangerous diseases like Lyme Disease, Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis. Where your dog’s health is seriously affected.
Discomfort in your dog: Their constant itching makes your dog restless, leading to poor sleep quality and potentially behavioural issues.
Can spread in your home: When your dog carries fleas and ticks, they quickly and can quickly infest carpets, furniture, and bedding. And it becomes difficult and expensive to remove them once they infest.
How to prevent fleas and ticks in a dachshund
Before preventing fleas and ticks in your dachshund, you need to understand the cause of this. This can happen for various reasons, like when they go into areas like grassy areas, bushes, woods, or parks where fleas and ticks are already present. Contact with other infected animals, such as a dog or, cat, can also have fleas and ticks in your dachshund. Sometimes humans can also carry this parasite in their bodies or clothes, which can also infect your dachshund.
How to prevent fleas and ticks from your dachshund?
Maintain a Clean Living Environment
The first thing you can do to prevent fleas and ticks is keep your environment clean. A dirty environment is more likely to have fleas and ticks. That’s why keep clean of your and dog environment clean is helpful. You can clean their bed, toys, and other playing areas.
Limit exposure
Sometimes this parasite can be transmitted to your dog by the external environment, like while walking in the park, playing with other animals. You need to limit exposure to a risky environment to avoid this parasite on your dog. Avoid having your dog walk in grass, dense shrubs, or wooded trails because these are prime habitats for ticks and sometimes fleas.
What are the best flea and tick treatments for dachshunds?
There are many flea and tick treatment options available; treatment can depend on your dog’s age, weight, health, and lifestyle. Below are some best flea and tick treatments for dachshunds.
Oral treatment
- NexGard (Afoxolaner)
This is a chewable tablet given directly to your dog once a month. It is a fast-acting medicine that begins to work within 30 minutes and eliminates them within 24 hours. Effective against many tick species, including black-legged tick (deer tick), American dog tick, Lone Star tick, and brown dog tick.
- Simparica Trio
This is designed to protect dogs against various types of parasites, including fleas and ticks. Begins start kill fleas within 4 hours and ticks within 8 hours after administration. This protects against fleas and ticks for up to 35 days after use.
Topical Treatments
- Advantage II
This is also very effective against fleas, starting to kill fleas within 12 hours of application. This eliminates all stages of fleas, including adults, larvae, and eggs. Provides continuous protection against fleas for a full month with a single application.
Note: I am not a licensed veterinarian or medical professional. The information provided here is for general knowledge purposes only and should not be considered medical advice. Always consult a qualified veterinarian before starting, changing, or stopping any medication or treatment for your pet.
Conclusion
A dachshund can carry harmful parasites like fleas and ticks. These parasites are very harmful to our pets, not just because of biting, because they can transmit harmful diseases that can cause severe health issues in your pet. Prevention from this harmful parasite is our responsibility for raising a healthy pet. If your dog has this issue, you can follow the steps that I provided above to remove it.
