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Hello everyone, it\u2019s Aristotle here and I want to talk to you about a personal hygiene issue. Dogs and fleas! That\u2019s what I\u2019ve been thinking about. Now, don\u2019t get me wrong, I don\u2019t have any fleas so it\u2019s not another of my personal problems, but when we received the chart that I\u2019ve included below, it did make me wonder what you all do to deal with this potentially embarrassing problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I should just make clear, if you have fleas it\u2019s not you I expect to be embarrassed about it, it\u2019s your human. I know some humans who carry their fleas like a trophy. Although given how itchy they make you I\u2019m not absolutely sure why. They see it a bit like rolling in fox poo or eating pigeon guarno. Perhaps it\u2019s a right of passage showing you\u2019ve finally made it into the big bad boy world of the average street dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fleas are not just a street dog problem. In fact they are probably less of a problem for your average street dog as humans seem to expect them to spend their lives scratching. It\u2019s the likes of you and me, in the unfortunate event of our getting fleas, humans don\u2019t take it to well. Which brings me back to the point at paw. What does your human do to thwart any attempt on your part to host a collony of fleas?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s the really fun part. The more you talk about it with your humans or even just in front of them, then the more likely they are to spontaneously start scratching. There is some deep psychological link that subliminally affects humans. It\u2019s a good game if you\u2019re a dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are given the tablets every twelve weeks and they seem to work. I know our Mistress says she\u2019s read a lot of misinformation about some of the tablets and there are \u2018stories\u2019 out there that if you search turn out not to be based on fact. She had to look them up to reassure us that we were ok to take them. For us it was safer than finding us licking each other when we had something toxic on our coats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How about you? Let us know what you think of the whole dog flea issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Have a great Saturday<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aristotle<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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