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My first Golden Retriever was allergic to fleas or flea bites. If she got bit her skin would turn red and swell up like a Shar Pei and she would run around scratchy and itchy. Had to give her a benadryl shot and follow it with benadryl tablets for several days. Vet told me it was an allergic reaction and showed me the places above her tail she couldn't reach they they were getting her. The monthly edibles didn't seem to help much either.

Tried all kinds of things and the one that worked the best was a cattle flea and tick ear tag. At first I just had it tied to her collar like a name tag or her rabies tag. Ended up getting a nylon collar for her that was double nylon thickness. Got a cattle flea and tick ear tag. Cut the tag into strips. Cut a slit the collar and fed the strips into the collar between layers of nylon. It worked great. Every 3 years I got a new collar and tag and repeated or she would get bit and have a reaction again. I also kept a benadryl syringe handy just in case.

She lived 18 years wearing those collars with cattle flea and tic tag inserted.

My second golden never had any issues just gave her the monthly tabs that also take care of heart worms.

Current golden is under 2 years old and she does not like the montly treats at all. Also doesn't seem to have an flea or tick issues either.


Took my first Golden with me everywhere. One time before the tag thing went to visit a friend and she stayed right beside me except as we were leaving she ran over to a bush in the next door neighbors yard. Immediately coming back and jumping in the car. When we got home she had started itching and scratching. I pull off more than 300 ticks. All from just that few seconds going over to that bush.