(07-31-2012, 04:12 PM)Fishbone Wrote: I have kinda avoided posting in this thread, as I have very little experience with dogs. But I am petty good with insect control. The best thing I could recommend would be "no pest strips", particularly the original vapona type. Hang them in the area the flies are affecting, but high up enough your dog(s) can't touch them. And if you can.get the original vapona type, use gloves when handling them.
There is a newer version manufactured by Hot Shot, but they don't seem to be as effective. The old school vapona, with the active ingredient 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate, was the best weapon I've ever seen on flies in an outdoor open area.
Thanks! I'll be sure to try that. Also, Victor Leigh, I'm sure that's true for some species of flies but not these ones. They are actual biting flies and will bite him where there is no broken skin. You can see where they've been on him (The ears and nose, where the fur is thinnest and the blood vessels are closer to the skin) because they leave behind a small red dot of blood where they bite. If it were regular flies, I wouldn't be as concerned. If there's infected flesh in the open wound the maggots will devour it but they leave the healthy flesh alone. It's becoming practice again for doctors to use maggots to clean out infected wounds in their patients because of drug-resistant bacteria. But that's not an issue. These are biting flies and we haven't found any maggots where they bite him.
