IT IS AMAZING WHAT WE HUMANS CAN BE TRAINED TO DO...
BUGS-- MY MOTHER USED TO SAY "IF IT AIN'T ANTS, IT IS FLEAS"
SOMEWHERE I FOUND AN ARTICLE ABOUT "WILL YOU STOP THE PANIC ABOUT FLEAS"--
AND WITH OUR VARIOUS ANTI FLEA ACTIVITY WE STILL HAVE A FEW....I CAN HEAR
GEORGE NOW "THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FEW FLEAS" THEY ARE PROLIFIC LITTLE
BUGGERS TRUE.. BUT I HAVE DONE A LITTLE EXPIRIMENTING WITH FLEAS-- AND I KNOW
THAT IF I PICK A FAT LOOKING HEALTHY FLEA OFF THE DOG AND DROP IT INTO A
SOLUTION OF DISHWASHER ( DAWN) THAT IT DOES NOT SWIM WELL AND ALL MOTION CEASES
QUICKLY. .
HAVING BEEN BATTERED WITH THE "THERE ARE MILLIONS IF THERE IS ONE" OF THE
FLEA PRODUCT PEOPLE,( AND GEORGE) .... LAST NIGHT I WAS CONVINCED I HAD A FLEA
IN MY HAIR. I COULD FEEL IT-- I WAS SURE...
SO I WENT INTO ATTACK MODE---- BEING ARMED WITH THAT ONE DISHWASHER
FACT....-- WHICH I KNEW TO BE TRUE-- BECAUSE I TESTED IT . I WENT THRU AN
AMAZING GYRATIUON OF TRYING TO GET ONLY MY
HAIR SUBMERGED IN A BUCKET OF DAWN -- LIVING ALONE DOES HAVE IT'S VIRTUES...
NO ONE WAS HERE TO TELL ME HOW RIDICULOUS THIS ALL LOOKED
EVEN DUNKED AND SOAKED... I FACED RINSING-- AND THE ONLY PLACE I COULD
DUNK, RINSE AND INSPECT WAS THE WHITE
TUB...
I AM HAPPY TO REPORT I DID NOT DROWN AND THERE WERE NO DEAD
FLOATERS---
IF THERE IS A FLEA LEFT IS IT AN AMPHIBIOUS FLEA.
WHICH MADE ME WONDER .... IS THERE AN AMPHIBIOUS FLEA???
I COULD NOT ASK DR. BOB ABOUT THAT
-- HE HAD ALREADY GIVEN ME HIS DISCERTATION ON FLEAS BEING ELIMINATED
BYONE PILL-- CAPSTAR--" WHICH CAUSED THEM TO FLING
THEMSELVES JOYOUSLY FROM A DOG IN AN ORGIASTIC RIOT OF HYPEREXCITABILITY BEFORE
EXPIRING"
HERE ARE HIS COMPLETE NOTES
Pretty intriguing about Capstar killing all those fleas. Took
a few
> minutes to look it up. Like lots of pesticides it's a neurotransmitter
> mimic. It mimics natural neurotransmitters in the flea's little nervous
> system so it pretty much screws up all the neurons in their little bodies.
> Then they get paralyzed. Then they die.
>
> The good news is that it does not mimic any puppy neurotransmitters so it
> doesn't bother them at all.
>
> I liked this line though, "Capstar produces hyperexcitability in fleas
> prior to death." Most pesticides just paralyze the fleas so they curl up
> and pass away somewhere buried deep in the fur. But with Capstar,
> apparently, they fling themselves joyously from the dog in an orgiastic
> riot of hyperexcitability before expiring. Hmm, do you think that part
> might be fun for the fleas? You never know. Maybe that's why she found
> so many on the bathroom floor. They do have to bite the dog though, they
> need the blood to be exposed to the Capstar.
>
> Capstar is going to kill all the fleas on the
> dog, but if it's gone in 24 hours then the dog is wide open to being
> re-colonized by the larvae. Not sure how they expect you to handle this
>
> minutes to look it up. Like lots of pesticides it's a neurotransmitter
> mimic. It mimics natural neurotransmitters in the flea's little nervous
> system so it pretty much screws up all the neurons in their little bodies.
> Then they get paralyzed. Then they die.
>
> The good news is that it does not mimic any puppy neurotransmitters so it
> doesn't bother them at all.
>
> I liked this line though, "Capstar produces hyperexcitability in fleas
> prior to death." Most pesticides just paralyze the fleas so they curl up
> and pass away somewhere buried deep in the fur. But with Capstar,
> apparently, they fling themselves joyously from the dog in an orgiastic
> riot of hyperexcitability before expiring. Hmm, do you think that part
> might be fun for the fleas? You never know. Maybe that's why she found
> so many on the bathroom floor. They do have to bite the dog though, they
> need the blood to be exposed to the Capstar.
>
> Capstar is going to kill all the fleas on the
> dog, but if it's gone in 24 hours then the dog is wide open to being
> re-colonized by the larvae. Not sure how they expect you to handle this
>
Let us know how your experiment goes. Would be most
interested if
> you could glean any information on the flea's state of mind in their final
> minutes.
>
> I remain,
> Dr. B.>
SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ARE -- ONCE AGAIN- INCOMPLETE.
> you could glean any information on the flea's state of mind in their final
> minutes.
>
> I remain,
> Dr. B.>
SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ARE -- ONCE AGAIN- INCOMPLETE.
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TODAY SCHEDULE----
USUAL--- ONLINE PUPPY FEED AT 8:30 ( TOP LEFT CORNER ON OUR WEB-- PUPPY
HILL CAM) THEN I PARADE CHAOS FOR THOSE TO SEE WHAT A PREGNANT DANE BEGINS TO
LOOK LIKE-- A FEW DAYS AGO I WAS UNCERTAIN-- BUT I HAVE CHANGED MY MIND... IF
SHE IS NOT PREGNANT-- SHE HAS SOME OTHER HUGE PROBLEM.. SHE HAS THAT "TWINS IN
20 MINUTES " LOOK ABOUT HER.
EARLENE SAYS MID OCTOBER.
ALONG WITH THE SUNDAY STEW -
- WE WILL HAVE A DRESS REHEARSAL FOR THE SANTA SLEIGH ROUTINE 8 BLACK
DOGS-- AND PERRY- PUP AS ROUDOLPH-- THE REAL; PERSON WHO IS A SANTA LOOK ALIKE
WILL BE HERE- WITH CAMERA MARK-- WE WILL TRY AND PUT IT TOGETHER-- AMONG
OTHER THINGS,,,,, WE HAVE 4x 100 FEET OF BLUE SKY WITH STARS-- ANTLERS NEARLY
MADE-- HARNESS READY ETC....
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I ALREADY TOLD YOU ABOUT DANES WITH EMPTY TUMMIES TOSSING UP YELLOW
FOAM--- ANDHOW DANES NEED A PRE BREAKFAST SNACK--
CHAOS JUST REMINDED ME.
