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I'd have an allergy test done on him but it's really expensive.
This seems to be a more common issue with dogs in the last 10 years +, and I've got to believe it's a by-product of over vaccination, "Dog Parks", specialized dog foods, antibiotics given to meat animals for dog consumption, and all these flea and tick products.
Did this stuff happen 40-50 years ago? Um........not that I recall.
Ceder chip beds are a natural deterrent for fleas. Use a loosely fitting flea collar, don't use the "drops" or pills.
Use the Aloedine shampoo and make sure you rinse it off well after letting it sit for 5-10 minutes. The aloe will sooth the skin and the iodine will get rid of any bacteria and/or fungus.
Wash ALL of your dog's bedding. Hot water and a detergent like Dreft or Ivory Snow. No fragranced softners.
Benedryl pills will help with the itching if it persists.
Frontline makes a carpet and furniture flea spray but it may cause another allergy.
Vetericyn spray will help sooth and heal, it's also non-toxic so your dog can lick it with no issues.
Make sure his nails are clipped and sharp edges filed.
Really read the ingredients in his dog food. Lamb or chicken, and rice are the most palatable, nix the cereal fillers, and it doesn't have to be expensive dog food to be good.
Get your house and property exterminated, or DIY. Fleas LOVE hedges and dry brush. Ammonia sulfate used to "green up" your lawn will burn up fleas and their eggs, just don't let your dog out on the lawn for 24 hours and it's dry, and make sure you water the heck out of the grass during that 24 hours so the AS gets down in the soil.
Can't think of anything else at this point...........except that rodents (bunnies, gophers, squirrels, etc.) and cats do a good job of "spreading the joy" of fleas everywhere.
Great advice! I also would check his food content. BTW if you throw a couple of moth balls in your vacuum bag/canister and vacuum very well, especially along baseboards and cracks and crevasses the fleas/eggs will be sucked up and killed by the moth balls. JUST BE SURE TO KEEP MOTH BALLS AWAY FROM ANIMALS SO THEY CAN'T POSSIBLY INGEST!
hth