the frontline and advantage are not working because you are not applying it correctly. I've often wondered if I was applying it correctly too! It seems all too often to soak into the hair instead of the skin.

An older treatment which made a world of difference for my previous dog were the Program pills. The way they work is that if a female flea bites your puppy for the blood, the Program chemical in the dog's blood sterilizes the female flea. Thus they are unable to reproduce. This is particularly valuable where the situation is that all fleas are off the dog, but new ones are hatching from the carpets in your house. Just one bite, and again they do not reproduce. Eventually the reproductive cycle of the flea population is broken and no more fleas on dog or in the house. Note the flea will still bite your dog, and the adult flea will not die or poison itself by biting the dog. So it takes a little while upwards to a month for the flea population to thin out and disappear. But it will work. Also buying the sticky pad/light flea trap will help de-flea your house.