I use vet for flea pills/liquids too for the cats and dogs. Used raid flea spray all over and got diotomacious (sp) earth to sprinkle around before vacuuming. Had a really bad outbreak one yr - the neighbor was not taking care of a dog they had w/ 1 bad leg and let it sleep in the dirt under their porch - it picked up so many fleas!! My garage was infested. The girl nextdoor and I washed that dog 3 X, it was so bad, I thoughtit was a tan dog, but it was so covered w/ dry blood it looked that way - it was a snow white dog! They let my brother take it out to the farm where he washed it once a week in the warm weather, and made sure it had flea meds all the time! sharet