Carpet Fleas, How To Kill 'em Without Chemicals

The first step in getting rid of carpet fleas is to give all the floors and furniture that your dog has access to a good vacuuming. A study done by Kansas University says that better than fifty percent of the adult fleas can be sucked up in the first pass. Of course now these little buggers are in the vacuum bag and ideally you want to dispose of it as soon as you're done with the floors. If you'd like to get a few more uses out of it, chop up a flea collar and toss three or four pieces into the bag. This will kill of the captured fleas and allow you to store the vacuum indoors without worrying about them escaping.

Continuous daily attacks should grab most of the adult population. You also want to wash any items on the floor that Fido uses to rest on like a favorite blanket or towel.

Now for that huge colony of larvae that the adults have left behind. If you can't kill these then the whole cycle begins again.

Flea larvae need a warm moist environment to mature in. Take away the warm and you'll slow down the process but take away the moist and you'll kill them. Now there are any number of commercial chemical spays and powders to choose from, fleas are big business. However if you would prefer that your family and pets not be exposed to toxic fumes, you can use a tried and true natural treatment.