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Sexier Than A Squirrel: Dog Training That Gets Real Life Results

The Bug Episode: The Hidden Cost of Flea & Tick Treatments

Sexier Than A Squirrel: Dog Training That Gets Real Life Results

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4.5543 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this episode of the Sexier than a Squirrel podcast, the podcast that brings you real-life dog training results, and sometimes human training ones too! This week, Lauren is joined by Michelle for a deep dive into parasite prevention, fleas, ticks, worms, gut health, and the growing questions around routine chemical treatments. Because while spot-ons, tablets, and collars are often seen as the “normal” route, more and more dog owners are starting to ask: what are the...

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one spot-on treatment that you give a large dog can kill up to 25 million bees. So this dose that

0:06.7

you're giving a retriever, a Labrador that you're putting on the back of their neck, that volume of

0:11.0

toxin will kill 25 million bees.

0:25.7

Welcome to the Absolute Dog Sex and a Squirrel podcast.

0:26.9

I'm Lauren Langman.

0:32.0

I'm one of the world's leading dog trainers and it's my mission to help owners become their dog's top priority.

0:37.3

In each episode, you'll discover how to gain trust and communicate with your dog like never before,

0:41.6

creating unbreakable bonds that make you the most exciting part of their world.

0:48.5

Okay, we're talking bug and this is the time of year for bug because for me, what I've really noticed is, you know what, I dropped off using my bug powder, not because I just kind of, I've been using Shroom, and I've been using Flexi, and I've

0:57.9

been using some other bits. And, oh my goodness, I saw the difference. I saw way more ticks.

1:03.5

We've suddenly become a little bit warm or warmer. The UK is heating up. I've upped my

1:08.6

bug treatment. I use a.k-9 bug. I use my bug canine spray. And I do use

1:15.7

tick twisters if I ever do get any ticks. I use my bug balm. And I also use pro-bio and shroom.

1:21.4

Now, why are we taking a natural route instead of maybe going down the spot on treatment?

1:26.6

Because I know you do the same, I do the same,

1:29.4

we certainly avoid, and especially for me the bug powder in their food, it's just such a great

1:33.5

smell. But why are we doing it? What's it actually about what are we trying to not do?

1:38.0

Basically, we're trying to not put chemicals into our animals. So they use spot-on treatments,

1:43.8

the tablets that the vets give you to put into your

1:46.7

dogs, they're basically the tick, the flea, it has to attach to the dog to actually get killed.

1:54.0

And what bug does is it stops your dog from even being attractive to those things. So it's a

1:59.7

preventative. It's going to stop it from

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