I’m also from Florida, the flea capitol of the world and the only bathing technique that I’ve found that kills fleas is to thoroughly wet the dog and use tons of shampoo so I end up with a very foamy dog and then I let the dog go play while still foamy for 10-15 minutes, while I suds up the next dog. After letting the shampoo sit for 10-15 minutes, the fleas have drowned and I rinse them off.
The problem is that while this kills all the fleas on the dog, it does nothing for the fleas in the environment, and we have plenty of those down here.
