Want an easy test to see if your dog or cat has fleas?

Get a piece of white paper.  Place it under your pet.  Scratch your dog or cat vigorously on their back right above their tail.  Really get in there and scratch away.  Now brush the dandruff and possible dirt onto the paper that is sitting below them.  Move them away without loosing any of the debris on the paper.  Now wet your finger with water and start to tap on the dark specks of dirt that you might find on the paper.  If the dark speck turns red and gives off a red smear with the drop of water that you applied to it, you animal has fleas.  That dark speck is flea feces.  Since fleas feed off your pet's blood, their feces contains blood. 

Time to flea treat your home, possibly your yard and your pet.