Can you skip the "plus" and just use a regular flea treatment? Do you have a severe tick problem? I don't use tick treatment for Gracie even though we do have ticks in the area. When I walk her I keep her out of the tick infested areas and I run a flea comb through her to check for fleas and ticks after we come home from a walk.
There is no reason to put your dog through the extra stress of the additional pesticide for ticks unless your dog runs in a highly infested area frequently. The tick pesticides do not prevent ticks from getting on your dog and burrowing in. It kills them eventually I guess but not quick enough.
We used Frontlline Plus from our cats a couple of summers ago because we were having a particularly bad summer with ticks. They would go out in the fields and woods and come home with ticks on them. It seemed like the ticks loved that Frontline Plus. The cats would still have fully engorged ticks on them despite the fact that we used the stuff all summer. I don't bother with it anymore. I just meet them at the door with my flea comb and tick puller.
We haven't had hardly any problem this year. I hope it stays that way. |