I don't use a flea/tick medicine when not necessary. Jackson hasn't been on any since last July and we haven't seen a tick or flea since then. Now, I WILL be applying either Frontline or Advantix at the end of the month, as the weather warms up. I typically only end up using a flea/tick preventative in May, June, July and August. Otherwise, we just don't really seem to have issues. I don't see the point in giving it all year. Also, Frontline seemed to be ineffective 2 yrs ago here. I was still finding ticks in the summer when I used it which is why I switched to Advantix. But I may give FL a try again this year.
I use Heartguard year round mainly because it's super easy to give it to him, as he takes it as a treat, and I don't need the flea protection that is in Sentinel. We used to use Interceptor. Sad when it went off the market. |