My vet always tells me to apply to the dog when it's dirty and not just bathed bc the product absorbs better with the natural oils from the coat. Then bath a few days days after if you must. Also there are products that can be applied to the lawn that kill ticks but there is a period right after application that the dog won't be able to go out. It's very scary dealing with ticks I have to say that my younger boy I have decided to keep inside only on pee pads bc in New York where I am the deer ticks are so tiny that they are even easily missed when fully engorged. And for some reason the younger the dog the more susceptible to contracting lymes disease. I have a decent section of my yard that I have treated and he can go for short walks there a couple times a day and I'm lucky that the complex that I live in treats the grass on the sides of the side walk so he can get a good walk along there too. He's only 4 lbs. my older boy is 12 lbs and he gets checked daily for ticks also bc he walks a bit further with me. The tick products I have used on him and they are effective however my theory with that is that the tick will then fall off inside the house and cling onto one of us. I have to check the kids daily for tick too during the summer. |