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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  Advantix was the only thing working for ticks even then we were getting a few. I'm not saying you or your vet are wrong at all. I just have that old mind set from the bad collars that everyone drilled into everyone that were bad and I just don't know that it would work well in my situation. I feel nexguard it's the best and safest option for us and worth the money. I'm not downing what your using or what your vet is saying I'm just sharing my opinion and situation. Everyone's situation is different. |
Yes, but, the old school opinion of collars being unsafe derives from chemicals in them, not the concept of a collar itself. In fact, permethrin is far more toxic than amitraz to mammals if you do your research. Most toxicity due to amitraz is due to misuse for example when a dog chews a collar which my dogs won't do.
I live in the northeast where the possibility of a tick borne illness is very high. It is for this reason that I want a very effective product that is the safest for my dogs specifically. I wouldn't consider Nexguard because it does not seem to repel ticks and they will usually attach before they are killed. I would rather not have ticks on the dogs at all but everyone has told me nothing is 100% effective. So I'll go with 90% and repelling ticks safely at a very affordable price. I just can't risk encephalitis from a tick borne infection in a dog already compromised as an epileptic or dogs that are elderly. If that means using a collar, then so be it. I'm also not a huge fan of new stuff -- people had high hopes for trifexxis and there were lots of issues supposedly. If it works for you, great, but I think people don't consider less expensive more effective options so that's why I posted on this thread.