Now I have really hijacked the thread!! But I hope this info will be useful to others.
Thanks for your reply. I am sure that we are no worse off in SoCal for fleas and ticks than you are in your area, so the same rules should apply?
The place I take Austin to for boarding does not like the topicals as they get on all the other dogs when they are in playtime. I don't like it either as it makes all his coat greasy looking. She gives Capstar to her dogs I believe.
I think my vet's reasoning was that if an adult flea with tapeworm egg inside gets on a dog and the dog eats it, he gets tapeworm??!! But I don't think FL + would have time to kill the flea anyway before it was eaten?
So I might try the collar and give up the FL and see how it goes. I guess if he gets tapeworm the Sentinel will fix it.
Do you keep the collar on all the time or just when outside? Have you ever found a tick on your dog since using the collar?
What a pain all this preventive stuff is......and with allergies thrown in, it must really be hard!
Thanks again