Nexgard
 

Anyone have success with it? Won't be buying for a little while as I don't give flea/tick meds in the winter, but looking into this for the late spring/summer time... we have more ticks than fleas (never even seen a flea) so it's mostly for ticks. Would love to have a product I don't have to spread all over his back and deal with greasiness plus worrying about when he can/can't jump in the pool, etc. Didn't know if the product was doing well/working/etc.

http://www.petcarerx.com/nexgard-chewables/25178#39355

I have been using it with Callie since September and Sammy since November and haven't had any issues at all. Callie always acts weird after any topical products but hasn't with the nexguard.

Great thanks! So it's actually working, you haven't been seeing many ticks?

None and Sammy was getting at least one every couple of weeks before the nexguard.

:thumbup::thumbup: Good to know! I'll def be trying it!

Nexgard
 

I am planning to use this for my dogs this flea season so I will let people know how it works. We don't have ticks in our yard (never seen one) but we have them in our area, so they could pick them up on walks.

Fleas however are terrible here and the topical was not working well last year with my big dog so I want to try something different. My big dog was on Trifexis a couple years ago but after learning more about it, I took him off it and have not given it since that first summer I had him. It did seem to work well, but so many dogs have gotten very ill or died from being on it that I just won't risk it.

I recently discussed this with one of my favorite vets. I'm going with Sentinel + the Virbac Preventic Collar. The tick collar kills 95% of ticks and my vet who is teddy's treating neurologist told me this is the safest and most effective for my dogs. So I'm going to try it. Just paid $28 at chewy for two collars. Frontline is about $150/yr so this is very cost effective. Everyone is saying FL doesn't work around here anymore and even though I've been ok with it, I don't want to risk it. the product is labeled for 90 days of coverage but my vet said he suggests changing it every 30 days if the dogs are outside a lot or go in woods. I wouldn't have considered a collar before these recent convos with my vet but I'm sold.

PS I have heard that Nexguard is high priced at like $20 or so a month.

Raising hand HIGH IN THE AIR because this IDIOT paid $24 PER PILL! :eek::eek::eek:

Let me repeat---->>>>> $24 A PILL!

It is expensive but so was Advantix. I got a $50 rebate for getting 12 heartguard and then 6 nexguard. I'm just not comfortable with the collar. I just worry because I have such sensative skin, I live with two seniors and I just am stuck on not being comfortable with them in all honesty lol. All the topicals made Callie act sickish for 24 hours and I could not get my grandpa to remember not to touch it and it always stayed greasy until she took a bath. We have never had a flea issues and ticks haven't been to bad since we moved so I'm pretty happy with it and it's worth the money to me. There are a couple of months I didn't use it like January and February.

There's no way I'd use advantix ever. I have an epileptic dog in the house and I am quite sure his neurologist would know what is safest for him. i posted it for others who don't want to spend $25 a pill for a 10-Lb dog for Nexguard. I wouldn't find that to be worth the money at all when there are products that kill 90% of ticks that are safer for $14 for three months.

$24 for a 20-lb dog. That's crazy. Even if you bought the 12 HG and 6 Nexguard and got $50 rebate it wouldn't be worth it. 12 HG gets $12 rebate normally so you get an added $38 for 6 of these $24 pills. That's like one free. Big deal.

I bought 12 sentinel for $75 and got a $25 rebate and my collars were $56 for the year. Great deal to me. Plus nexguard is not to be used in dogs with seizures... That bothers me for all my dogs.

Is the $24 a pill from the vet? I am able to get it much cheaper than that through a source that I have. For me, the product that will work the best will be my best course of action. Once the dogs get 1 flea then I will have flea bites all up my legs and apparently I taste better to a flea than the dogs do. A flea bite on me lasts for weeks, so then add another bite and another bite that stay for weeks and my legs look pretty bad in no time at all. I have to keep fleas under control at my house.

I was looking at the Seresto collars. They have changed flea collars from what they were years ago that is for sure! If the Nexgard doesn't work for the big dog I might try the collar for him and see how that does. If he gets one flea bite he will pull all his hair out so keeping him flea free is a must. Not sure how Teek responds to fleas though, but we shall see this year. I hope to stay ahead of the game and just keep the fleas away. Last year I didn't have a single flea show up until the end of June, so maybe this year will be the same. However, July, August and Sept were terrible for fleas.

I would be very careful purchasing meds online. There are black markets and counterfeits. It's best to buy from your vet.

I'm in IL so there really isn't a flea problem here. My concern is more with ticks.

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.

I totally understand. I personally found that things that say they repell ticks haven't. I got lucky because we moved, same area but different kind of land so it's not huge difference but less ticks. I am in Md which my vets swears is the tick capital of the world lol so we worry about ticks a lot too. In the end all of these chemicals end up in the blood stream wether pill, chew, topical or collar. I really talked at length with my vet about it before deciding. Im not generally a fan of new things either because it takes awhile for things to show up and get reported. My vet had been using it on her dogs since it came out and everyone who works at the office tried it because the first dose is free and then decided they liked it so they continued it. There was only one case of issues with one of her patients and that was a larger breed puppy that was tired and sleepy the day the dose was given to him. My vet also said out of all the dogs in the testing only a few had seizures and it was only dogs who had a history of them them but not all dogs that had a history of them. Obviously I would not use it if Callie had a seizure history not sure what I would use because I haven't been in that situation. I think we both do what is best for our dogs and love them very much :)

I looked into the collars but I thought they were uneffective unless worn ALL the time and I don't want to have a tick collar on him 24/7. Maybe it's different now. But for one I find them ugly (they'll clash with his stylish collars, COMEONGUYS :p) and I'm not fully comfortable with them either. Now if it was the kind of thing that I could just put on him if I knew we were going to be in a heavily wooded area for a hike, for example, I would do it. But I read it doesn't work that way. The Seresto collars are made by Advantix, btw. And Nexgard is made by Frontline.

The price does suck on Nexgard... pretty bad. I was going to see if my vet would sell me ONE pill but they probably don't do that, I don't know, just to try it and see if it even works for us. We are going to FL next week where it's obviously warmer and I'd like to avoid fleas/ticks. So I was debating swinging by the vets on Monday and seeing what it costs or if I should just order Advantix from Chewy.com. Frontline doesn't do jack squat for us most of the time.

I'm using the collars this way (on and off) but we don't go into the woods and have specific advice from our vet for our situation. Nexguard and all the rest are 24/7 too floating in the bloodstream or in the sebaceous glands. So either way, it's all poison. Btw, I was talking about the Preventic collar made by virbac not the collar you mentioned. And yeah, they're not the most stylish but I'm ok with that. Have a great trip to FL.

Oh yeah I know the other meds are in the bloodstream 24/7 too, more worried about me touching the collar, etc, I dunno, I just don't like the idea plus like I said I don't like the way it looks, and yeah that's superficial :p but whatever... haha! I've def thought about using the collars. My main gripe with using the topicals is the nasty greasyness it makes on his hair and it usually stays that way for a few days, or until I can bathe him or wash the area after the 48 hours. Plus in the summer, it's nearly impossible to keep him out of the pool for that long to wait for the stuff to kick in. So nexgard appeals to me for that reason as well.

oh yes I saw someone else mentioned the Seresto collar, sorry!

I got Colby nexgaurd. Its in the mail. My question is Colby is 5lbs and the nexgaurd is 5-10lbs. Should I give him an entire dose or maybe 1/2? Or something else?

I would give her the entire dose, but split it in half and give her half one day, watch her for side effects, and if she's okay, give her the second half the next day.

That is probably something you need to talk to your vet about.

I started Chase and Calvin on NexGard last month. I bought them each one dose from the vet while we were there for their heartworm tests, then ordered them each a 6 pack after making sure they didn't have any reactions to the meds. I wish it wasn't so expensive, but I'm glad there's finally something for ticks that is a chew!

dog
 

I would not take a chance with any med that people say made their dog sick. I have used revolution and had no problems. No greasy mess on the fur. Please research before you give a med and make your dog sick,

Who said it made there dog sick? You do realize all of the topicals also go into the blood stream to right?

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: All heartworm medications--chewables or topicals--go into the bloodstream. It's a matter of personal choice, and what gives the dog fewest side effects. Some dogs tolerate some heartworm medications better than others. Bella does great on Revolution (a topical). The reason she started on Revolution is because they make a dose for dogs under five pounds. Since she does well on it, we never had a reason to change. (BTW, Revolution does leave a small amount of residue on the skin and fur, kind of like dried glue, but it's not a big deal.)

We decided because I just don't like the idea of pesticides on the neck area. Colby and my aunts cocker spaniel play all the time and I don't want it getting on her or in her mouth. Figured we'd try nexgaurd and if it works and he tolerates it I'll keep him on it.

This is true. I have just lived through a toxicity with a product. But, I still think it's a safe product and my dog was just not a good match. I decided after this that I will not be using any tick product on my pets. I almost lost him, and I was scared, and I'm still recovering from the experience.