Flea and Tick Prevention....
 

Hey All,

I was just wondering what you all use for your babies with Fleas and Ticks???

I am thinking about K9 Advantix II.....

thanks,

Dara :D

That's the one we use... just when the fleas show up... we've got one sensitive skinned boy that reacted badly with a few of the other drops.. Advantix II didn't cause him a problem... but, again, we only use it when it's needed rather than routinely... parts, most, of the year here, there are no fleas to speak of outside.

I use frontline for both of mine. I asked my vet what I should use and she said frontline is the best even though she's technically not supposed to recommend any brand. ive heard good things about Advantix too though.

Wondercide. And sometimes Rose Geranium essential oil on their collars. All natural and effective for my 5 poochies!

I've used Revolution since my baby could have the treatment, which was pretty much at a very young age/weight, as they come in 0-5lbs. I like it because it about covers everything, even heartworm. It's very pricey but my vet takes price comparisons, so I at least get it for a little bit less.

Revolution is what i had for my dogs, but they dont cover ticks, and thats a BIG thing i need. If you are around areas with ticks you may want to switch to something that prevents them!

Frontline didn't do anything for Fiona or Honey- not really sure why, but thats why im leary to try that again!

I was using Stronghold but when a tick was found my vet suggested Nexgard and that's what I have been using for a while now with no problems. I have two Yorkies :aimeeyork

I use nexguard and love it! All the topicals we're so messy and my girl reacted poorly to them.

I use NexGard on my 5 year old yorkie. No problems at all.

Interesting to know about Revolution, as that is what we use for our two.

Honey and Fiona were on Revolution, but i don't believe it covers all ticks, esp the deer ticks- which is the cause of why Fiona is now passed :( but i liked it due to it being heartworm preventative too.

I gave our Lab, Honey nextgard about 2 weeks ago, and i felt like she was scratching herself even more than usual, and I still feel like she is licking at herself- did you notice that with your babies!?

In my girl's case she's stays indoors alot and ticks are only bad around here if ya go into the woods or something, I also try to make it a habit to treat the yard with them flea/tick sprays as well, but we almost never have had ticks on our dogs before. I'm usually pushing her around in her stroller or carrying her in her bag/carrier too. I hear rose geranium oil is good to repel ticks naturally. You may want to give that a try :D

My boys take NexGard with no issues :)

Frontline does not work for me here n MD.
We use K9 Advantix II.:)

Frontline (active ingredient fipronil) has been on the market for a long time, it has started to lose effectiveness for some dogs in some areas (still working fine for many). We used to use revolution but it was very spendy and I wasn't doing a good job being consistent with picking it up from the vet (for shame) so we would lapse and then couldn't go back on it without another heart worm test (our plan covers a heartworm test once a year). After many lapses it became such a pain and just today we finally did the twice yearly injection for heartworm protection. So far so good, Lilah is acting normal, no reactions and I just can't tell you how relieved I am to know she is protected from heartworm and I don't have to think about it again for six months! Heartworm wasn't a big thing up here before but with the large quantity of dogs being shipped up here from other areas- especially here to Portland- the heartworm population has grown exponentially in the last few years! My own vets office had two cases show up last month and whereas that might seem laughably small to areas where heartworm is and has been prevelent for some time, just a few years ago it was "no big deal, not something in our area". Eek!

We have been blessed to never have fleas despite not consistently doing preventative flea care. We typically bathe immediately upon return from play dates with a friend who might have fleas and we have wood floors, spend a lot of time indoors- the barn cats get flea medicine. We have been pretty social lately and it is summer time so we have jumped back on the monthly flea Med train and are using advantage II. I didn't realize revolution had no tick coverage- anyone know off hand if advantage II does?...

Advantage II does not kill ticks. It works for fleas and lice on dogs. K9 Advantix has flea, tick, and mosquito protection, but one of the ingredients in it is particularly toxic. It can't be used with cats.

My vet recommends Frontline and only sells that and Seresto collars. Since he combines both Western and Eastern medical therapies, I believe he is very careful with medications. He does not like giving pills for flea and tick control. I had Katie on Frontline for several months, and it worked at the time. I couldn't find the Frontline when flea/ticks season started again, so I purchased Advantix, and it worked for a while. I didn't realize Advantix was so toxic, though. Katie had never had even one flea on her, but three weeks after I gave her a treatment using Advantix, she got fleas, and I was very upset. At that point I realized the dangers of Advantix by doing more research on it. My friend gave me one of her dog's Nexgard pills, and it helped to rid Katie of the fleas. Since my veterinarian doesn't carry Nexgard I get prescriptions from my vet so that I can purchase Nexgard from a local vet. It has worked great, and Katie has had no problems with it. I'm sure Frontline is safer, but I have heard so many people in the Northeast have had their dogs get fleas and tick using it. My veterinarian's practice is in Lyme Country since its in the Hamptons, but he doesn't feel the Lyme shot is safe for Katie, even though she is extremely healthy. I am always conflicted when I give Katie Nexgard, knowing my vet prefers topical medicines for that, but I also worry about what would happen if Katie got ticks on her. I have great respect for my vet and have been with him since he started his practice twenty years ago.

We were using Heartgard for heartworm prevention, but now that Interceptor is available, he changed Katie to that.

We have the frontline at my work but not the frontline plus which covers ticks, and the advantage but not the advantix :( hmmm. You leave me with things to think about miss Lisa! :)

How much frontline did you give to your dog?

I use Nexgard love it

They are dosed by size.

Flea med
 

Is it safe to give a 2.4 lb yorkie, 10 weeks old, any flea medicine? My vet said no, but she has fleas I cant get rid of, and because of the fleas she has tapeworm. I use nexgard on my other dogs, but they are 10 lbs.