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ic, if the yard is infested, the only way to fix that is fog the yard, but that means the dogs can't be there for a while.
If frontline plus is working out for you, you can continue, but when it stop working, you'll need something stronger.
Garlic works on fleas, not so much ticks :(
Hi Rachael. I can understand your concern with the flea and tick stuff, and believe me I'm not trying to convince you to use it. Just a friendly heads-up that the nymph stage of the deer tick causes most infections and is nearly impossible to spot, so please don't use tick-checks as your only precaution.
Here's a pic of one next to a dime, for comparison.
Here's an adult on the right and a nymph on the left:
Most humans who get Lyme don't even recall every being bitten, it's that small.
You can get your dog tested each year. My parents' Chessie just came up positive even though she is on Advantix year-round. The treatment is a 28-day course of a broad-spectrum antibiotic (usually Doxycycline).
Tick checks are good and will help find adult dog ticks and probably even adult deer ticks, but chances are you won't find the nymph, especially if it's attached in an armpit or around the dog's nether regions or other favorite haunts.
Long ago, Seattle, we had 1 cat, wall-to-wall shag carpet, lots of fleas. A company called FleaBusters dusted our carpets and upholstery with sodium polyborate (essentially borax, a dessicant, not a neurotoxin). They guaranteed results for 1 year; it worked so well we never called them back. YMMV. May work differently in other climates. Perhaps this stuff can be purchased directly.
We use Advantix on an as-needed basis (spring/early summer on east side of the Cascade mountains).
If you wash the dog, wait at least 3 days for skin oils to be replaced; they spread the topical applications around the dog.
I wear nitrile gloves for application. Remember that chemists and chemical vendors have a long notorious history of underestimating the toxicities and problems of chemicals.
The tick stuff in Advantix is toxic to cats; if your cat grooms your dog, keep them separate for a few days after application.
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