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Permalink Reply by Susan Stanton on July 9, 2009 at 4:50pm

It would be nice. I hate using these awful poisons on the dogs, but I hate ticks more.

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Permalink Reply by Susan and Merlin on July 9, 2009 at 5:05pm

That's what the pill will be too. A poison. Just one they can ingest.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah C. on July 9, 2009 at 6:11pm

All medicine is poison, at the right dose.

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Permalink Reply by Susan Stanton on July 9, 2009 at 7:33pm

I realize this will be a poison too -- I guess I was unclear, I hate using this stuff in any form, because I assume it's doing some level of harm to the dogs, but the ticks could do far worse. I hate ticks, and I live in an area with epidemic levels of Lyme disease. Bertie has come up positive for it twice, and at a rather low point, I found a tick nestled in my very own bellybutton. I HATE them more than the poison, whether in pill or topical.

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Permalink Reply by Beth on July 9, 2009 at 8:27pm

A poison to fleas and ticks, but not necessarily the dog.

Chocolate can kill a dog, but when I eat chocolate, I don't think of it as eating poison. Medications that interfere with a parasite's lifecycle are not necessarily toxic to mammals.

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Permalink Reply by Susan Stanton on July 10, 2009 at 6:56am

True! I just wish ticks would ..... go away. rrrrrr.

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Permalink Reply by Beth on July 10, 2009 at 7:00am

Me too! We live in the middle of a Lyme disease hot zone. Jack's on Advantix and I've never seen a tick on him, but I have putting the stuff on him because it's toxic to cats and we have one. I wash like crazy every time I pet the dog for two days or so after application. The vet says it won't transmit to the cat just by petting, but still....

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