Should Tuesday be on Flea Prevention medication
This June will be the 1st anniversary of our adopting Tuesday. Last year we didn`t put her on any type of flea prevention...mostly because our vet never suggested it and she`s our first dog. But this year we have moved to Slave Lake, Alberta - and Tuesday is spending a lot more time running around in the bush.
We`ve never had a flea problem with her yet, but should we be proactive against one...
I know there are a ton of flea discussions, but I couldn`t find one that didn`t involve the sighting of a flea or tick.
We`ve never had a flea problem with her yet, but should we be proactive against one...
I know there are a ton of flea discussions, but I couldn`t find one that didn`t involve the sighting of a flea or tick.
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Permalink Reply by Rachael & Waffle on
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You could try giving her garlic in her food before you make the leap to chemicals and pesticides and stuff. If you spot a flea on her after you've been giving her garlic for a while, you'll probably want to use something like Revolution.
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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I never use flea prevention unless I see a flea...for me it is overuse of chemicals and mine might get a few fleas every 3-4 years. I save tons of money and my dogs don't get something that isn't needed. I do use tic medicine if the tics are bad maybe once a year(same stuff). It does depend where you live and even the year is what I've heard.
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Permalink Reply by C. M. Wood on
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that was what i was hoping to hear. I made out fine last year without anything, I will try it this year and see how it goes.
Thanks
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Permalink Reply by Edison on
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Check with other dog owners in your area before you make a decision on this. Alberta may be too cold to have much of a tick problem, but I know they're all over the place in the northeaster US, even in the Boston city parks. Edison is on a monthly treatment of K9-Avantix, and after seeing the things that crawl on us during our hikes, I'm tempted to get some for myself. :)
Do NOT feed your dog garlic! Garlic and onions contain some chemical compound which cause canine red blood cells to burst; enough garlic can kill a dog. (I'm not sure how garlic would act as a natural repellant in dogs anyways- it can't come out the skin in any quantity, since dogs don't sweat.)
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In moderate amounts, garlic is okay and does prevent fleas. Onions and garlic both contain thiosulfate, but garlic contains much less of it. Over time it could build up, which is why if you're going to feed it, you should not feed it every day or only feed it in very small amounts every day. Some people swear by it. Even though dogs don't have sweat glands on their skin, it still flows through the blood and is exchanged in the lower levels of dermis through the capillaries.
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In trying to find more info about garlic, I found a parking lot full of mixed messages. Don't feed it, feed it, it's toxic, it's only toxic if eaten in massive quantities, it builds up, it doesn't build up, feed it every day, not every day... holy crap. Um, regardless, a lot of people have been feeding it to their dogs for years and it does help to keep fleas away, they say.
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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Depends on what you do with your dog. Around here, any dog not on flea/tick preventative that goes into brushy areas is likely to come back crawling with ticks. Lyme is prevalent here in the northeast, as Edison mentions. Not being inclined to pick ticks off my dogs daily, I use it all the time. However we walk regularly in woody areas. If we did not, I would only use it if I saw fleas.
Frontline is not very effective against ticks; K9 Advantix is more effective. Both work for fleas.
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