what's your flea preventative?

[.sarah]

I also don't give any heartworm preventative.

[sabies]

frontline, only in the summer

[gemini9961]

Frontline Plus for fleas/ticks and Interceptor for heartworms.

[lv4dogs]

It's because fleas prefer a less than healthy host. I guess maybe a truly healthy dog doesn't taste good?

Nova's immune system has been compromised by vaccines, and she has gotten the occassional flea. Nothing for alarm, but the other dogs haven't had a single flea since switching to raw.

Wow, if your girls in FLORIDA don't get fleas I think I'm going to go without and see happens.


PS, I see others are listing what they use for heartworm prevention, I use interceptor, as Aussies (as well as many collie breeds & the like) are sometimes known to have reactions with ivermectin, most often called ivermectin sensitivity.

[pitc9]

Frontline Plus for fleas and liquid Ivermectin for heartworm.
I used to use Revolution, but have found this way to be much cheaper!

[dappledoxie]

I have my dogs on Frontline Plus but since I don't have any cats I'm thinking of switching to K9 Advantix. Ticks and fleas are pretty bad in my area, especially this year for some reason. I use Interceptor for heartworm prevention.

[.sarah]

Wow, if your girls in FLORIDA don't get fleas I think I'm going to go without and see happens.

Hey, it's worth a shot! And if you see a flea or two you can always give them a teaspoon of garlic to see if that helps.

[JenBKR]

Frontline plus for me!

[cyber-sibes]

Our old vet had a model of an infested heart - gross!!! He also said it was prevelent inour area. Both are on heartworm preventative, used to use Frontline, now using Interceptor. Just switched to K9 Advantex because of the mosquito repelling factor - those are pretty bad around here after our rainy spring. My huskies live outdoors, so there is reason to use it. If they stayed indoors all the time, I might think about discontinuing its use. Also have planted several mosquito-repellent bushes in their yard. Never have seen fleas on them. Ticks were bad in IL, Star had one that caused a hot spot. That's when I started using Frontline.

[lizbud]

I am really surprised at the number of people who don't protect their
dogs from heartworm infestation. The sad fact is they don't begin to show symptoms until the heart muscle is fully involved.This is a sad and
painful way to die. I'd rather not guess that my dogs will not contract
this horrible disease.

[JenBKR]

I am really surprised at the number of people who don't protect their
dogs from heatworm infestation. The sad fact is they don't begin to show symptoms until the heart muscle is fully involved.This is a sad and
painful way to die. I'd rather not guess that my dogs will not contract
this horrible disease.

Oh the question only asked about flea medication, so I didn't mention anything about heartworm prevention, but I use heartguard plus.

What is the difference between heartguard and heartguard plus?

[k9krazee]

We don't use anything for fleas, but use Heartguard for heartworms.

[shihtzulover850]

They don't recieve any preventative, and they are fine.

Same here . We don't need it. We give her Interceptor 1 a month to prevent heartworm and that is it.

[dappledoxie]

I am really surprised at the number of people who don't protect their
dogs from heatworm infestation. The sad fact is they don't begin to show symptoms until the heart muscle is fully involved.This is a sad and
painful way to die. I'd rather not guess that my dogs will not contract
this horrible disease.

I know what you mean, my fathers dog Molly who's now in my care, has heartworms. We're lucky we caught it so quickly, she's now on her way back to good health.

[.sarah]

I am really surprised at the number of people who don't protect their
dogs from heatworm infestation. The sad fact is they don't begin to show symptoms until the heart muscle is fully involved.This is a sad and
painful way to die. I'd rather not guess that my dogs will not contract
this horrible disease.

I don't think anybody on Pet Talk would intentionally put their dogs in danger. Some areas don't need hearworm preventative.

I don't give it for another reason. I have researched this and am very comfortable with my decision. And believe me, I didn't take it lightly, since I live in Florida and have had a heartworm positive dog before and have worked at a vet and witnessed plenty of treatments.