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Recommend your heartworm/flea/tick preventative
My dog is 45 pounds and is mostly an indoor dog. However, we do go running through the woods often so I would like something that has multi-coverage. We may also be relocating to the Caribbean to an island with a lot of jungle coverage and dengue fever. Suggestions?
Re: Recommend your heartworm/flea/tick preventative
I'd ask your vet if you relocate, you have to get a prescription for heartworm medicine anyway.
What we use (in the US) is Advantix for fleas/ticks and Heartguard for heartworm. Revolution is a combination heartworm/flea, but doesn't cover ticks, so if you're somewhere with Lyme, I'd use Advantix or Frontline + heartguard instead of just revolution. I like Advantix better than Frontline because it covers a few additional bugs (for example it repels mosquitos) and works a little differently (Advantix works more like bug spray, repeling bugs, whereas Frontline kills them after they're on your dog).
Be sure to do a little research about your breed(s) before you start a flea/tick preventative because some breeds have sensitivity to certain kinds of medicines.
All good suggestions. I adopted her last summer and she had already been dosed with something for 6 month coverage (cant remember what it was exactly but its on her forms from the shelter). Then it was winter and we live very far north, but with the early warm temps, I want to get her started again.
Plus with moving, there are more nasties to be worried about!!
Definitely a good idea - heartworm and Lyme are nasty diseases and so preventable. Good luck with your decision!
Yeah, it sort of sucks with this early spring weather- she is already blowing her coat and having itchies from all the pollen. Its MARCH for heaven's sake!
She's a shar-pei lab mix and Im not seeing any contradictions to Frontline for that breed. I think Ill order that and when I see the vet next week get the heartworm stuff started!
We use Advantage Multi and it covers heatworm, fleas, hookworms, roundworms, and whipworms. I've got a 40 lb. lab/boxer mix and two dachshunds and have had no problems.
If you haven't already, you might want to ask your vet about this. In my area, there are issues with fleas, ticks, etc. year-round, especially when the winter is abnormally warm, so my vet recommended keeping my pups on Flea/tick preventative year-round. It probably differs by area and by severity of the winter, but I always think better to be safe!
I think you were confused. Because its warm, Im putting her back on all those meds where I would normally wait until the late Spring because of where I live.