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Anyone use K9 Advantix on their dog?

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anne:
I recommend Frontline over Advantix, but partially because I am alittle afraid of clients accidentally putting Advantix on cats. I think they are fairly comparable for tick control, but Frontline may be a bit better. HOWEVER neither provide 100% tick control. With fronltine, if a tick bites, it will drop off within about 12 hrs or so....cant remember the specifics.....but it is before most things like Lyme disease can be transmitted from the tick.

You can also add a "PrevenTick" collar in really bad tick areas, or certain times of the year that ticks seem worse.

Bonibelle:
I used to stop the Frontline in the winter, figuring the ticks were gone..but my poor dog got Lyme in January so I guess they hang out all year round in the east...Anne, do you see many cases of Lyme on the west coast?

anne:
We see almost no lyme disease- it is a rarity out here, which I know must sound odd! We see other tick bourne diseases, but not much lyme.

Yeah, ticks are hearty little buggers. There are fewer of them in the winter, but where you are, year-round coverage is probably needed. Hope our dog did well with Lyme treatment?

Bonibelle:
I was lucky Anne, I guess, since I had Lyme, I immediately recognized the symptoms. She woke up one morning and just couldn't walk without pain. I had her to the vet that morning ...her titer was really high. I am angry over the vaccine because it gives people a false sense of security ...especially in areas where Lyme is so prevelant.  I routinely still get her checked and she still has a titer but they can't distingush whether it is residual antibiodies from the original infection, or if she was reinfected. So I just watch her for any symptoms...I actually made them give her a second round of Doxycycline after her initial treatment. Dogs (at least my Dog) reacted almost immediately and within 3 days, she was back to normal. I think chronic Lyme can cause kidney failure in dogs. It is a pretty nasty disease and where I live, so many people and pets have it.  :(

Vinny:
Thanks anne!

I was hoping to get the repellent effect but I guess I'll go back to Frontline when my 4 pack is done ... I can't see wasting my money on something that doesn't work (repellent) and I've had great luck with Frontline.

My sister's dog got Lyme and she (the dog) apparently suffers to this day. I don't know how bad the dog had it.

I guess my wife will have to get used to ticks in the house until I get a chance to concrete the entire backyard ... it's an Italian thing!  ;D

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