Fleas and Ticks

Hey Folks…it’s that time of year again! Heat starts to set in and  you start to think…

Should you protect your dog against fleas and ticks? Are you’re a responsible dog owner if you don’t?  This is a question that many dog owners ask themselves.

Personally I think this is a no brainier.

We watch TV and see all the commercials for all the top brands of flea and tick medications there are… we watch how just one female can lay thousands of eggs, and that’s just one!!!

They are all over your dog biting him, jumping on you, the carpet, the bed, they are biting you as well and you have bite marks that swell up and are itchy….yuck! Have you ever been in a house that is infested with fleas? Trust me you don’t want to be.

What about the ticks…especially deer ticks. All it takes is one flee to infest your home. All it takes is one tick to latch on to your dog and harm him…you’ve heard about lime disease.

I was with some friends the other day, they have a little Pomeranian I’ll call her Lucky. Lucky’s mom was telling me that she was petting Lucky and found a growth on her. Scared she took her to the vet (she thought Lucky had a tumor). Well, as it turns out …..it was a tick. The vet removed it and they brought Lucky home. A couple days later …yea you guessed it…Lucky had another tick. So off to the vet again to have it removed. Now poor Lucky has had two in a couple days and they were fully engorged, Lucky had a blood test to test for lime disease. So I asked Lucky’s mom if she has been treating Lucky. The answer was NO…Lucky is two years old and never been treated. Lucky’s mom says she is not outside a whole lot so she did not think it was a big deal. 

The good news is Lucky is fine, and all tests came back negative. But poor Lucky had two trips to the vet and test that could have been avoided with a very simple solution. 

The cost of treating our dogs for three months are less expensive than a trip to the vet.

We have all watched the commercials for the top name brand flee and tick products such as Frontline, K-9 advantix, Biospot, Sentrypro, which I have used them all. There is now a less expensive brand called PetArmor that is less expensive and is compared to Frontline. This product does work as I have used it on my own dogs for the past year.

Save your dog from misery this summer, talk to your vet and get him on a flea and tick treatment. You will both be happier for it.