Ticks

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Originally Posted by Farmer G

I would rethink that, ticks have been out full steam the last 4 days. Advantix 2 by far the best. Bravecto is good but the dog still carries the tick until it latches and then it dies. If your dog shares your home i wouldn't recommend it. Kennel dogs on the other hand, great product.

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If I was hunting with my dog I would do something.
I went with Bravecto because it does protect (yes tick bites but dies before it can release it's poison) against lyme carrying ticks, and I prefer to not have a greasy topical solution (permethrin) on my dog. My dog is a house dog and she often sleeps in my bed. There's no perfect solution but that is the one that works for me.
As for the next month or so I'll just try to keep her in non tick infested areas and check her after going out.

I switched lately to Nexguard ( Heartguard company) simply for my own convenience - once a month tablet. Yes the dog will carry the tick until it dies when it latches on . Advantix 2 is the best as it repels the wood and deer tick, but I'm tired of putting it on 3 dogs every month. I'll see how the Nexguard does.

( I use a preventative from May to Oct. as I don't want to try and figure out if this or that is a high tick month.)

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Originally Posted by Spurzy

Revolution is the best I've found. I competition hunt all over Ontario and United States and I had a dog with Lyme disease caught it in Indiana. Most dogs won't show any symptoms. But tick medicine takes 24-48 hours too kill the ticks and ticks take the same time too latch on too dog. So I would give tick bath and use baby shampoo around its head.

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How did your dog that got lyme disease do?

When I used Advantix I never had a tick attach (withing 3 weeks advertised period).
I found slowly crawling and dead ones when I was in heavily infested areas.

I found a tick yesterday on one dog! (No treatment since spring)

Lyme takes at least 3 days of attachment to transfer, not sure about other tick born disease.

Putting anything on the tick is not recommended, they might regurgitate into the wound and thus pass infection.
I will spray the dogs with a bit of Permethrin for now.

Still not too cold for ticks. I found 2 on my dog today - not embedded, dead due to the preventative I used in early Oct. I may give them a Nov. dose.

I just applied my last dose on my guys tonight. I don't mess around with them basturds.


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been using advantix 2 seem to work but toxic to cats have isolate for 24-48 before put them together. just in case.

and full of steam today ..Nov. 17 !!! First time I've ever given my dogs Advantix 2 in Nov.

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Originally Posted by Sharon

and full of steam today ..Nov. 17 !!! First time I've ever given my dogs Advantix 2 in Nov.

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I was thinking the same thing Sharon, I apply the 'Liberty 50' on the 15th of each month and wasn't planning on a dose for Nov but there is still lots of grass and tics out there, so a worthwhile precaution.

I had a tick on me December 27 last year after a grouse hunt, there was snow on the ground the previous day and it had just melted. Cold doesn't necessarily make them go away. I gave my dogs their monthly advantix last night. I have two Boston terriers, last year my female got a tick from the playing on the lawn and contracted Lyme. She got the tick in May and since she doesn't go in the bush I didn't find it until it was pretty big, not even 2 days later. In August she woke up lame and lethargic and was diagnosed, took the meds and fully recovered. Actually within hours of the first dose of meds she was back to normal which was the amazing part. Her re-test showed her levels below whatever to be considered "cured", but she will always test positive from what the vet said.