So I got this new little Mt cur pup who is 9 weeks old. It's been a long time since I had a dog so I don't have a clue what would be best to treat them with. What are you all using for your dogs? Thank you!

Seresto Collar has worked awesome for my Lab the last two years!

Last time I was at the Vet she said a lot of people are killing their dogs by overdoing it with all the options expecting instant results.

Vectra is what we have been using recommended by our vet , front line before that , the vet changed recommendation so we went with it 85 pound GSD she is outside alot

the small dog wears a Seresto collar but she is outside a lot less and is under 10 pounds.

for the puppy I would do Soresto collar and ask vet when it is right to go vectra

I use frontline on my lab. I tried a cheaper brand that I dont remember the name off the top of my head, but I constantly found ticks on him. Went back to frontline and the problem went away.

Vectra here in Eastern Montana keeps the fleas, ticks and biting flies away from our Plott Hound / Border Collie mix. Been using it for three years now.

Nexgard, works great and no mess.

x100 seresto

Something that's fast acting that really works well is Adams Flea & Tick spray.

Seresto collars worked the best in the past 40 yrs of bird dogs!!! They don't live long enough as it is, why poision him all his life? They have to bite the dog for the oral stuff to work, with the collars there dead b4 they bite. Food 4 thought. Collars work for 8 months. Good deals online usually.

Hmm. I put a seresto collar on my pup about a week ago. He still has fleas. Not nearly as many fleas as he did have, but he still has some.

What I use in this tick infested territory.

That's been my experience with Seresto collars as well. I bought one after recommendations on here, worked about a month and the fleas were back. I bought another one and had the same results. To be fair, my dog swims a lot. But Bayer (maker of the collar) claims eight months effectiveness for non-swimmers and five months if the dog swims. I didn't get anywhere near that.

I had poor results with Advantix, also made by Bayer and Frontline. Nothing seems to keep the fleas off my dog!

I finally started treating him with Sevin dust and it works but I don't like using it. He has an appointment at the vet to get some Nexgard. I don't know what else to do.

I haven't had any trouble with ticks with any of these products, just fleas.

Shear him.

I highly recommend Sentry. Been using it for 3 or 4 years now and not one on either dog or more importantly ME.

X2. Just ordered 2 more off amazon for $108. Pricey, but they work good. Put them on all 3 of our dogs last fall. This winter our blue heeler chewed one off my feist. This feist has fleas now but the other feist and heeler don't.

Been using Bravecto chewable's for our three Labs, Last three years, No ticks or not one flea on any & with no ill health side affects.

Use to use Frontline but changed my bulldogs to Comfortis a couple years ago. Comfortis is awesome stuff...

My vet has a pill that works, but it's spendy. Like 30 bucks a month. I don't know what it's called though, I've always just asked for one of those flea pills, lol. It's a tannish pink color chewable tablet about the size of a quarter, but thicker. And there won't be a flea one... but with 5 dogs, 150 a month just for fleas (it doesn't work on ticks) is pretty insane.

Get Brevecto, $40 for a pill that lasts 3 months. NEVER seen a flea or tick last more than 2 hours on my dog. (These are working dogs that are around coyotes/fox everyday of the year)

UPDATE***** Just seen the vet today and this is what he recommended, not sure that this is what I'll use because thanks to everyone I have a lot to research. Anyway he said to use Simparica for the flea and tick treatment which is 85 bucks for 6 months. He also said I should use ProHeart 6 which is a heartworm shot every 6 months for around 40 bucks. How many squirrels and coons will she have to tree to pay for all this lol. Thanks everyone for the replies!!

Before using any flea product give your dog a bath using a generous amount of Dawn dish soap. The Dawn kills fleas dead. Wet the dog thoroughly and soap the dog up good with the Dawn and scrub the soap deep into his coat, rinse after 5 -10 minutes. You will see dead fleas floating out in the soap. Apply your flea kill product after he has dried completely.

While the Dawn bath works good to kill the fleas, flea eggs that have been laid in your dog's coat will still hatch in the days following. I bathed my YBMC once a week for a month or so, had the yard sprayed twice, to eliminate the fleas.

I use Ivermectin orally once a month for heart worm prevention. Much cheaper than the Vet products.

Dave

Soresto collar. Works great for me. I haven't had fleas since I stay using them. Lol. Seriously though, they cost about 60 bucks and last 8 months and my dogs have not had any flea or tick problems and this year is bad in my area.

As I mentioned above, nothing I tried was keeping fleas off my dog, none of the topical medications worked. I tried Frontline, Advantix and the Seresto collar. At best I’d get a couple of weeks out of them then the dog would be infested again. There’d be a dozen or more fleas crawling around on his crotch.

In desperation I called my vet and they recommended Credelio, a once-a-month chewable. I read clinical studies on it and they were very positive so I bought a three-month supply. It works, the fleas are finally under control.

Nice Lug, glad you found something that works for your dog! I had my pup out in the hay fields and woods today for the first time so we'll see tonight if she is critter free lol.

What did you end up getting, the Simparica?

It looks like I might, so far, but I will be looking into that Credelio. Vet is giving me free samples of the squirt on the back of the neck stuff till she reaches 6 months old.

I have found that a good flea bath first and THEN the withers liquid does a much better job.

X2

Permethrin spray. Incredibly inexpensive.
I use the same stuff I spray my clothes with to spray on my dog. Around his head and neck I soak a rag and rub him down with it.
He hasn't had a flea or tick in years. Can't really remember the last time.

People get snookered into paying WAAAYYY too much money for pets.

$20 for a quart of Absorbine's "UltraShield EX" lasts all summer. Stops fleas and ticks for two weeks, mosquitoes and flies for three days. Totally waterproof, so spray the dog twice a month and forget about it.

$40 for a vial of Ivomec (1% Ivermectin solution which treats heartworm and a few other worms) lasts five years for one dog.

We've been using the above for over a decade on many dogs. Easy, safe, effective and CHEAP.

So for $140 you're good for five years. Less than $30/year.
But hey, it's your money. Do what you want.


See www.terrierman.com for some down to earth talk about dog health care.

Ivomec: Will last you for years and kills ticks, fleas and heart worms