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Help!! Reaction To Advantix Treatments

I have an 11 month old black tri Australian Shepherd that after the 3rd Advantix treatment started pacing around and was very unsettled and the only relief came from me scratching her nonstop. Apparently she is sensitive to this pesticide. Any suggestions for effective flea/tick treatments?




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advantix
by: Gayle-- Big Run Aussies

If you are only treating for fleas, most of the treatments will last for 3 months. The companies try to get you to put it on your dog every month when it really is not necessary. When these products first came out, the companies emphasized that they only needed to be used every 3 months, but not now and the price keeps going up and up. I use the regular Frontline-- not Frontline+-- only in April when the ticks are bad and again in October when the ticks are bad again. We live in a rural area and fleas are really not a problem. Just ticks. I don't like using poison on my dogs. It just can't be good. You can also check out natural remedies for insect control.
fleas
by: Anonymous

Have you tried just not using flea/tick products? I stopped using Advantix type products on my dogs over 15 years ago because I didn't like the idea of using topical pesticides around my children when they were young. I didn't use any flea protection on our previous dogs and our current dog only uses the flea prevention in her heartworm medication (Sentinal). Even though we have lived in multiple locations around the country and take our dogs to dog parks, our dogs have not had fleas except when they first came to live with us. To take care of those fleas, I used a flea comb multiple times a day and drowned the fleas in soapy water.
alternative
by: jcrply

My comment will not be popular with most people. I am afraid of all the flea/tick pesticides. I just cannot bring myself to put them on or in my pup. (I do use Interceptor but just at the heartworm dosage. I don't know of any alternatives for heartworm treatment.) For fleas I use a flea comb daily, vacuum weekly, and occasionally use neem oil. I buy the pure neem oil, mix it with some vinegar and water, get a little of it on my hands and rub it down through her hair - mainly near her little tail, back and neck. She does not like the smell, but it fades away fairly soon. For my yard, I used the flea nematodes. The same ones that prey on flea larvae also feed on fire ants. In fact, it was the fire ants that I wanted to get rid of. The flea part was like an added bonus. We used to have a really bad fire ant problem. It took two applications of the nematodes and over a year to get rid of all the fire ants. They have been totally gone for about seven years now.
oh no
by: Anonymous

DETOX! You really should research and read up on Aussies sensativities. if not careful, this can becme serious. Not all vets are aware, or believe. seek one that does! really, our dogs , like children, do not need all those vaccines.
mdr
by: Anonymous

aussies should mot be on that anyway interceptor research mdr

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