General Question What heartworm pill do you use?

[Starkie]

Trifexis has been fine for both our dogs (8 yr Yorkie, 9 months Bullie).

 

[Bo'sMamaGirl]

Trifexis has been fine for both our dogs (8 yr Yorkie, 9 months Bullie).

Heart guard the pill and something topical for fleas/ticks.


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[christyjulene]

Compare!	Bio Spot® Defense Spot On®	Advan- tage® II	K9 Advan- tix® II	Fipro- guard™	Front- line[SUP]®[/SUP]	Front- line Plus[SUP]®[/SUP]	Pro- gram[SUP]®[/SUP]	Certifect
Kills Adult Fleas	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Controls Flea Develop- ment	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kills Ticks (Lyme Disease vectors)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Repels & Kills Mosquitoes (Heartworm, West Nile Virus carriers)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Repels & Kills Biting Flies and/or Lice	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (Lice)	Yes (Lice)	Yes (Lice)	No	Yes (Lice)
Admini- stration	Apply Topically	Apply Topically	Apply Topically	Apply Topically	Apply Topically	Apply Topically	Oral Pill	Apply Topically
Dosage	Monthly	Monthly	Monthly	Monthly	Monthly	Monthly	Monthly	Monthly
Minimum Age	For Dogs 6 months & older	For Dogs > 7 wks	For Dogs 7 wks & older	For Dogs 8 wks & older	For Dogs 8 wks & older	For Dogs 8 wks & older	For Dogs & Cats 6 wks & older	For Dogs 8 wks & older & at least 5 lbs
Active Ingre- dients	Etofen- prox, S-meth- oprene IGR & Piper- onyl Butoxide	Imidac- loprid & Pyriproxy- fen IGR	Perme- thrin, Imidac- loprid & Pyri- proxyfen IGR	Fipronil	Fipronil	Fipronil & Metho- prene IGR	Lufen- uron	Fipronil, & Metho- prene & Amitraz

 

[christyjulene]

I have Brie n Triheart currently (I think)?, but want to discuss Sentinel as well. Does sentinel protect from ticks as well as fleas and heart worm?

My concern with Sentinel is that the fleas can still bite the dog and potentially give the dog a disease because it just sterilizes the fleas so they cant reproduce.

Almost all other products kill fleas on contact so they never get a chance to bite the dog. Where I live this is important because our fleas can spread the plague.

It does protect against heart worm.

 

[Bo'sMamaGirl]

My concern with Sentinel is that the fleas can still bite the dog and potentially give the dog a disease because it just sterilizes the fleas so they cant reproduce.

Almost all other products kill fleas on contact so they never get a chance to bite the dog. Where I live this is important because our fleas can spread the plague.

It does protect against heart worm.

And I think with trifexis, it doesn't protect against ticks? Is that right?


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[christyjulene]

And I think with trifexis, it doesn't protect against ticks? Is that right?


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You are very correct!

 

[Sherry]

HeartGard

 

[Lisabear123]

My concern with Sentinel is that the fleas can still bite the dog and potentially give the dog a disease because it just sterilizes the fleas so they cant reproduce.

Almost all other products kill fleas on contact so they never get a chance to bite the dog. Where I live this is important because our fleas can spread the plague.

It does protect against heart worm.

Ahh ok..good to know. I'll talk to the new vet about options

 

[Starkie]

Trifexis for heartworm and fleas. Advantix for ticks and more fleas.

 

[Ashleym]

We use Heartguard and K9 advantix II. We live next to a lake and also take our pups camping so we need the Tick protection. For those that use Sentinel if there is a concern about Ticks talk to your vet about using a topical such a K9 advantix II in addition to since it does not kill or repel ticks.

 

[Bo'sMamaGirl]

We use Heartguard and K9 advantix II. We live next to a lake and also take our pups camping so we need the Tick protection. For those that use Sentinel if there is a concern about Ticks talk to your vet about using a topical such a K9 advantix II in addition to since it does not kill or repel ticks.

We decided to stick with what has worked for us in the past! Ordered his heart guard today and I'm not sure what kind of flea med he is on (dad takes care of that) but he is staying on that too!! Thanks for all of the insight!


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[Ftse 100]

Ftse has a yearly needle for Heartworm