Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Gear Forum :: Dogs & Ticks
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mjmkjun |
Have used Frontline (active ingredients: Fipronil 9.8% and (S)-methoprene 8.8%) on my dogs for years and have only pulled three ticks off, in total. I live on a rural road with wooded acreage close on two side of the property. My dogs stay enclosed within perimeters of a very large fenced-in yard. "Frontline remains effective even after bathing, water immersion, or exposure to sunlight." Applied every 30 days only and is dosed according to weight ranges. Kills fleas, ticks, mites--and eggs with 30 day cycle usage. Kills all life stages of ticks: larva, nymph and adult--including ticks that cause lyme disease. If you chose to go with the Frontline apply so 30 day cycle occur before your trip ONLY ON DOGS. |
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yellowcanoe |
My dog is 14. For 14 years each vet visit she tests positive for a tick borne disease. She has had Lyme three times but now I think its Erlichiosis. She is happy bounding for her age walks 3 miles a day and hikes. She has always been Frontlined but I dont think that does squat. She is a Golden with a double coat and in the water a lot. |
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CrookedPaddler1 |
tick treatment |
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nojobro |
Lasts eight months unless your dog swims a lot. Mine does not, not even in the BW. But if you have a water hound and take your dog to the BW, the length of the effectiveness of the collar will be less. |
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neutroner |
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jwartman59 |
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Swampturtle |
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ObiWenonahKenobi |
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orion64 |
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Pinetree |
Read up on it and how it works. I think tick dries up after attachment? |
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Grouseguy1 |
A flea comb is my #1 line of defense, even the tiny deer ticks can't fit through the fine flea combs. Even with these precautions, all of my dogs have had lyme, anaplasmosis, or both. |
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Pinetree |
quote Grouseguy1: "As a grouse hunter with hard and wide running cover dogs, ticks are a constant battle. I have had the best results with nexguard, followed by the topical frontline. The inexpensive stuff like biospot just doesn't measure up, althougn it's probably better than nothing. deer ticks is one reason I do much less grouse hunting in early to mid season in north central Minnesota. |
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Alan Gage |
I used to spend a lot of time walking the prairie in spring time and my dog and I both picked up many many ticks. One day I started picking up dead ticks that had dropped off onto his bed and came up with about 80 of them. Who knows how many more were scattered around the house and car or that I'd picked off when I saw them crawling on his fur. I got tired of waking up 6 times every night because ticks were crawling up my legs so now we tend to avoid tick friendly areas until mid-summer. Alan |
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Jaywalker |
quote mjmkjun: "Glad for you and especially them. Keep an eye on'em, tho. I find the reviews currently on Amazon for the three of the major products mentioned in this thread - Seresto, K9 Advantix II, and Frontline Plus - to be remarkably consistent from one product to the next. Looking at the Large Dog products, which total over 7,000 reviews, all three score about 65% 5 star rating, and about 12-13% 1 star rating. Products for smaller dogs vary bit but mostly average out to the same place. To me this just says that most of these are pretty good, but none of them are perfect, just like Pinetree said. This squares with some academic articles I've read on the assorted products/pesticides as well. Funny thing is here near downtown MPLS my dog will go through the tall grass and pick up an average of 10 wood ticks per day. In the BW I think I remember one wood tick ever, but am sure that won't be everyone's experience. My dog did pick up a deer tick last fall (first week of October) about 50 miles outside the BW, and it fed on him for 4-5 days before I noticed it. Glad he was vaccinated. |
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Pinetree |
Talk to various people and they say not that long ago they didn't even have wood ticks up the Gunflint and very few at Ely. More deer and animals to attach to farther south and maybe harder winter for those species up north. |
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mjmkjun |
quote starman: "I have a lab and a jack russel all summer they stay outside from sunup to sundown on a heavily wooded property. After years of Frontline I tried the Seresto collar last year and never saw a single tick on either animal." Glad for you and especially them. Keep an eye on'em, tho. (Read reviews on Amazon.) |
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Ranger. |
I've seen it work first hand too. On a May Quetico trip years ago the ticks were terrible. I found a few crawling around on her, but I found more that appear to be "fried". Dead as a doornail. She had some apparent bite marks, but NO ticks had embedded. Seemed like every one that bit either died or dropped off quickly. Don't forget the Sentinel or Heartguard as well. Penny approves! |
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Pinetree |
Just a reminder tho-check your dog completely before heading north. Modern transportation,pets etc. if they have deer ticks and they drop off while in the BWCA we might have instant 1000 of deer ticks in the BWCA. Like I said take your dog and enjoy. Just like checking your boat of exotics before entering water. Do the same with pets and maybe certain equipment. |
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starman |
quote Pinetree: "quote starman: "I have a lab and a jack russel all summer they stay outside from sunup to sundown on a heavily wooded property. After years of Frontline I tried the Seresto collar last year and never saw a single tick on either animal." We bought them in early spring and they were still working at freeze up, we actually put them back in the tins they came in and put them back on the mutts this year because I haven't gotten new ones yet, we haven't seen any ticks on them yet but none on me yet either. |
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Pinetree |
quote starman: "I have a lab and a jack russel all summer they stay outside from sunup to sundown on a heavily wooded property. After years of Frontline I tried the Seresto collar last year and never saw a single tick on either animal." How long was collar active for? |
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iCallitMaize |
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