Non-chemical tick prevention for allergic dog?
December 29, 2010 by hrform3
Filed under Hair Loss Prevention
Hi there!
I have a dog with environmental allergies who has to take Temaril-P occasionally to control the horrible itching and hair loss he gets sometimes. I only had him since December, so this is his first “flea season” here in New England. Although he does not any fleas since he’s been with us, I recently began to pick some ticks out of him after we go for walks in the woods.
I am extremely worried that he will become infested with ticks and fleas, which cannot be good for his allergies. On the other hand, I am afraid of using topical chemicals because I think they may do as much harm to a sensitive dog as the parasites. His vet prescribed Revolution because it’s supposed to be less harsh to the dog, but I read several reviews saying that this drug is not really as effective for ticks as it is for fleas. Well, my dog doesn’t even have fleas! Besides, if I go with it, I’m going to waste a year supply of heartworm pills I bought earlier because Revolution is also for the prevention of heartworms.
Does anyone here have a good tick preventative that is not likely to flare up my dog’s allergies and that will also prevent fleas?
Thanks for your help!
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A garlic nutritional yeast blend might help prevent it but that’s all I can think of.
My grandpa found a good non-chemical treatment somewhat like advantage at the local petstore, it was in a green and white package and is enviromentally safe. It’s all natural and chemical free, you can try that… We have used it on our huskies and it has kept the fleas and ticks off very well, a few weeks before we started using it they had MANY TICKS that we had to remove daily it seemed… It can be purchased at wal-mart too I believe I don’t remember the name of it though, sorry, but hopefully that helps =)
There is a line of all natural products called Earth Animal. These products are wonderful!!!
The Internal Powder does a couple of things: its an all natural supplement and it repels fleas, ticks and mosquitoes. I have used this product for 2 years and we are flea and about 90% tick free. I don’t think its possible to keep a dog totally tick free. This powder uses garlic as a natural repellant: fleas and ticks hate the smell/taste of garlic. The canister costs $16.99. I”m not sure how large your dog is or what breed, but there is a chart on it to help with dosing.
Earth Animal also has a spray you can use right before heading outside. It is also chemical free and we use it on ourselves and the kids too. The spray is a bit pricey, but we have had the same bottle for 2 years and still have a good supply left. This is the Bug Off spray that retails for approx $27.
I would recommend starting the Internal Powder at a very low dose and work your way up. It will take a good 3 –4 weeks for it to build up in your dog’s system. In the meantime, you might want to use the spray.
i too have a dog with horrible environmental allergies. i use comfortis flea tablets and a preventic collar on him and interceptor heartworm prevention.
revolution is crap. not only is it not very effective against fleas and ticks, but it is crap heartworm prevention.
comfortis is made from algae. it has a faster kill rate than any topical and lasts for 30 days. preventic collars are fantastic tick prevention and while its true flea collars are crap, the preventic tick collar really does work.