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Parasite control choices
Most dogs
In dry-summer areas,
where intestinal worms aren't a big problem, use Revolution plus a fresh Preventic collar during tick season. Worm your dog twice a year or
have the vet check for intestinal parasites.
In moist summer
areas, use Frontline or Advantix for flea and tick control plus a monthly
heartworm pill that also kills intestinal worms. The monthly
heartworm pill could be Tri-Heart, Heartguard, Iverhart, Sentinel or
Interceptor. If whipworms are a problem where you live, your
veterinarian will probably choose Sentinel or Interceptor.
Dogs who swim all the time
Frontline, plus a monthly heartworm pill that also kills intestinal worms.
Big dogs who have continual tick exposure and sometimes go swimming
Advantix, plus a monthly heartworm pill that also kills intestinal worms.
Dogs who sleep in bed with your children
Sentinel for flea, heartworm, and intestinal worm control; tick baths for
tick control. Sentinel is excellent for heartworms and intestinal worms, but
not great for fleas. (It keeps fleas from reproducing but doesn’t kill them.)
When Fido picks up fleas left in your yard by the neighbor’s cat, you’ll
have to treat him with Capstar (a short-acting flea pill) or give him
another bath. Sentinel is a wonderfully safe product, but it’s a pain to use
- in a flea-rich environment, your dog has fleas every time you turn around
and the Capstar flea pill (a companion product to Sentinel) has not been an
entirely satisfactory solution.
Revolution, Tri-Heart, Heartguard, Iverhart, Advantix, Sentinel and
Capstar are prescription products you should get from your veterinarian.
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