DLbasset

Hello to all! I'm a newbie on this forum! Sorry if this post is in the worng place.

I have two basset hounds - one is about three and the other is 6 months old. These are my first two bassets and this will be my first summer with them. With the nice weather finally approaching, I am looking to find the right combo of flea, tick, and HW preventative for my dogs. I am currently using advantage multi for fleas and HW. My vet office has suggested the tick prevention collar if I want to keep using the multi, or I can try another type of preventative medication. My dogs are also vaccinated for both lepto and lyme as well.

I just thought I would post the question - what do other basset owners use for flea/tick/HW prevention and why?

Thanks!!!

murraysmom

We use Frontline because Murray has allergic reactions to everything else- and Interceptor monthly tablets for HW. He's not vaccinated for Lyme or Lepto because he reacts badly to vaccinations- in fact, I don't even titre anymore because I won't vaccinate him if his immunity is low anyway, due to his allergy problems. That's just what I do, not meant as advice: you have to do what you and your vet are comfortable with.

biscuit

Just a heads up. Frontline and Frontline Plus are no longer working for me in preventing fleas and ticks. I've switched to putting half the dogs (Yogi) on K9-Advantix and the other half on Advantage, and so far, so good. Please be mindful that the effectiveness of some of these flea-tick-etc. (in my case, Frontline) products appears to be diminishing. I know of others who've had the same problem. I don't know if there's been a change in the formulation or if the bigs have developed a resistance, but I would advise everyone to keep an eye out and switch in a second if what they're using doesn't appear to be working.

Beverly Anne

Francis has also been switched on his flea/tick medication to K9-Advantix because of the diminished efficacy of the Frontline. He gets ivermectin for his h/w prevention.
He gets 2 million treats/day for his inability to get off my back.
Hope this helps.

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Francis's Bevy

Yogi's Mom

We use Frontline for ticks and fleas. Interceptor for heartworm. We only use Interceptor for part of the year though.

mhvonalmen8908

Ours both get Sentinel for heartworms and fleas. Where we live we don't really need to worry about ticks so much. But we'll get them on something if we move somewhere we do.

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Megan & Chris
-Mom & Dad to Doppler (2 year old Basset/Redbone/Golden mix) and Virga (1 year old Basset)

Mikey T

fwiw is studies avantage is poor for tick control someth on the order of effectiveness for 2 weeks Frontline is 4 weeks for ticks but actual over 8 weeks for fleas only.


Another thing to keep in mind The heartworm Society of Amercia which basical does all the research in the desease has new recommendation which include all dogs be on heartworm preventive for 12 month a year. That is because of the proliferation of a strain of mesquito that survives in very little watter. It is well adapted to urban enviroment and will often hatch on warm winter days . So those misquitos lasting later in the season and the one that you find in the house in december are not figment of your imagination it is a real and potential dangerious phenonenom

2010 Canine Guidelines

Mikey T

Comparative Efficacy of a Combination of Fipronil/(S)-Methoprene, a Combination of Imidacloprid/Permethrin, and Imidacloprid Against Fleas and Ticks When Administered Topically to Dogs

FWIW Fipronil/(S)-Methoprene are the active ingredients in frontline plus and Imidacloprid/Permethrin, and Imidacloprid are the active ingredient/formulation in the two bayer anvantix prododuct line.

[quote]Overall, in this study the combination of fipronil/(S)-methoprene provided consistent and high levels of efficacy against fleas and ticks throughout the entire month, significantly superior to that of either imidacloprid/permethrin or imidacloprid alone. Additionally, imidacloprid alone performed better against the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) than the combination product of imidacloprid/
permethrin.

...Although dogs treated with fipronil/(S)-methoprene or imidacloprid/permethrin had significantly fewer ticks (p<0.05) than the controls at both Day 21 and Day 28, the dogs treated with fipronil/(S)-methoprene had significantly fewer ticks (p<0.05) than those treated with imidacloprid/permethrin at both of these time points (Table 2, Figure 2).


...Both imidacloprid/permethrin and imidacloprid alone performed satisfactorily up to Day 7, but their efficacy declined substantially, falling below the accepted standard of 95% efficacy against fleas in counts performed on Days 14, 21, and 28. Of particular interest was the fact that throughout the study the combination of imidacloprid/permethrin provided lower efficacy against fleas than imidacloprid alone. This difference was significant (p<0.05) on Day 28.

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This study further demonstrated that fipronil/(S)-methoprene provided higher levels of efficacy against Rhipicephalus sanguineus (the brown dog tick) at weeks 3 and 4 after treatment compared to the imidacloprid/permethrin combination. Since all of these products are labeled for once-monthly administration, maintenance of activity throughout the entire treatment interval is critical. The imidacloprid/permethrin combination did not provide satisfactory efficacy against ticks.
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Bold added by me for emphysis

Mikey T

One sould not be using frontline but rather frontline plus. It has been demonstrated that some insects occuring in Mexico and farther south developing resistence to Fipronil. However there is no indication that fleas or tick have. secondly the inclusion of methoprene which is a growth inhibitor prevents fleas, tick or other inssect that has come in contact with it from reproducing so even if the a particular flea is resistant it can not reproduce to pass the resistance on. It has been concluded that any antidotal evidence of resistance is because of a lack of understanding of the flea life cycle. and how Fipronyl works.


Insecticides-Current Uses in Pets

Quote:

Dryden has recently reported that although fipronil and imidacloprid are excellent adulticides, there is potential that females may survive and reproduce between applications. Looking at the percentage of fleas that fed prior to being killed by residual insecticides, the majority were able to take a

Frontline flea and tick control products Are fleas becoming resistant?


Note that the dates of the sudies cited are fairly recent 2009 so this is not old information. I have yet to see anyone produce solid evidence of flea resistance to fipronil and it is unlikely to happen if fipronil is combined with a growth regulator as occurs in the front line plus product.