I've always used K9 Advantix II for flea and tick

There was a big issue not that long ago with a lot of those over the counter brands causing horrible lesions and I think even some pets died because of it. I wouldn’t risk it if I were you.

Simparica Trio is the ticket. Costco $123 for 6-months. One chewy treat each month-simple!

No. It's not the same and some are outright dangerous

Advantix II is OTC, and seems to work perfectly.

Vet here. Obligatory, this is general advice, talk to your vet.

Currently, the best tick prevention (all of which also do fleas, and not labeled but functionally mites) is the isoxazoline class. This includes Nexgard, Bravecto, Simparica, and Credelio. All of them are functionally the same. The only big difference is Bravecto lasts for up to 3 months, whereas the others are one month.

To me, it makes the most sense to use the monthly that also does heartworm at the same time (eg Simparica Trio, Nexgard Spectrum) so it is one less thing to remember.

All of these require a prescription. All of these can potentially cause problems if your dog has a seizure disorder.

Your vet may only carry one of them. They can be acquired online. Some can be acquired locally (historically Simparica Trio could be purchased at Costco). Last I checked Simparica is the cheapest. Anecdotally, Nexgard tastes the best.

We’ve had good luck with K9asvantix. Much better than with frontline.

We’ve used bravecto in the past, but now we use Simparica Trio to cover heart worm, fleas, and ticks.

bravecto

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We use Bravecto (Fluralaner chewable tablets) when up in Canada. Protects for 12 weeks.

Simparica Trio! We’ve been using it for awhile now. It’s amazing! no more telling my children “don’t touch the dog she’s got meds on her back” or “Lucy, don’t scratch your back against my couch!” First month she ate the tab no problem, now it’s not delicious enough so we just crush it and put it in her food and she eats it that way. It’s such a great idea too. 1 tablet for all of it!

Simperica Trio.

Another vote for Simparica Trio! I’m in Canada as well.

Credelio Quattro. It prevents six different types of parasites. I haven’t seen a tick on my dog this year (unlike the other members of my household!).

Our vet gave us Bravecto from the start and we haven’t had an issues. It’s a chewable that we break up and wrap in a little cheese when we give it to her. It seems a little pricey but I honestly don’t know what’s average, but our vet usually has little rebates when you buy a certain amount of doses

I use Simparica Trio for flea treatment monthly, and I use droncit for their worming treatment every 3 months. This is the only thing I have found what works with my two sausages, don’t bother with over the counter, my boy must have caught them from the grass out by mine and we have lot of foxes out there and they said the wild animals are almost immune to over counter meds (if your in the uk) I would only use prescription stuff from the vets.

The VET, a VET can give you medical advice about your pets

Simparica TRIO covers fleas, ticks, and worms, so that's always been my preference.

We have a pack of aussies, so pretty hairy. I used Frontline for years, and it worked great. Then one year, it didn't...I guess the tick buggers built up a resistance from overuse? I also used Cutter yard spray for the perimeter of the yard every year, but that stopped working too.

When I moved to a wooded area, I went with Advantix, and switched to Frontline every other year, and that seems to work.

BTW, I recently got chickens, and wow, they really clear the area. I might not use anything on my dogs next year.

Simparica Trio is great because it includes heartworm protection as well, but it is pricey. Nexgard is also a great choice (but doesn’t include heartworm protection). I hesitate to recommend Bravecto to people with dogs who are in the woods/otherwise exposed to ticks a lot because it doesn’t have full tick coverage for the entire 12 week dosing period.

Sadly I just acquired a 4 yrs female golden retriever from a friend (65F) who became ill and had to be placed in a nursing home. A sad situation. I took possession of her golden retriever a week ago. I (59M) live off grid on 100 plus acres of all woods. I’ve been taking this golden for long walks. Probably a mile plus each day. This dog has been pretty much house bound for the last 6 months. She absolutely loves the walks in the woods.. She is 1000% all nose. Sniffs everything . I live in Northwestern Pennsylvania. However when the warm weather approaches I fear ticks and porcupines. Your post could not have come at a better time. Best wishes..

Simparica I TRIO or any of the isoxazolines (-laner drugs)

I use Simparica Trio. Prescription flea, tick, and roundworm. 1 chewable tablet per month.

Nexgard spectra, bravecto, credelio, simparica

if you live somewhere with mosquitoes then adding a heartworm prevention would be recommended. Simparica Trio is a once a month chewable for fleas, ticks, heartworm prevention, and intestinal parasite prevention. it does require a prescription from your vet. another is Bravecto, which does fleas and ticks and works for 3 months. prescription strength preventions are the best working ones. ask your vet what they recommend for your pet

One of my guys has skin issues so I use NexGard with him. Others get topical since they have tummy issues.

Ask your vet what is working in your area and what they could recommend.

Edit: yeah simparico or bravado are great for my dog

Simparica Trio really is great stuff. And price wise, it’s very cost effective. Where flea/tick/heartworm medication can cost a fair bit separately, Trio is quite affordable for what it is. If you go that route, make sure to use the Zoetis rebates after you buy the Trio as well. You can use the credit you get from the rebate for any vet services, so it shaves off a bit on vaccines, more Trio, or that ear infection you hadn’t counted on.

Yes! Just use milbemycin monthly as well. Credelio plus protects against heartworm as well

I bought a hypoallergenic shampoo with flea and tick repellent included. Was a game changer for sure!

Also spraying my yard for flea and tick every other week in spring/summer and once a month in winter/fall.

Haven't used preventative meds since.

Seresto. It's a bit pricier but I've been putting it on my babys for a few years.

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I do quarterly Bravecto for my two. It's a chewable. 

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Oral medicine would be ideal, but if you absolutely need something topical, I'd recommend revolution.

In very high tick/flea areas, I also recommend seresto WITH an oral preventative.

Hi, don't know where you are living, but in ceratin countries you need a subscription.

Again, Nexguard has my strongest recommendation to fight ticks!

We are in New England and just about to start tick season. We are currently on simparica trio which has work great as well as seresto collar before switching to simparica. For more protection and not getting the In the house I found using Kin+Kind tick prevention Lemongrass spray before every adventure and also can be use on house after post adventure a tick comb over helps. Btw, ur pup is soo adorable!!!🥰

Interestingly I got an ad for Simparica Trio on this page which is what I came to recommend. Fleas, ticks, heartworm in one monthly pill. It’s expensive though. In the past, I’ve used K9 Advantix II. It did the job but seemed to really bother my girl. It made her back itchy and uncomfortable, like she would twitch all over if I ran my fingers down her spine. So I don’t recommend that.

Please use NEXGUARD tablets.

They are very effective, no side effects. Each month, one tablet.

The tablets are meatbased, therefor very essy to administer.

I had a big Golden boy, about 50 kg and Nexguard had great effect.

The ticks in one or orher way, sense that your dog has taken Nexguard, therefor they move to the nose of your dog, where they or drop of your dog, or your can squeeze the tick yourself.

When the tick chooses to bite your dogs skin, the will die instantly.

Good luck!

This is a small Canadian Etsy shop that makes tick collars that absolutely work. Haven’t seen a single tick on our golden since getting it and they are quite bad around here. They also make smaller bracelet size ones that are safe for humans to wear. I believe they work by throwing off tick’s co2 or pheromone receptors, one of the two I forget which. But essentially they make the tick blind to the fact there’s a host nearby and they won’t jump on you:

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/BogDogCanada

We took our 11 month old puppy for a walk through some very well-groomed trails at my brother’s house last night. When we got back from the walk, we were SHOCKED to find a tick on her this early in the year. She has had her tick meds already, but thankfully we noticed it.

We are in Michigan.

What a cutie! We use SimparicaTrio monthly tablets and put a dab of geranium oil on her back before her tail when we go outside. We live in an area with lots of ticks so I check her body after walks just in case.

Nexgard monthly chews seemed to work just fine for fleas/ticks.

Bravecto works great. It's basically a treat you feed them every 3 months and when a flea/tick latches onto their skin it poisons them and they fall off & die within a couple hours. I assume it's the same thing as Trio.

There's too many bad reviews with collars to risk it and if you have cats I think the oil tube's can get them sick if they lick your dog or whatever but I'm not 100% sure.

Trio! Covers fleas ticks and heart worms

Saving because ive tried the monthly pills & my dogs had bad reactions Ive since tried the collar, the topical oil, shampoos, i even have chickens :(

I would assume it depends on where you live and the weight class of your dog but ranges for me (IL) 20-39$ a pill