Our dog was just diagnosed with lymes disease antibodies. Has anyone found this to be a good tick preventative?
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I bought it for fleas for my dogs. Have been using it for 2 weeks with bad results. Still have fleas.
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It does not repel mosquitoes; I have one dog that mosquitoes love, and it doesn't phase them at all. It hasn't worked that well for ticks either this yr. We are having a terrible problem with both this year in TN, and this hasn't helped much at all this year. And, the strong smell makes my one dog gasp/choke for a few minutes. But I haven't found anything else organic out there that works yet, so I keep using it.
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I've been using this tag for 4 years for my toy poodle and he has never chew on it. I use it with organic herbal shampoo which gives the smellinsects don't like & east & garlic supplement which gives body odor that insects don't like. He is free of tick & flea. Do not put tick tag & flea tag together, it covers one to reduce the effect. I think it worth to try.
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I gave it to my dog with peanut butter. BTW, it didn't work for my dog...tried it for 2 months and no difference. I am now giving him CosequinDS which worked great for my other lab years ago.
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We purchased a total of 6 pet protectors last spring. 2 were for Vizslas around 80lbs., 3 were for medium sized dogs and 1 was for dog that's only 8lbs. 3 were used on dogs that run a 47 acre farm which is heavily wooded with a lot of tall weeds and grass. On Frontline and Advantix, they had to have ticks taken off daily. With the Pet Protector, ZERO ticks and ZERO fleas. The 3 other dogs wearing the disk are on property that is wooded w/a pond. ZERO ticks and fleas for these guys all summer too. We love the Pet Protector and are very happy with our purchase. A chemical-free repellant that WORKS is wonderful! We purchased a total of 6 pet protectors last spring. 2 were for Vizslas around 80lbs., 3 were for medium sized dogs and 1 was for dog that's only 8lbs. 3 were used on dogs that run a 47 acre farm which is heavily wooded with a lot of tall weeds and grass. On Frontline and Advantix, they had to have ticks taken off daily. With the Pet Protector, ZERO ticks and ZERO fleas. The 3 other dogs wearing the disk are on property that is wooded w/a pond. ZERO ticks and fleas for these guys all summer too. We love the Pet Protector and are very happy with our purchase. A chemical-free repellant that... » Read More We purchased a total of 6 pet protectors last spring. 2 were for Vizslas around 80lbs., 3 were for medium sized dogs and 1 was for dog that's only 8lbs. 3 were used on dogs that run a 47 acre farm which is heavily wooded with a lot of tall weeds and grass. On Frontline and Advantix, they had to have ticks taken off daily. With the Pet Protector, ZERO ticks and ZERO fleas. The 3 other dogs wearing the disk are on property that is wooded w/a pond. ZERO ticks and fleas for these guys all summer too. We love the Pet Protector and are very happy with our purchase. A chemical-free repellant that WORKS is wonderful! « Show Less
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Megan I cannot be certain however I will say I camped right near the coast of Connecticut for 4 days and I did not have a problem with ticks or mosquitos. Just fyi "Lyme disease" got its name from Old Lyme, Ct and I was just south of there. Do a google search on "essential oils tick repellent" and you will find a bunch of different mixes that work well for you and your pets. Here's one that I found..http://www.primallyinspired.com/easy-natural-tick-repellent-that-really-works-essential-oils/I hope this helps you.
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I am having the same issue as Cathy. Historically this product worked very effectively as both a preventive and treatment, and a few months ago we started hearing reports of fleas that had developed immunity. Then, all heck broke loose and a full-fledged infection happened with a dog that had used Frontline successfully for almost a decade. I am in Maryland. The Vet told us the same thing.
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I think it helped the 7 yr-old German Shepherd we just got. We've had him about 2 months. I think that he itches much less and his coat looks so much healthier and luxurious. For our Black Lab--the vet commented how great her coat looks. We do feed them good dogfood which I'm sure helps, but Salmon oil seems to make the difference with the dry flaky skin.
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We live in the country with the "dog yard" surrounded by pines. Our Golden had a tick on her face for three days(I thought it was a skin tag which she has) and my son said it was a tick! It was on her that long and DID NOT attach. I have used used these tags for a few years and will not stop!!! I will never use chemicals on my animals again!
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Because you need to follow the instructions, the dog need to be clean of fleas and flea eggs, which means you will need to ensure to treat the dog against fleas before, also I think that if the environment is too full of fleas it won't work either, my dog is medium size and so far it seems to be working, although, I do shampoo him (regular shampoo not against parasites) once a week, and this, maybe, also helps. As far as I understood this is against fleas and not ticks, I use a collar for ticks.
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I purchased this because we began having a tick invasion in the house, on the dog, etc. I was apprehensive about putting it ON the dog, but did place some around the house and on its collar. Never saw ticks inside again and saw less on the dog while we used it. I also put it on myself & daughter before we go out, and it did help in areas we usually pick up ticks on ourselves. I only found one tick crawling on my jeans last summer while using rose geranium, whereas the others I went out with were covered. A little goes a long way. Do realize that rose geranium oil, while effective, has some debate over estrogenic properties and probably would not recommend using it on males.
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I started using this last year on our puppy for a natural repellant since we live in the woods and deer and wood ticks are prevalent. We were amazed at how well it worked plus it smelled nice on her collar before we used it we would find a tick at least every other day mostly wood ticks but also deer ticks that stopped with the rose geranium. We even put a couple drops in her bath water for a rinse on her body once a month during tick season
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I have seen it in recipes, but I would google tick repellents to see what recipe you want to follow:)
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I leave it on my dog. I only remove it to give him a bath. Ticks seem to LOVE him, we live in a wooded area. I'm sure if you keep the packaging and put the collar back in it while not using I guess that would be ok. I recommend washing your hands thoroughly after touching it. My fingers always get a tingling sensation when I handle the collar. It does a fantastic job of keeping the ticks off of my Scottie, and well worth it!
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Yes, it has worked for my 2 dogs, a chocolate lab and a yellow lab, and each weigh about 95lbs. We haven't found any ticks since we purchase about 3 months ago.
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I have been told by my vet that you can. I have done it but I also now just use the collars because they are so incredibly effective. My dogs were continually getting tick borne diseases, even with Frontline Plus. We had a tick free year for the first time because of the preventic collars. I think they are extremely effective.
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No this one is just for ticks, they used to have a preventic plus collar that was for both but they stopped making it :(