The Best Flea and Tick Medication for Dogs
The joys of summer! Longer evenings for walks, playing outside, maybe some swimming, itchy bites and stowaways...Wait, what? That's right, it's flea and tick season.
You don’t want fleas and ticks on you and you don’t want them on your best friend either. Let's discuss a few things to chew on:
Flea & Tick Prevention - Why It's Important
Fleas and ticks cause itchy skin, possible allergic reactions, skin infections and more.
Anemia - Depending on how bad the infestation is, your dog can become anemic due to blood especially in young or small dogs.
Tapeworms - fleas can transmit tapeworms.
Lyme Disease and Anaplasmosis
Joint Health & arthritis like symptoms
Stress & Discomfort
the best way to protect your dog is to prevent the pests from latching on in the first place.
Bravecto For Dogs
If you are like so many of us, you have dashed off to the local pet store for an over-the-counter flea and tick treatment for your dog. Those pet store flea and tick control methods are exhausting and only partially effective. Your veterinarian has affordable, effective, and safe flea and tick medications that are easy to use.
Veterinarians everywhere recognize and recommend Bravecto as a superior flea and tick medication for your dogs that are over 6 months old. One dose of Bravecto will protect your pooch for 12 weeks from:
Fleas
- Fleas are the most common pest and are capable of transmitting serious diseases.
- Fleas have a long life cycle and monthly treatments can leave gaps in protection.
- Bravecto provides protection for the entire life cycle of fleas.
Ticks of various types:
- Blacklegged Tick: found mostly in the forest and can transmit bacterial diseases like Lyme disease
- American dog tick: Ticks that prefer to attach to dogs found in grassy fields and walkways
- Brown dog tic: Brown ticks that prefer to attach to dogs and are capable of transmitting Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Lone star tick: Mostly found in the South but also found in the eastern US. They are aggressive ticks that also bite humans. They are called “Lone Star” because the females have a white dot on their backs.
Veterinarians recommend Bravecto because one dose will last for 12 weeks providing flea and tick protection for the entire life cycle of those irritating pests. Your veterinarian will have the perfect dose of Bravecto for the size of your dog with two easy ways to administer the medication.
Bravecto Chewables
Bravecto comes in tasty chewable morsels your dog will accept as a treat. The size and dose of Bravecto chewables are matched to the size of your dog.
Bravecto Topical For Dogs
You and your veterinarian may decide a Bravecto topical treatment would be best for your dog. As with chewables, a single topical treatment will last for 12 weeks. Your dog’s hair is parted and the flea and tick treatment is applied directly to the skin between the shoulder blades.
NexGard Chewables
NexGard comes in tasty, soft beef-flavored chews your dog will love. NexGard is so easy, safe, and effective for flea and tick treatment. Talk with your veterinarian about NexGard if your dog is over 8 weeks old and weighs more than 4 pounds.
Veterinarian Certified: Pet Approved
Taking a guess or using a trial and error approach when addressing the flea and tick treatments needed for your dog is not an easy road for you or your pooch.
Some over the counter methods can cause skin irritation or digestive upset and most don't work effectively, they just hide symptoms of ongoing flea or tick problems.
Chipman Road Animal Clinic makes taking care of flea and tick treatments for your dog safe, easy and effective. We have a number of treatments available for completely safe methods to protect your dog and family from the harmful effects of fleas and ticks.
Update Your Pups Flea and Tick Medication at Chipman Road Animal Clinic
