my dog was so itchy and miserable all last summer but got all better when winter hit and i stopped using frontline. then this march i started him back up on a different flea med (K9 Advantix) and he's itching again. just wondering if it could be the medication itself and if anyones had the same problem.
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Take some time to learn about these kinds of products. They are chemicals. People just assume it's all safe if the vet is selling it or recommending it. That is simply not true. There are many pets who become ill, deveope cancers, get seizures, have neurological damage etc from these products. It is true that many pets do not have a problem with them but just as many do.
The pesticide that is used in Advantage is called lmidacloprid and should NOT be absorbed through the skin. I learned that dogs and rats who were used to test this pesticide developed thyroid cancer and it affected their appetite. Advantage is not safe to put on dogs who live with cats because it kills cats.. Now that should be a pretty big warning sign to anyone!
There are better ways to take care of fleas the to put mothly doses of chemicals on our pets and many pople do this when their dogs don't even have fleas! They do it out of fear or because their vets tell them they need to.
We do not use any chemicals on our dogs in the name of prevention. We feed a raw diet, do limited vaccines and fleas and ticks are not interested in our dogs! :)
Could be. stick with what works.
Try other brands, it may be a key ingredient that is causing that reaction with your dog, I've heard of this before, but it was only with Frontline. Have you tried using a tick and flea collar? Or a tablet called "Program"? That is what we used for our troup of doxies, and it worked a treat, it sterilised the ticks and fleas in the new houses garden we moved into, within two years we have no ticks or fleas, they'd all died without being able to reproduce.
Could be but have you had your dog checked for allergies? Sounds like there are mught be things out there he's allergic to that appear the same time you start flea preventative. I have two dogs with spring/summer allergies and a little Benadryl does the trick.
It could be a condition commonly known in most places as the "summer itch" which is unrelated to flea treatments or fleas. As frontline and advantix and all flea products have a minimum of a 3 month life span when used, the problem would not stop through the cooler months.
Summer itch can be an actual skin problem, possibly a type of determitis that can be from an allergic reaction to flowering plants or grasses that only come out in the warmer weather.
Try washing your Dog in a non allergenic, anti bacterial wash regurlarly, even weekly through summer and watch out for 'hot spots' that are easily recognised by being red and inflamed, wash these areas carefully and apply an antibacterial product.
In worse cases, you may need to see your vet.
And even though you use products like advantix and frontline, it only takes a single bite from a now doomed flea to cause an allergic reaction in your dog that can last months!!
I have, with cheap flea medication from discount stores. Buy a quality product like Adams, it has skin conditioner in it, cheap wal mart stuff dosnt. Remember this, anything that kills bugs is hard on the skin, so be sure to use quality products to replenish the skin. Cool?
I suggest taking your dog to the vet. I actually had a dog that was allergic too fleas. My dog would get several red patches and would lose her hair is some places because she would be scratching so much. My vet suggested that I bathe her at least once a week in Dawn dish liquid. The Dawn dish liquid also might be able to help your dog because as cheesy as it may sound it will get the oil of the old flea treatmeant off of your dog. Wal Mart also sales a liquid badage for dogs just incase your dog may have created a sore. I hope this can help you.
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