PrincessofWales

Never had a dog before, not in this country anyway, and now tick season is upon us....what do you recommend to deal with these critters....I keep finding them all over my little cocker spaniel....and she's on Frontline too!

Next it will be Cicadas...I hear that for dogs cicada corpses are like chicken nuggets to a child! Except they give them severe constipation!

Great, how I love the muggy, buggy DC metro area!

sibsie

I use frontline, live in the woods but have so far been ok with ticks.

I have to get the horse vaccinated against West Nile today. Not sure if it effects small animals but it's worth looking into.

Lion in Winter

Isn't there some sort of spray-on thing to discourage ticks from attaching to the dog? I mean, there is for people........

Ben

You can get your garden sprayed to help protect against ticks.

PrincessofWales

is that garden spray the basic pesticide stuff that Trugreen applies...we get that soon!

Ben

There is an organic one that can be applied that uses a concentration of garlic and lemon juice. Stinks the air for a couple of hours but is very safe for the environment.

Lion in Winter

Is that for the people, plants or fish filets?

Ben

Very funny For the garden

doctor scrumpy

And the recipe is ?

Lion in Winter

A green salad, garnished with shrivelled ticks. Move over, Emeril.

Ben

Do you really expect me to know everything!


Actually, I think it is 95% garlic to 5% lemon juice. But we had someone come and spray the garden for us every 6 weeks. They also did a winter closing and opening to make sure all the ticks and mosquitoes didn't nest/hibernate on our property. the company is only local to LI though so no good for the rest of the USA. Maybe a search on google will bring up a local company/supplier.

Lion - I'm sure ticks are a good protein source

Lion in Winter

You bet. South of the border they (um, sorry, not ticks, other insects) are part of the national diet, due to local people using them for protein before the Spanish arrived with cows and sheep and whatnot. Still, I'd rather have a packet of salt n vinegar crisps when I want something crunchy.

suzieque

As we have already had a few ticks despite frontline too I am going to look into this. You say it works well except the smell!!!
does the smell come back when it rains?
Suzie

Ben

Only if it rains the same day that it is applied.

I think it does work well but like a lot of things it isn't 100%. If I was in your situation where your dog was picking up ticks all the time, I would definitely give it a try at least. My daughter got lymes disease nearly 2 years ago and it was horrible having to watch her be so ill.

Another option is probably to try and feed your dog garlic. You would have to feed him quite a lot but apparently by ingesting garlic, the smell comes through the pores which is supposed to repel mosquitoes and other insects like ticks. Could be worth a try too.

dunroving

I use Frontline Plus and it works fine. Works on the dog too.