10-08-2012, 06:49 PM
We use a flea and tick shampoo weekly. http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.js...Id=2751706
You cannot use it and the drops as the dog will overdose with pesticide (both contain pesticide). The oatmeal helps to prevent dry skin from excessive shampooing.
Since this is an epic tick year nothing other than being vigilant and knowing how to remove ticks successfully may work.
Around here we have ticks that carry Lyme Disease. Acaricide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acaricide is used on the land/vegetation where ticks are likely to be. They spray along the river every few months for lots of things, chiefly mosquito (which now carry West Nile Virus) and for ticks.
California laws are such that one has to hire a professional pest control company to spray in residential areas. They used to have a program through animal control where this semi-rural area with all of the trees and 'native vegetation' (AKA weeds) would be sprayed and most of the cost deferred by the state or county.
Of course you have to make 'safe areas' by clearing out vegetable debris (leaves, tall grasses, etc) and the CDC suggests gravel or wood-chip 'perimeter barrier' to prevent ticks from coming into the area.
http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/avoid/in_the_yard.html lists it all.
Garlic Tabs in dogs can have the same effect as feeding onion to dogs. The naturally occurring chemical thiosulphate in onions and garlic can lead to hemolytic anemia in dogs and cats http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/symptoms-and-...ia-in-dogs
Learn the symptoms and discuss with your vet what you can do if the dog presents with symptoms. Typically low doses of garlic pills will not affect a dog if the dog takes only its weight limit dosage. However if you eat onion and garlic in people food and the dog(s) get human scraps all the tie, you might accidental put that limit of thiosulphate over the top.
Some dogs are more sensitive to thiosulphate, thus you can't use garlic tabs on them.
You cannot use it and the drops as the dog will overdose with pesticide (both contain pesticide). The oatmeal helps to prevent dry skin from excessive shampooing.
Since this is an epic tick year nothing other than being vigilant and knowing how to remove ticks successfully may work.
Around here we have ticks that carry Lyme Disease. Acaricide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acaricide is used on the land/vegetation where ticks are likely to be. They spray along the river every few months for lots of things, chiefly mosquito (which now carry West Nile Virus) and for ticks.
California laws are such that one has to hire a professional pest control company to spray in residential areas. They used to have a program through animal control where this semi-rural area with all of the trees and 'native vegetation' (AKA weeds) would be sprayed and most of the cost deferred by the state or county.
Of course you have to make 'safe areas' by clearing out vegetable debris (leaves, tall grasses, etc) and the CDC suggests gravel or wood-chip 'perimeter barrier' to prevent ticks from coming into the area.
http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/avoid/in_the_yard.html lists it all.
Garlic Tabs in dogs can have the same effect as feeding onion to dogs. The naturally occurring chemical thiosulphate in onions and garlic can lead to hemolytic anemia in dogs and cats http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/symptoms-and-...ia-in-dogs
Learn the symptoms and discuss with your vet what you can do if the dog presents with symptoms. Typically low doses of garlic pills will not affect a dog if the dog takes only its weight limit dosage. However if you eat onion and garlic in people food and the dog(s) get human scraps all the tie, you might accidental put that limit of thiosulphate over the top.
Some dogs are more sensitive to thiosulphate, thus you can't use garlic tabs on them.
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