subject: Maintaining A Flea - Free Dog [print this page] There are two treatments that the majority of inquiries about controlling fleas revolve around. They are K9 Advantix and Frontline. Let's look at the advantages of both medications and then compare Advantix vs Frontline.
Both medications are an outstanding answer to keeping fleas and ticks away your canine. You administer the treatment directly to the skin of your dog and it is stored in the glands just underneath the skin. Over the time period of at least 4 weeks from the time that you administer the treatment it is released, giving your dog consistent protection from fleas and ticks.
Since both medications are stored under the skin they are waterproof. After you give the treatment enough time to fully absorb you will be able to bathe your dog or let him swim as usual. The treatment will not wash off.
Both medications are created to kill fleas. From my own experience though I have found that if you administer Advantix to a canine that already has fleas most of them will jump off and locate a different host. In my case it was the cats. Our dog was now fully protected from fleas but a lot of them had lived through the ordeal.
We found out that Advantix proved to be better at killing existing fleas and that both medications work very well for protecting against both fleas and ticks. Our pets didn't have ticks, at least not that we were aware of, so we can't say for certain how either medication deals with already present ticks.
One final word of warning. Don't give Advantix to your cats! The ingredients used to destroy pests in Advantix is harmful to them. Think about selecting Advantage for your pet cats as an alternative.
Maintaining A Flea - Free Dog
By: Scott Jenkins
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