Hi Michaela,
I think I may have just been lucky but I recall the time at the US
Nationals at Rhode Island where it seemed a lot of people were picking
ticks off their dogs. I had bathed my dogs prior to travelling with Kennel
Flea and Louse Shampoo and while I always rinse thoroughly some residual
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Here in Sweden we have Frontline, which can be purchased over the counter at
the pharmacists and Ex-Spot, which is only dispensed with a vet
prescription.
Hi,
Yes we have both Frontline and Exspot in Sweden but I think both means to
much poison.
There are also other methods with garlic and showers with tyme and lemon.
Are there other methods without these poisoning ways against ticks?
Margareta Strand and Vincent
Stockholm
Here in Sweden we have Frontline, which can be purchased over the counter at
the pharmacists and Ex-Spot, which is only dispensed with a vet
prescription. Although I was very pleased with the results of Ex-Spot, I
decided to try the Frontline last summer on Griffin. It was absolutely
without effect
Marion
I'm the tick queen of the Western world. Sadly. Because of where we live -
Moorland, bracken, sheep - my dogs are veritable tick magnets. Plus, this
part of England never really gets cold enough to kill off ticks, thus I
begrudgingly pull off ticks all year round. I tried a variety of natur
Hi Marion:
I'm from Canada :-)...not the US. I'm really lucky that we don't have a
lot of nasty bugs in our country and I think it may be largely due to
the cold, cold winters - helps keep those things under control. So,
because I don't have a very big problem where I live, I don't have to
use an
Dear Deb
Just to pick up on something you say about not giving toxic chemicals. This
is the route I go as well but last weekend one of my girls, Emily, was
obviously not well and when I checked her I found a large "wound" in her
side. I suspected a bont tick (don't know whether you would recognise