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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 267110" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I wouldn't go back to Frontline Plus. There was a real problem with it and it didn't work for ANYBODY last year. I had always used it with very good results and spent $58 last spring to buy the first doses for my three girls. It never completely got rid of the fleas and in two weeks they had more than they started with and I had to wait two more weeks to be able to put something else on them. And one of mine is allergic to fleas!</p><p> </p><p>From what I gather, the manufacturers have to change their formulas slightly from year to year to prevent the fleas from building up an immunity to it, and somehow Frontline slipped up last year. The fleas were 'immune' to it and it didn't work. After that, I got Advantage for mine last year and within a day or two, we never saw another flea. It's a little bit cheaper too. I don't have ticks where I live now. The Advantage is just for fleas, but they also make a formula ("Advantix" I think, or something like that?) that kills ticks too.</p><p> </p><p>Another thing, I would be <em>very</em> careful where you buy the flea and tick medications. I only buy them from the vets office. But if you buy them online, be sure to buy only from the older, well established, very reputable mail order companies like doctors. Foster & Smith or PetMeds. I've seen some advertised very cheaply on eBay and other places and the packaging looks "not quite right". They may be out of date or even fakes. There's lots and lots of counterfeits out there. And NEVER buy the OTC flea and tick medications from the WalMart pet dept. or places like that. For one thing, they don't work. And the ingredients in them are completely different from what's in the prescription flea medications. Some dogs have had horrible life threatening reactions to them, some have even died from them, so it's just not worth the risk to try to save a few dollars.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 267110, member: 1883"] I wouldn't go back to Frontline Plus. There was a real problem with it and it didn't work for ANYBODY last year. I had always used it with very good results and spent $58 last spring to buy the first doses for my three girls. It never completely got rid of the fleas and in two weeks they had more than they started with and I had to wait two more weeks to be able to put something else on them. And one of mine is allergic to fleas! From what I gather, the manufacturers have to change their formulas slightly from year to year to prevent the fleas from building up an immunity to it, and somehow Frontline slipped up last year. The fleas were 'immune' to it and it didn't work. After that, I got Advantage for mine last year and within a day or two, we never saw another flea. It's a little bit cheaper too. I don't have ticks where I live now. The Advantage is just for fleas, but they also make a formula ("Advantix" I think, or something like that?) that kills ticks too. Another thing, I would be [I]very[/I] careful where you buy the flea and tick medications. I only buy them from the vets office. But if you buy them online, be sure to buy only from the older, well established, very reputable mail order companies like doctors. Foster & Smith or PetMeds. I've seen some advertised very cheaply on eBay and other places and the packaging looks "not quite right". They may be out of date or even fakes. There's lots and lots of counterfeits out there. And NEVER buy the OTC flea and tick medications from the WalMart pet dept. or places like that. For one thing, they don't work. And the ingredients in them are completely different from what's in the prescription flea medications. Some dogs have had horrible life threatening reactions to them, some have even died from them, so it's just not worth the risk to try to save a few dollars. [/QUOTE]
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