The world is full of flea and tick myths, please don’t believe everything you hear! Next time you visit your veterinarian, why not discuss fleas and ticks? Your veterinarian can guide you to the correct product for your dog and help you to get the truth about fleas and ticks! I know my own veterinarian is very helpful in answering all our questions about flea and tick preventatives!
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Let’s look at some common flea and tick myths!
It’s fall – the ticks are gone!
One common flea and tick myth is that ticks are only out in the spring and summer. This is false! Last week, I asked my vet if I needed to take Bravecto® (Fluralaner) tick prevention all year or only in the warmer months. She told me right now, in the midst of fall, there has been a spike in dogs with ticks. The cooler weather gets dogs out and about more. Many people wrongly assume the ticks are no longer out, but they are! Make sure your dog is winning the war on ticks every season by giving them easy to use BRAVECTO!
It’s winter – the fleas are gone!
Tiny fleas are a nasty problem! When it gets too cold outside, fleas look for a cozy warm place inside. If your dog brings in a flea, they will multiply and infest your entire home in the winter just as easily as they do in the warmer months! Fleas can carry serious diseases, some can even be life-threatening! BRAVECTO starts killing fleas within 2 hours and will kill 100% of the fleas within 12 hours! The flea life cycle is several months long, which means your flea control treatment needs to be continuous all year long.
One product for all dogs!
Flea and tick protection is not a one for all! The type of protection your dog needs can vary, and is something to discuss with your veterinarian. For Bailie and me, BRAVECTO is the perfect fast acting product! BRAVECTO provides 12 week* protection against fleas and ticks for your dog! Our veterinarian says, BRAVECTO is not for puppies under six months of age. Little sister Madison will start on it in the spring after she turns six months old.
Dog owners never forget flea and tick preventative!
Truth of the matter is, many dog owners miss flea and tick preventative doses, or apply them late because remembering twelve doses a year is a lot! BRAVECTO is one tasty, beef flavored chew tablet taken every twelve weeks, or about four times a year! Talk about a convenient option! 93% of dogs ate their chews alone or with food, and the tablets contain no grain or gluten if your dog is sensitive to those ingredients. Each package comes with handy stickers to post on your calendar as a reminder when the next dosage is due, or you can subscribe for text and email reminders too!
Dispel the flea and tick myths by consulting with your own veterinarian, or visit Merck® on Facebook and Twitter to stay up to date on the latest BRAVECTO news!
*BRAVECTO kills fleas, prevents flea infestations, and kills ticks (black-legged tick, American dog tick, and brown dog tick) for 12 weeks. BRAVECTO also kills lone star ticks for 8 weeks.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION: The most common adverse reactions recorded in clinical trials were vomiting, decreased appetite, diarrhea, lethargy, polydipsia, and flatulence. BRAVECTO has not been shown to be effective for 12 weeks’ duration in puppies less than 6 months of age. BRAVECTO is not effective against lone star ticks beyond 8 weeks after dosing.
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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of BRAVECTO®. The opinions and text are all mine.
Great advice! Some of the over the counter flea preventives can be harmful or even deadly to us on 4 legs. XOXO, Sparkle
We are big Bravecto fans around here.
We use Bravecto, too.
Isn’t it a great product!
I’m so glad we don’t have fleas out this way. But if we did, that looks like a good product.
Thankfully, we have never seen a flea, but they are around. We use it for ticks mainly and it works great.
we just won the great flea war… or at least we hope we won (kock on wood 3 times)… we will use your product next time, we failed completely with frontline this year… and if your house turns into a flea circus you need a lot of work and patience and money to win this war…
We hope to never have to fight that battle! Bravecto is great!
Fleas and ticks are a year-round problem where we live. So far, we’re winning the battle (hope that didn’t just jinx us). Mommy gets email reminders when it’s time for our doses, and she also has reminders on both of her calendars . . . the computer one and the old-fashioned paper one. Mommy needs a lot of memory aides. She blames that on Tallulah 😉
My mom has a calendar just for all our dog stuff because there is so much of it. Flea and tick prevention is never to be forgotten!
We are looking for a good flea & tick protector so this is perfect timing. Thanks. ♥
It works so well, and is just a simple pill. We love it!
Anything that gets rid of those little boogers is a darn good thing!
Hard to believe how tiny creatures can cause so much trouble!
Love Bravecto, Ticks are so bad right now! Thanks for the great information.
We love it too. So easy and works so well.
I just took a tick off Luke the other day, so I know how true that is! I’m hoping with the dry summer and early cold that they won’t be as bad this fall. Last fall we saw too many. But I think you have to at least have snow on the ground for a while to really hope they’re gone.
They went away for a while, but they are back big time right now here.
I think whether there a fleas and ticks around depends on where you are. Since the dogs are not hunting or training right now, we have not treated them since August. We do only treat seasonally and it works well for us.
It does partially depend on where you live and what your dogs are doing. We are out training all year.
What a very informative post, Emma!! We always look at the Flea/Tick options when we visit the dogtur!!
Smileys!
Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
This is the new one our vet clinic is using a lot. We think it is amazing.
We’re a Bravecto family too!
Yay! We love it!