Tick Prevention: So Many Options; Are Any Of Them Good?

[GreyTzu]

Yeah, let's not use a preventive.

[GeorgeofNE]

I see Seresto does claim to repel ticks! My bad. For what it's worth, Buck got fleas wearing a Seresto collar. So I'm not a fan.

Uhm, excuse me, but it seems rather clear that what's working is not your garlic, but your Preventic collar, Racingdogron!

[SPDoggie]

I'll just say that our dogs had reaction to the topicals (itching, diarrhea, to shaking) and the Serresto collar has not caused any of that, while keeping fleas away these past 3 summers.... we'll see what happens with this-years tick situation.

[fastpointydoge]

I'm in the same boat; my new dog came with a six month supply of Advantage but that doesn't cover ticks so I'm doing research. This thread has been perfect since I know Greyhounds can be sensitive to some chemicals/medication. We walk in the woods daily so I know we'll need something soon!

[racindog]

I'm in the same boat; my new dog came with a six month supply of Advantage but that doesn't cover ticks so I'm doing research. This thread has been perfect since I know Greyhounds can be sensitive to some chemicals/medication. We walk in the woods daily so I know we'll need something soon!

I'm also trying something else new I heard about. It said to run a lint roller over them right after exposure and that it will actually help pick up the tiny nympts and ticks etc. I don't know if it is true yet-they did have a convincing picture- but I'm going to try it next week when we will be deep in the woods. I picked up 2 extreme stick rollers at walmart to investigate hehe.