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What is the best way of removing and preventing ticks on dogs. Thanks in advance Anne
Michael Geraghty Australia (Verified User) Posts 4138 Dogs 14 / Races 15 19 Jun 2007 12:04
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My pet hate!!!!!!!!! Where are you, Anne?
Mal Dawson Australia (Verified User) Posts 5640 Dogs 27 / Races 65 19 Jun 2007 12:10
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anne bayticol will fix all your probs, when i moved into the place im in now it was riddled with ticks and still has a tick problem... but not one of my dogs has a tick on, this stuff is pure gold gold gold
Michael Geraghty Australia (Verified User) Posts 4138 Dogs 14 / Races 15 19 Jun 2007 12:47
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Is it a wash, Mal?
Mark Telford Ireland (Verified User) Posts 109 Dogs 10 / Races 9 19 Jun 2007 16:50
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pull them out with your fingers, then wash dog and put a good 'spot on' after coat has dried. Stronghold is probably the best one on the market at the moment.
Mal Dawson Australia (Verified User) Posts 5640 Dogs 27 / Races 65 19 Jun 2007 19:46
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no mike it is the new dip they use on cattle, you mix 1ml with 1ml of water and run it down the backbone of your dog. within 24 hrs every tick on the dog is dead, it actually sucks them dry. they will fall of by themselves, but initially for some reason it does not kill the once in there ears. but once you remove them they never come back and your dogs become tick vacum cleaners. have had no probs with product as far as harming animal goes as it seems to only spread on skin and doesnt penetrate to blood. but you must use half water or it will burn your dogs skin. i did my pups 5 wks ago without one tick on them yet, they recommend you do them every 4 wks but i am only go to use it when they start getting them again. a couple of people that started using b4 me reckon it will work for about 8-12 wks and they may be right. there is not a product like this on the market it even makes banana spray look like water.
John O Sullivan Ireland (Verified User) Posts 4658 Dogs 55 / Races 0 02 Aug 2007 19:33
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going demented here from "skirteans" have one dog in the kennel that has them all the rest are clear ive given him a spot on called prac-tic i gave him double dose of the pore on and it seemed to do the job and they fell of him but he now has them in his feet/web again ive disenfected the kennels,changed the bedding ect all the usual things mark is that stronghold a wash or cattle pore on? is there an injection that you can get to get rid of these little bast***s
Kristin Block USA (Verified User) Posts 343 Dogs 85 / Races 394 02 Aug 2007 20:41
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Hi Anne:
We make homemade "Frontline" here with Termidor, Alcohol and distilled H2o. Put 3ml between shoulder blades. You can buy Termidor SC off Ebay. You can also use Imidacioprid 1.47% put 1/2cc between shoulder blades and 1/2cc on base of tail. It is sold as a Tree and Shrub insect repellent. This is the time of year they start coming out in droves. It drives me batty. We also broadcast the perimeter of the farm with Triazicide. We have ZERO fleas on this farm. Hope this helps!
hi anne i had ticks awhile ago and its stoped my dogs preforming i used duromitetex pigon men use it it works but you have to spray it every were in the kennel make shure its a dry day so you can keep the dogs out for a good few hours or move them if you can this stuff has a strong smell use a good bit of water with it cut your grass or any timber or weeds in your garden ticks go on a dogs feet first they pick them up in long grass they can also live in craks in timber or walls for up to 1 year then some heath they hatch there is lots of types of ticks its normaly sheep tiks that greyhounds get . duromitex is cheep to buy 8 0r 9 euro a bottle
John O Sullivan Ireland (Verified User) Posts 4658 Dogs 55 / Races 0 02 Aug 2007 21:01
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derek ive done that as well still cant shift the bast***s off this one dog hes the only one in the kennel to ever get them is there an injection to be got?
hope you have some luck in getting rid of them all the best d h
Paul McCusker Ireland (Verified User) Posts 778 Dogs 11 / Races 3 02 Aug 2007 21:16
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John
Duramitex will cure the problem. Redo the kennels as before. Mix a small amount into a 500ml hand sprayer and everyday after you are finished grooming the dog give him a light spray all over with the duramitex.
John O Sullivan Ireland (Verified User) Posts 4658 Dogs 55 / Races 0 02 Aug 2007 21:25
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paul what mix for the spray? 3 parts water to 1 part duramitex?
Julie Price United Kingdom
Posts 535 Dogs 0 / Races 0 02 Aug 2007 21:34
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bought a bitch a few weeks back full of ticks went and got frontline spray from vet bathed and sprayed her ticks all white and dead by next morning and i could just pick them off marvelous stuff and she been tick free ever since
Michael Geraghty Australia (Verified User) Posts 4138 Dogs 14 / Races 15 03 Aug 2007 01:08
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John, If he is the only one in your kennel that has them, then the source is close to him, and probably from above. Spray the kennel he is in and ABOVE. Then get a good quality flea and tick collar...they usually last for 3 mths. Once that has expired, put another on, that should be enough time to break the cycle. I had problems here too, got sick of buying and trying different washes and sprays. They ALL now wear tick collars...no more ticks.
John O Sullivan Ireland (Verified User) Posts 4658 Dogs 55 / Races 0 03 Aug 2007 06:08
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micheal is the "Preventic" Tick Collar any good? or do you use a different one?
Anthony Million United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 12 Dogs 11 / Races 0 03 Aug 2007 11:19
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wet a cloth with parafin rub his coat lightly and watch them leave town. ''An old method but it works''
Julie Price United Kingdom
Posts 535 Dogs 0 / Races 0 03 Aug 2007 11:46
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I wouldnt recommend using something as flammable and dangerous as paraffin on any dog god can you imagine if he was in close contact with someones discarded cigarette
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