we deal with constant ticks here in North Carolina. I've been picking them off of me for the last month! Sometimes I swear that I get more of them then the dogs do.
I used to try and never use anything on the dogs but this year I broke down and tried K-9 Advamtix. Frontline Plus did not work at all last year. We used the Advantix and then my husband treated the yard. Since we did both the dogs and the yard, we have not seen a single tick. I'm really happy with that, since we were actually finding 4-5 ticks a day on the dogs and 2-3 a day on me.
You can find tick granules that you spread on the yard at Lowes or Home Depot. You have to put it down right before it rains so it washes into the yard. The dogs can't walk in the yard until it rains. We have done it before and have never had a problem with it hurting the animals or the children. Like I said, I try to go all natural, but I did have a dog test positive for erlichia last year so it gets to the point were you are better off using the chemicals once then getting sick.
Good luck.
I used to try and never use anything on the dogs but this year I broke down and tried K-9 Advamtix. Frontline Plus did not work at all last year. We used the Advantix and then my husband treated the yard. Since we did both the dogs and the yard, we have not seen a single tick. I'm really happy with that, since we were actually finding 4-5 ticks a day on the dogs and 2-3 a day on me.
You can find tick granules that you spread on the yard at Lowes or Home Depot. You have to put it down right before it rains so it washes into the yard. The dogs can't walk in the yard until it rains. We have done it before and have never had a problem with it hurting the animals or the children. Like I said, I try to go all natural, but I did have a dog test positive for erlichia last year so it gets to the point were you are better off using the chemicals once then getting sick.
Good luck.
