Use of Comfortis for Flea Control?

[marsh chicken]

Seresto collar for flea and tick

Pro heart 6 injection for heartworms


The collars last 8 months, injection lasts 6 months. Easy peasy...

[WoodieSC]

Seresto collar for flea and tick

Pro heart 6 injection for heartworms


The collars last 8 months, injection lasts 6 months. Easy peasy...

Pro Heart 6 is probably the LAST of the new meds I'd put in one of my dogs.

It was pulled from the market once. I'm surprised it's back. Whatever...

http://www.dogs4dogs.com/blog/2008/0...ed-proheart-6/

[WoodieSC]

I just had a lengthy and pleasant discussion with a Vet from the Comfortis Customer Help Center.

The bottom line is that I will NOT use Comfortis for the time being until I reassess the dilution ratio we are using for the Ivomec 1% solution. The present solution appears to be much too high to be a 'safe risk'... and is probably much higher than we need it to be for HW prevention and worming.

Will discuss this with our Vet before I make any changes or decisions and then will post it up here for others to reference the info if they choose to.

Thanks!

[marsh chicken]

Pro Heart 6 is probably the LAST of the new meds I'd put in one of my dogs.

It was pulled from the market once. I'm surprised it's back. Whatever...

http://www.dogs4dogs.com/blog/2008/0...ed-proheart-6/

No offense, but your source is a California nut job who wrote a book about her personal opinions on dog care. Her advice on heartworms prevention is to not give your dog any meds and just make sure your yard doesn't have standing water. Thanks I'll stick with the opinions of those who went to vet school.

[WoodieSC]

No offense, but your source is a California nut job who wrote a book about her personal opinions on dog care. Her advice on heartworms prevention is to not give your dog any meds and just make sure your yard doesn't have standing water. Thanks I'll stick with the opinions of those who went to vet school.

I apologize for not reading that whole article. I just pulled one of many off a Google search. The debate on Pro Heart 6 was quite heated and lengthy a few years ago and all of the bad news did NOT come from the 'California Nut Job'.

Good luck and hope your dog does well on it.

Btw, our dog's Vet refuses to sell or prescribe Pro Heart 6, so I'll go along with his professional opinion.