April is Prevent Lyme Disease In Dogs Month. The Sand Spring gang is up on the current ways to prevent Lyme Disease. Being hunting dogs and dogs that live out in the country with property that is nestled in a field surrounded by marshes, woods, water and of course many deer the main host for deer ticks they need to be protected.

Ticks are bad news!

The gang at Sand Spring gets their annual Lyme vaccination as well as their monthly flea and tick treatment. Three of them are on Vectra 3D topical and one is on Bravecto chewable tablet.

Bravecto chews give 12 weeks of protection with just one chew. Starts killing fleas within 2 hours and 98% of fleas within 12 hours. Ticks are killed 100% within 12 hours before they have a chance to transmit Lyme disease. Bravecto is safe for breeding, pregnant and lactating dogs. Safe for dogs weighing less than 4.4# and puppies over 6 months of age.

YOUR SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED

It is important to us that you have a great experience with Bravecto. If you feel you are not achieving the level of flea and tick control that was desired, speak to your veterinarian to learn about the Bravecto Satisfaction Guarantee. Merck Animal Health will work with your veterinarian to ensure you are refunded for your purchase. *Bravecto

Double Defense.

I just love Vectra 3D, it does such a great job killing fleas and ticks as well repelling and killing mosquitoes. I use it for the flea and tick killing properties but I love the fact it repels and kills mosquitoes. When sitting in the marsh when the weather is still warm the mosquitoes just keep on flying by, if the dogs didn’t have any Vectra 3D on them the mosquitoes would be landing on them. It works really well against biting flys too, I put a couple dots on their head and ears to add extra protection to those area’s. I had a rescue dog that came with fly bites on the ears really bad and I put Vectra 3D on him and the bites healed up and wasn’t a problem again.

Fast-acting, long-lasting Vectra 3D® repels six types of dangerous parasites. Frontline repels none. Don’t settle for inadequate protection for your dog. Stop parasites before they have a chance to bite and spread disease. Ask your veterinarian about Vectra 3D®. *Vectra

Help protect your dog against tick borne diseases.

For added protection against Lyme disease have your pet vaccinated annually.

RECOMBITEK® Lyme

With permission from one of our clients at Harmony Pet clinic I’m going to tell her story.

A bag of ticks taken off one dog.

Our client owns a Shepherd who was rescued and a bit shy, she took her with to go grocery shopping last fall. She left her in the car with the windows down part way, little did she know that the windows were down enough that her dog jumped out and ran off. She looked and looked for her with no avail. Each day for a week she went back to the area and looked for her. She was spotted in a marsh, the owner went to the marsh and tried to get her and she wasn’t having anything to do with that even when she brought her food. A few days later the owner took the neighbor and their dogs to the marsh and she finally came to the neighbors dogs so they could catch her. She immediately brought her to us for an exam. She was a bit thinner and was covered with ticks. We started picking them off of her and realized there were way to many that it wasn’t fair to the dog to have her awake for all of this so we sedated her and began taking ticks off of her. There were all different species and different stages of growth on her. After we took all the visible ticks off her we applied Vectra 3D. We then a couple weeks later drew blood to run a 4 DX test to test for tick borne diseases. She was negative and we checked again a few months later which she was negative again thank the lord. The owner had informed us that she hadn’t used any flea and tick medication with her. She changed her way of thinking and now uses a product faithfully. She was very lucky that she didn’t get any diseases from this ordeal. Not all dogs are lucky.

A article about Lyme Disease can be viewed here.

Have you protected your pooch this month?