If you really love your dog, you’re not going to take chances when it comes to its comfort and happiness.
Of the various things one would do for one’s pet – grooming, routinely cleaning the house, vet check ups, a good diet – flea and heartworm prevention should be included. It’s crucial that your pet be healthy, and this treatment is part of that.
Advocate for Dogs is among the most trusted treatments.
Fleas and Heartworms – the discomfort they cause
Dog parasites such as fleas and heartworms can cause serious health problems along with physical discomforts to your pets. Fleas left untreated can lead to your dog’s needing to scratch and bite its skin raw, leaving patches of skin open to secondary infection. It’s no surprise – the itch the fleas cause can get worse, making some dogs wail because of the annoyance, and you may see them rubbing their backs against walls, fence posts, furniture, the ground.
Regular cleaning and indoor vacuuming, along with pet grooming, are vital. To these pet health maintenance activities, one should add choosing the right flea and heartworm treatments.
Ingredients in successful flea and heartworm prevention
If you survey the ingredients of the well-reviewed flea preventive treatments, they usually contain key ingredients Fipronil or Imidacloprid. It’s been reported that Pyrethrin, an ingredient in the more affordable flea preventive treatments, may pose a health risk to pets.
So it’s recommended that you search for flea treatments with these ingredients – Fipronil or Imidacloprid.
You can do this online where many dog supply shops post their inventory of flea products. The ingredients are often listed with the product descriptions
As for heartworm preventive treatments, the recommended one usually contain a tandem of flea and heartworm preventives – so that’s two problems with one treatment. Be sure to look for products containing Lufeneron and Milbemycin as active ingredients.
If your local dog supply shop does not provide a public list of ingredients per product, you can usually find such list online. Pet health magazines are yet another source.
Application of flea and heartworm treatments
Most of these flea preventive treatments come in topical forms, and packed in tubes that are easy to use on your dog. If you can squeeze a tube of toothpaste, you can use these tubes – just squeeze them on the back of your dog’s neck.
But for heartworm preventives, these usually come in combination meds orally taken once a month. Some can easily be mixed with food or are already palatable to most dogs, for easy administration.
How your dog benefits from Advocate for Dogs
Advocate Flea and Heartworm treatment for dogs is a topical treatment designed for convenience and affectivity. The packaged applicator is a simple tube to squeeze out and use on your pet – it fights fleas, heartworm, gastrointestinal worms, ear mites, demodex, and Sarcoptic Mange
Imagine, just one dose lasts a whole month.
Some orally taken treatments require them to be grinded into pet food, what’s disappointing is that it might be hard to force feed them to your dog; you won’t get anything like that with Advocate.
Advocate also prevents heartworm infection. Advocate goes into your pet’s bloodstream after use and works its magic there.
With scheduled, monthly use, Advocate shields your dog from heartworm infection.
