What is best dog flea medicine
Best flea and tick medications for your dog
he has moved elsewhere in the studio
because a sign of the season can be
found in your pets a concerning signs
sometimes absolutely but first I've got
to say you know what I like better than
rod 770 degree forecast is this little
guy his name is Victor right dr. Liang
this is Victor he's a 12 week old pit
bull puppy so with us we have dr. Dennis
Leon a veterinarian and owner
Viva Viva pet care and you're here
because most often times pet owners when
we hit spring going into summer we think
of flea and tick problems with our pets
and you're here to give us a little bit
of an insight into what prevention you
think works best yeah we'll just do a
little bit of overview and now's when we
start talking about flea and tick
prevention but really it's a problem all
year round in this climate absolutely
yeah so I in fact see as many fleas
during the winter time as I do in the
summertime sometimes more and I think
part of that is because people become a
little bit complacent about using these
products as the weather turns a little
bit I've been there done that in the
winter months I've taken time off from
the prevention and no more once you get
fleas on your dogs you will never go
there again so it can be challenging to
you to get rid of it so you've brought a
few options for us you have some topical
some oral different methods what do you
think works the best so if I'm a dog
owner at home and I need to get
something for Victor I think the really
most important point here is that
there's not a one-size-fits-all solution
so dogs are differently from cats cats
are not small dogs what might be safe
and effective for a dog might be really
dangerous to use on a cat okay and there
are dozens if not hundreds of different
options out there and it can be really
challenging even for me to wade through
all of them so the best bet for any pet
owner is to really have a discussion
with their veterinarian and come up with
the with a good strategy to to prevent
not just fleas and ticks but parasites
in general and you're gonna show us how
to do a little bit of on flea inspection
can I said yep so here's the first first
step is admitting that you have a
problem so there's a little flea this
little flea comb which is just a
fine-tooth comb that you can get for a
couple of bucks
they make metal ones like this which I
like and they're they're plastic ones
too
and you just run the comb through
through the coat and hair and then you'd
see them on there right away that would
kind of get them out there yes sometimes
you see the fleas and that's great
because that makes for really easy
diagnosis sometimes you don't see fleas
but just flea dirt something with flea
experts which is really just dried up
blood and what are some of the best
methods you did bring a couple you were
gonna point out for us here yeah I
brought a bunch and this is again just a
really small sampling of what's
available out there I think the ones
that are most popular and the ones that
people know about the most are the
topical liquid applications ones that
you put as a drop for a rim right by the
shoulders of the neck one of my
favorites for that particularly for cats
is revolution it's a topical and it's
not just fleas its fleas heartworm
intestinal worms ear mites so it's a
broad-spectrum product I always wonder
about the collars are they effective as
effective as the topical types
historically have really downplayed the
use of collars I didn't think they
worked very well they're kind of smelly
and toxic but there is a more modern
collar the surest oak color that is
available for dogs and cats nice thing
about this is not only does it kill
fleas and ticks and repels ticks and it
lasts for eight months okay so that's
really nice you kind of set it and
forget it
now doctor LAN we're going to imposts
these on our Facebook page on the
Portland today but you're also going to
be putting them up on your vive pet care
facebook page as well yeah I've been
posting over the past few days just a
little bit more in-depth information out
these types of products out there and
how to choose and thank you for bringing
Victor I think he's going to sleep in my
arms at this point he's been a good
sport dr. Leon thank you so much thank
you
