Revolution for Dogs - Solve Current Infestation, Prevent Reinfestation

The moment you spot your dog scratching feverishly all over its body, you might be in for a flea infestation - yes, it can affect your home, too. Some dog owners manage to invest some time to regularly vacuum their carpet, clean up the kennel, bathe their dog, but the parasites keep coming back. That's why choosing a way to rid your home of fleas is a good investment - a natural one involves using salt. But they might only provide short relief - if your dog's fleas and ticks keep coming back and it keep getting reinfested, your home will suffer the same fate.

Using a topical solution is one of the best ways to address fleas and tick in dogs - you just apply the treatment on your dog's skin. Another type of treatment is taken by mouth - oral solutions - for the treatment to start taking effect. You usually have to grind the oral treatments into pet food, and mix them well for the dog to eat the whole thing. Others take the form of flavored chewables, so that the treatment tastes like treats.

For some reason, some dog owners choose to use topical solutions instead of oral treatment. They work fast, you don't have to mix them with dog food, and they are often only given once a month - so there are no x marks on the calendar (scheduled doses) that may be missed when one is busy. Even when you factor in the meat-flavored chewable oral treatments - which some dogs do not like - there's nothing more convenient that squeezing a topical treatment tube and being done with the dose for that month.

Topical solutions are very convenient - just take the vial or tube in which the topical comes packed in and apply it on your dog. Spend a few moments with your dog, part the hair behind his back, the part under his nape's back - squeeze the tube empty into the skin; that's it. That one session is going to provide month-long protection from fleas and ticks. That one session is going to kill those fleas and ticks currently inhabiting your dog's fur.

Naturally, you should hold on to that schedule, and keep tidying up the house and the kennel, keep the carpet vacuumed, and the pet beddings routinely washed. But at least you can rest assured the next treatment is far off - next month. Why is Revolution for Dogs one of the most popular topicals on the market? Along with ease of use, Revolution also gives month-long protection from fleas, ticks, and prevents heartworm infestation.

Consistency is key - the Revolution for Dogs dose must be administered 30 days apart so mark it on your calendar and count 30 days after that.

Using Sentinel Flavor Tabs For Dogs

Sentinel for Dogs is growing in popularity. Introduced by Novartis, it takes a relatively ordinary heartworm prevention method (Interceptor Flavor Tabs) and adds another ingredient to control fleas. In addition these monthly tablets also combat a host of intestinal worms including whipworms, roundworms and hookworms.

Sentinel are provided in four different sized doses depending on the weight of your dog. To ensure your pet's well being it is critical that you buy the correct sized flavor tabs for the size of your pet. Too large a dose could be dangerous could cause adverse reactions to the medication and too small a dose may leave some heartworm parasites untreated.

These heartworm pills are provided in the form of a tasty beef flavored tablet, that most dogs enjoy and are happy to take. They can be broken up and mixed with a favorite meal if your pet is particularly adverse to 'taking their medicine', but make sure they do consume the entire tablet.

Like most oral heartworm preventatives Sentinel Flavor Tabs are designed to be used every 30 days. Once given the active components enter the bloodstream. Here they destroy all larval heartworms that have been passed to your dog during the previous month. Used year round, they are completely effective at preventing heartworm disease. As with all heartworm preventatives it is important these are used correctly:

Never use them with any other form of heartworm prevention (such as Revolution or Advantage Multi).
Use every 30 days.
Have your dog tested for the disease prior to using a heartworm preventative.
Use year round to guarantee effectiveness.

If you forget to use a monthly heartworm pill, give it to your dog as soon as possible. Continue using the product every 30 days from this new date. If more than two months elapse between treatments see your vet about a repeat heartworm test.

Seasonal use of heartworm meds should be preceded by a yearly test for the disease, and though widely practiced is not recognised as an effective form of heartworm prevention by The American Heartworm Society.

Combining Flea Control With Heartworm Pills

Sentinel for Dogs is an oral heartworm pill using Milbemycin oxime to safely destroy any heartworm larvae your dog has contracted from an infected mosquito bite. In addition Sentinel uses Lufenuron an insect development inhibitor, to destroy flea larvae and eggs.

For dogs that do not regularly encounter new populations of adult fleas this once a month tablet offers an effective flea management system. But, during the first month of using this, as you wait for the adult flea population to die off, many pet owners find it useful to also give Capstar, an oral flea control product that destroys all adult fleas that meet your pet in the 24 hours after treatment.

In addition to destroying larval heartworms, Sentinel for Dogs also controls the adult forms of several intestinal parasites (hookworms, whipworms and roundworms). This means that with one simple tablet you can control three types of pest (heartworms, intestinal worms and fleas). Only needing to buy and use one tablet each month offers dog owners a simple way to save time and money, with one convenient pet medicine.

Sentinel for Dogs has been shown to be extremely safe for all breeds of dogs including puppies. This makes it a good alternative to Heartgard for owners of collie breeds concerned about the collie's sensitivity to Ivermectin. Being particularly mild, Sentinel may be safely used in puppies from four weeks (over 2lbs in weight) and in nursing or pregnant dogs.

This heartworm medicine and flea control pill comes in the form of a beef flavored tasty tablet that most dogs find palatable. No beef is actually included in the formulation (the beef flavor is soya bean and pork derived), making them perfectly safe for dogs allergic to beef.