please help.. lice on dogs

[ibnujusup]

my dog had this massive ticks problem.. i hate it.. please help... some said advantix some said others..???

[GreensMom]

My advice is get your dog to the vet immediately.

[only-borders]

http://dogs.about.com/od/dogandpuppyheal...ondogs.htm


Ticks can be deadly. Best to see a vet if the dog has "massive" ticks.

[LadyDaniela]

I agree on vet trip. The vet will advise you on the best route to take as well as assess the risk of lime disease.

[trickytrip]

You are gonna have to go to the vet, get the K9 Advantix and I recommend a blood test for lyme disease while you are there.

[Canaqua]

Is it lice or fleas or ticks? I've never dealt with lice, I'd guess it is similar to controlling fleas. Fleas and ticks, I've had more experienced than I'd like with .

If you are talking ticks, they aren't too bad to control (easier than fleas!) as long as you stay on top of them. We live in a very heavily tick infested area with lots of deer and endemic Lyme Disease, many people and dogs in town have had it. We use Frontline to keep the number of ticks that get on the dogs down, but it won't keep all of them off. EVERY evening, from March through December (tick season, seems to get longer every year!), I examine each dog, and the cat, for ticks and pull them off. I keep a "tick jar", filled with vegetable oil and I drop the ticks I find in there, so I know they aren't loose in the house somewhere after I pull them. People get checked too! The sooner you get the ticks off, the less likely they are to transmit Lyme Disease. You also don't want the ticks breeding in your house, so getting them off the dogs before they fall off the dog, full of blood and ready to lay eggs, promptly is important.

Avoiding walking in tall grass and dense bushes, where ticks are plentiful, can help keep the number of ticks on the dog down too.

If you live in a Lyme area, have the dog vaccinated for Lyme Disease and have it tested at each annual well visit. Our older dog has had Lyme twice, treated with antibiotics before it caused permanent damage. She has a very, very heavy undercoat and it's hard to find every tiny deer tick. The cat and young Border Collie are easier as their undercoats are not as heavy.

Fleas are a totally different story, so if it's fleas, the advice would be different.