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Anti tick tablets dogs
Start with the veterinary clinics. Dr. de la Cruz in Sosua used to stock Frontline products.
I always used to use Frontline and they are often on sale on Amazon. However I have started using Amazon basics brand and it works just as well. A few years ago I moved int a place that was infested with ticks and within a few days my dogs had dozens of ticks on them. As Frontline is probably better than Amazon Basics I got some of them to start with for the first 6 months to make sure that there were no more ticks on the property and then changed to the Amazon Basics brand to maintain them and they have never had a tick since. Frontline on Amazon for small dogs costs U$75 for a 6 month treatment and U$64 for larger dogs but the Amazon Basics brand costs U$25 for 6 a six month treatment for larger dogs and U$24 for smaller dogs, which is a huge difference to Frontline. So my advice is get a good product like Frontline to start then once there are no more ticks around change to the Amazon Basics brand to maintain them. FYI I have 3 dogs, a schnauzer/chihuahua mix, a golden retriever and a rottweiler mix and the Amazon Basics works well on all three.
I was buying Nexguard at Dr. de la Cruz, but with 4 dogs - 3 of them big ones - it was costing me around 6,000 every month. Personally, I am still fighting scabies, though it is better than before and actually, when I was in the US for three weeks, I was cured. No sooner got off the airplane and the itching began again.
Anyway, I am now making war with these parasites, treating the dogs as well - even though my friend Google says that scabies cannot live on dogs. Yesterday, I stopped at an AgroVet in the campo and we had a talk. He sold me the Nexguard for 3,000, not the 6,000 ish. And then he drove to my house and injected all four dogs with ivermectin at no additional cost.
While the AgroVets have more experience with large animals and cannot do all the delicate stuff on small pets, they do know their stuff about flees, ticks, and parasites and their charges are more reasonable.
Don't get me wrong, Dr. de la Cruz is a good doctor. All my dogs have been to him and I have no complaint about his doctoring. But for the bugs and parasites, the AgroVets can do the same treatments and charge less.
Anyway, I am now making war with these parasites, treating the dogs as well - even though my friend Google says that scabies cannot live on dogs. Yesterday, I stopped at an AgroVet in the campo and we had a talk. He sold me the Nexguard for 3,000, not the 6,000 ish. And then he drove to my house and injected all four dogs with ivermectin at no additional cost.
While the AgroVets have more experience with large animals and cannot do all the delicate stuff on small pets, they do know their stuff about flees, ticks, and parasites and their charges are more reasonable.
Don't get me wrong, Dr. de la Cruz is a good doctor. All my dogs have been to him and I have no complaint about his doctoring. But for the bugs and parasites, the AgroVets can do the same treatments and charge less.
You can't buy Nexguard or Simparica on eBay. They are controlled by prescription. But you can walk in and buy them in DR.
Same for Amazon.
But you can buy Frontline products which I have found to be ineffective.
Had one large dog with a tick problem. Gave him Nexguard and in the morning all the ticks were dead and able to be swept off his bed..
The effect seems to last 2 months
Some people have bought them from other sites w/o prescription and had them shipped in for less
I use Nexguard Plus with heartworm and parasite plus flea and tick. It's expensive but works. It says every month but I usually give it every 2-3 months. I get the meds for the largest size dog and split it in half and give to my medium sized dogs. More economical. You have to buy here as it's prescription in USA. If you go to an agrovet pet supply it's not as expensive as a vet. (I used to use Frontline) You can do the same with Frontline. Get it for the largest dog and syringe out the correct amount for your size dog. A 3 month supply can last me about 5 months.