Does your Doodle run when the Frontline Plus comes out?

[Carol and Banjo]

Banjo really seems to hate that time of the month.   It takes both DH and I to apply the stuff.  
I'm wondering if it stings.  Or is it the smell?   Whatever it is he really dislikes it!   Banjo is so agreeable to just about everything but really resists when it comes to the Frontline.   Anyone else notice this with their dog?

[Adina P]

I think the combination of having to hold still while a cool liquid gets poured on your back is disconcerting to a lot of dogs. The only saving grace with Rosco is he has a good stay so I make him down-stay and put it on and don't release him from his stay until I think he won't try to shake it off of himself (a couple of minutes). But the one time we tried it with Boca...oh my...sooooo wiggly and I couldn't even part her hair well enough to be confident it covered enough skin. *sigh*... I hate that time of the month too now!

[Carol and Banjo]

I think you may have hit on it Adina......next time I'm going to warm it just a bit. Another question.......winter will be here before we know it.....we've discussed discontinuing the Frontline from November thru March. I can't see any reason to treat if it isn't really necessary.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Mine don't like the stuff either. It is either cold, stings, or smells because as soon as I start to apply it they want to get away. It used to take two people to apply it but now I can do it by myself while holding their collar.

[Adina P]

One way to test whether it's Frontline or just the feeling of liquid on their spine might be to take a dropper full of olive oil or something like that and compare.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Good idea, Adina.

[F, Calla & Luca]

My dogs don't really mind it. I treat all year round here in NJ since I have seen ticks in December and you never know. Sometimes, the tiny ticks seem more prominent just before winter really sets in and I have seen an occasional tick in a winter thaw. Haven't seen many this summer and fall though.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Our first tick was in the Winter. It was a Wood Tick probably from logs we brought in for winter fires. Spud had a huge hole in his head and had to be put on antibiotics. Now, we use Advantix all year long. You on the East Coast seem to have a lot more ticks than we do though. I wonder why since our climates are similar.

Yes, my dogs run when this comes out and also when the brush comes out, the ear meds come out.....

[F, Calla & Luca]

We have lots of deer in my area. They roam around in mini herds. I put up a fence before I had dogs just to try to have a few plants I could enjoy and keep out the "rats with hooves". (Sorry deer lovers and they are beautiful animals but they have few predators here.)There are some forested parks that are in serious trouble from the deer defoliation of native species.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

See, we do too. I have 2 small fawns in the backyard in the morning. Mom is seen running through many times at dusk. We still do not have the Lyme Disease or ticks you all have along the coast. Maybe I am just ignorant to the facts. Our vets also do not give Lyme Disease vaccinations unless of course we ask about them

[F, Calla & Luca]

Maybe you're missing the proper mice which are the secondary carriers, lucky you. We need to do research.

[F, Calla & Luca]

Okay, here is what CoolNurse, whoever that is , has to say.
Q. Where is Lyme disease most prevalent?

A. See map on Lyme Disease page. Generally, most Lyme disease is endemic in the northeastern and upper midwest states. There is also Lyme Disease in Europe too, this is not just a disease in the United States. The deer that carry the deer-tick are also in other countries.

The vast majority of cases of Lyme disease occur in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Other states where the disease is prevalent include Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Maryland, Minnesota, and Delaware.

"The prevalence of Lyme disease in the northeast regions of the United States is due to the presence of large numbers of the deer ticks' preferred hosts, which include white-footed mice and deer and their close proximity to humans. Persons in endemic areas who are frequent visitors to grassy, wooded locations inhabited by white-tailed deer and mice in the Northeast and upper Midwest states and along the Northern Pacific coast of California, are at greatest risk for getting Lyme disease."

Second comment also interesting.
Q. Is the disease seasonal in its occurrence?

A. Yes, Lyme disease is most common during the late spring and summer months in the U.S. (May through August) when nymphal ticks are most active and human populations are frequently outdoors and most exposed. BUT, in some areas of the northeast the ticks do not die in winter.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Thanks Interesting. PA is so close, the deer population here is similar to that in W. PA so we must be missing the mice.