Flea treatments

[permaquandry]

Need to put another treatment on permapup next week. What's the difference between frontline combo and advocate?

Any other recs? Thx

[Whippoorwhill]

Advocate also kills heart and lung worms I believe.

[Lonecatwithkitten]

Frontline combo kills adult fleas, inhibits the larvae of fleas and kills ticks once they attach to the dog.
Advocate kills adult fleas, ear mites, demodex mite, sarcoptes mite, roundworms, lungworms and heart worms. It also inhibits flea larvae.

[Jinglemyalanbells]

M vet doesn't like using frontline anymore. He thinks that the fleas are becoming more resistant to it. He always prescribes advocate.

[stopcallingmefrank]

My vet said the same thing as jingle's - she reckons fleas around here are often resistant to frontline.

[portraitoftheartist]

Dear Lord, I wish I could buy just flea killer, not something which treats 10 parasites my dog doesn't have and costs a ridiculous price (that's Advocate)
Frontline was good but stopped working years ago.

[Lonecatwithkitten]

Portrait you could use advantix (fleas and ticks) or seresto (fleas and ticks). Personally having seen a dog die a horrific death despite three vets going full guns on him from lungworm a month ago I wouldn't forgo the lungworm protection for anything.

[fanoftheinvisiblebigredman]

I use advocate for the worming properties, the flea protection is a bonus. I have a puppy who picks up slugs at any opportunity.