What to use for ticks ?

[throckenholt]

We are going to Jura in the spring (reputedly the tick capital of the world !). We will have some of those tom twister things to use for us (hopefully we won't get any though), but wanted to dose the dog with something (he has long thick hair so we are bound not to find them all if we don't dose him). He is bound to get some - he picked them up on Islay when we went there - and got something from the local vet (don't think it was frontline but can't remember what is was). I think I have heard frontline doesn't work very well now.

What is the best alternative ?

Is it regional - for example have ticks in the Brecklands become immune to frontline because so many dogs go there ? Maybe Jura being more remote won't have the same problem ?

Any advice appreciated.

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I think it must be partly a regional thing because most people in our area are given frontline first by the vets and it works fine, but if I was going somewhere else, like you, I'd be tempted to ring a local vet if possible and ask them what their recommendation would be . Hope you have a lovely time

Frontline user here too.

In areas such as the Jura where lyme disease, borrelia, erlichia and babesia are some of the infections that ticks can transmit I would recommend an actual repellant such as Advantix or Scalibor collar.
For Frontline to work the tick has to actual attach to the dog and in attaching the diseases are transmitted. Frontline will kill the tick within 48 hours of attaching.

thanks folks - I'll have a look into those.

I think Qatar may even beat Jura. For me there has only been one solution-shaving them as short as possible once a month and using Amitraz (not sure if you can get it there) tick baths after shaving, the vet does it for me.
I hate them so so so much, I have had a few years of them crawling up the walls, popping out of my handbag at inappropriate times and my poor little girl who has hairy toes being almost immobile at times.
If you ever want to moan about ticks, please let me know, I will always lend a sympathetic ear!