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Originally Posted by tommy steam
I live in LI NY and we had a tick and flea crazy summer.I alway use frontline on my cat Izzy. she is 14 years old and has had no problem with it.I on the other hand, got lymes from a tick from my back yard which is nicely landscaped, not woody at all. Doc told me other critters bring them into your yard, so you can not escape them. Your animals can bring fleas and ticks into your home where the can live for a long time before they find a new meal,which could be you. Beleive me, you dont want to come down with lymes, is is not fun. If you dont mind taking a chance that you might get infected by lymes, dont put anything on your dog or cat.
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I second tommy steam. I know someone who had lyme disease. It was debilitating and took a long time to properly diagnose up here in MI, where it's not too common. Also, the author Amy Tan came down with it. You can read about it here
Amy Tan on Lyme Disease. You don't want to get this, and neither does your pet.
We give our golden retriever K9 Avantix. Takes care of ticks, fleas, and repels biting flies and mosquitoes. Both our goldens had horrible problems with fleas when we used to winter in Key West. I can't imagine how any dog that goes outside to play in Florida would not pick up fleas. I envy the owners whose dogs don't.
Fleas are much more of a problem down south than up north. Even so, up north we've got to protect our dog from ticks because of the dune grass, and fleas because of... well, if it's summer up here, there are fleas.