<div dir="ltr">It sounds like I am way in the minority here, but my vet loves Pro Heart. It is a 6 month shot for heartworms. I like it for a few reasons. I have allergy dogs. I don't have to worry about the flavorings or any of that. Also, two of my dogs weigh barely over 50 pounds. It is a shot. So, they get the dose for their weight, not a pill for a 50-100 lbs. dog. For Pete's sake, Bugsey weighs 52 lbs. Also, my dogs have never found the pills to be yummy. Well, Blitzen ATB did. She liked to take her pill and then steal Elwood's off the counter. She weighed 40 lbs. Elwood weighed 72. The first time I called the vet in a panic. After I found out she wasn't going to die, I just cursed at all the money she ate. But, I digress. It is a huge pain for me to get these pills down their throats when they don't want to take them and then you THINK you got them all down and you find a wet pill on the floor when you are done and you don't know which idiot spit it out!<div>
<br></div><div style>We don't have fleas here. We do get an occasional tick every year or so. My problem is the boys are allergic to mosquito bites and we have horse flies. Because I have allergy dogs without a perfect skin layer and a very sensitive skin layer, my vet recommends Vectra. I only use it when I need it. It lasts longer than 30 days if you aren't dealing with ticks. I don't know about fleas. I put it on before they go to bed and they are nice and dry when they wake up. I have had no reactions in my small sample of three dogs.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I am with Sandi on flea collars. I had Bismark ATB eat 2/3 of his sister's flea collar when he was 10 weeks old. I have never put another flea collar on a dog. These three have already almost killed each other with regular collars.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Jennifer, with Beauford, Bugsey, and Browyn the Fairy Princess</div></div>