Flea and tick protection

I have never bothered with my two.

I would suggest that as soon as practicable, you consult the local vet. We brought our two cats, one of whom has developed the most hideous skin allergy to flea bites here - it results in raw, red weeping patches and loss of hair over large areas as it itches unbearably. With the help of the local vet - Spanish practice, excellent - we have developed a routine which keeps it more or less under control: application of Stronghold Plus every three weeks and an anti-histamine injection from vet every 4 weeks; if any of these is missed or delayed for any reason, the whole cycle starts all over again and we have a dreadful time trying to get her back to a reasonable state. The vet said that actually it is very uncommon in cats (! Just our luck!) but extremely common in dogs.

You have been warned!!!!

Not Frontline! Fleas have developed an immunity to it which is causing all kinds of problems!

We used Broadline on our cat without any problems.

Was advised by my vet in uk:-

Advocate also a sersto collar for my little dog.

Advocate very good usually, just isn’t strong enough for our poor cat’s problem

We were advised by our uk vet to use the scalibor collar.  Absolutely useless.  Had to use the frontline drops aswell.  The ticks were having a great time.   Spoke to the vet here in Spain and he suggested using the soresto collar .  Much much better.  Haven’t used the frontline once since we got the new collar 2 months ago.  

Thanks for this information.Do Golden Retrievers come under this as he is well over 20kg?

I would get advice from your vet.

My dog is just over 3klo