Preventing Ticks from Biting Your Dogs

When it comes to dogs, ticks are a very common problem and are easily picked up in many places outdoors. Therefore, it is important that you do all that you can to protect your dog from being infected with ticks. Ticks not only cause discomfort for your dog, they can cause a wide variety of dangerous diseases. Therefore, you should know how to keep the ticks from biting your dog in the first place.

Common Methods to Prevent Ticks

To prevent ticks from biting a dog, you can purchase many different types of topical drops or flea and tick collars that will provide adequate protection for most breeds of dogs in most situations. Well-known companies such as Hartz make a full line of these types of remedies that have been available for dogs and dog owners for many years.

In addition, companies like Frontline and Advantage also produce very popular topical drops that need only be applied about once per month and can be applied in only about three minutes. These types of monthly treatments tend to work better than flea and tick collars and are very easy to administer.

Natural Tick Prevention Remedies

In addition to the many commercial types of topical drops and dog collars that are available to help prevent ticks, there are also many natural methods that have been shown to be effective in helping to prevent ticks from infesting a dog or biting it.

Some popular examples of these types of natural remedies include:

Brewer's Yeast - Brewer's yeast is chocked full of the vitamin B complex which your dog needs. In addition, it has been shown that the B complex vitamin in natural brewer's yeast can help prevent ticks from biting your dog as well. Be sure to use the brewer's yeast and not baker's yeast, and mix 1 teaspoon with your animal's food for every 30 pounds of body weight. In addition, you may choose to give your dog vitamin supplements such as B complex vitamins, Omega 3, and Omega 6 fatty acid supplements. These have all been shown to help prevent ticks from attaching themselves to your dog and from biting them.

Other Tick Prevention Considerations

Of course, the easiest way to prevent ticks from biting your dog is to keep your dog out of tick infested areas. However, this is not always possible, but you should be aware that ticks tend to be more plentiful in the fall and the winter. Therefore, you may want to limit your dog's outdoor activities during these months. If your dog must go outside, try to keep the dog away from heavily wooded or very grassy areas.

Also, always make sure to check your dog for ticks as often as possible. If you make a habit of checking your dog for ticks as soon as you come back from an outing, you will find that you'll be able to remove ticks before they have time to attach themselves to your dog. Keeping your dog free from ticks not only makes your dog more comfortable-it can help lengthen the time that you're able to spend with your trusty canine friend.

 

Comments