I am trying to get an idea of how this tags would work in heavily ticks infested wooded areas. My dog and myself are basically in the woods EVERYDAY. Currently using spot on tick guard but does not work very well. Looking for an alternative with same result or better. I am trying to get an idea of how this tags would work in heavily ticks infested wooded areas. My dog and myself are basically in the woods EVERYDAY. Currently using spot on tick guard but does not... » Read More I am trying to get an idea of how this tags would work in heavily ticks infested wooded areas. My dog and myself are basically in the woods EVERYDAY. Currently using spot on tick guard but does not work very well. Looking for an alternative with same result or better. « Show Less
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These did not help at all. One dog lost all her hair where the tags were. I threw them away.
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We live in the country with the "dog yard" surrounded by pines. Our Golden had a tick on her face for three days(I thought it was a skin tag which she has) and my son said it was a tick! It was on her that long and DID NOT attach. I have used used these tags for a few years and will not stop!!! I will never use chemicals on my animals again!
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I live in Southeastern Massachusetts where we have lots and lots of ticks. Since I put the Shoo Tags on my dog's collar. No Ticks. It's wonderful, it's a products that works. Yesterday, after we got back into the house, a flea jumped off him and onto my my. One dead flea. No ticks what so ever. Last year was awful for ticks on him, but since this product, we are tick-free.
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Michelle,Sorry, but I have no experience with those. I have removed small ticks in Missouri, Florida and Texas, but they were bigger than the head of a pin. You need to be able to identify the direction of the body. You orient the point of the opening toward the rear of the tick, and press it down against your skin as you slowly move it "rear to head" direction. If the tick was so small that you could not tell the difference, it might not work. I think it would as long as you could.
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This is probably too late to help you but... this doesn't really have any lasting preventive effect so washing off isn't relevant anyway. But it will kill all the fleas/ticks on the dog when you spray. And it doesn't smell too bad considering what it is. For lasting effect (like through puddle jumping) go with a flea/tick DIP or better yet the stuff you put on a spot on their back once a month. Works the best. We've been fighting a really bad flea infestation outside this year as we back to open space and have lots of wildlife visitors carrying fleas and deer ticks. Good luck.
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I have had good results using it mixed with almond oil. I've not had a tick on me when I remember to put it on me before going into our yard. We live beside woods and lots of animals come into our yard--turkeys by day and raccoons by night. Also, it smells wonderful. We live in Tennessee, about 30 miles south of Nashville, near Thompsons Station.
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I apply it daily, every time I take my dogs on their daily walk. It doesn't stay on past a day from my experience. So far, I haven't found any ticks on my dogs yet (been using for 4 months).
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I've been using this tag for 4 years for my toy poodle and he has never chew on it. I use it with organic herbal shampoo which gives the smellinsects don't like & east & garlic supplement which gives body odor that insects don't like. He is free of tick & flea. Do not put tick tag & flea tag together, it covers one to reduce the effect. I think it worth to try.
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This is just for the yard. They have a flea/tick in a spray bottle that is concentrated differently that is safe for bedding and directly on the pet. Both of these work extremely well and highly recommend. The one you apply to pet or bedding is in a green bottle.
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I've seen it used for ferrets before, and they survived. I know mice also have a sensitivity to those same woods, but I use it for all of mine and haven't had any problems. =)
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My part sheltie rescue is now on his 3rd collar since May. I don't think he got hung and activated the breakaway feature. He has never slipped his standard collar.He is very active and outside a lot. It works well no fleas no attached ticks while wearing it. That's why I've replaced it 2 more times than I wanted to. If I replace it again I'm thinking about attaching it to the inside of his standard collar
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I didn't use it on my little Yorkie, I bought it to spray outside. It really smells like a chemical bug spray and I don't care how safe they say it is, to me anything that smells like that is NOT safe to put on a dog, especiallly a really small one. I use cedar oil spray on my dog and it works great. I don't even use the spot on flea and tick stuff on her except for once or twice in the spring because that is when she seems to get ticks on her. Anyway, I hope this helps you.
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all I can say is that it absolutely doesn't work for me at all. I had very high hopes, but just last night I pulled two ticks from my dog. I seem to be pulling ticks daily.
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Since I don't take my dog into the areas where she picks up ticks daily I just use it as needed. I spray it on her right before we leave to go for a hike or walk a couple of times a week.
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I purchased this because we began having a tick invasion in the house, on the dog, etc. I was apprehensive about putting it ON the dog, but did place some around the house and on its collar. Never saw ticks inside again and saw less on the dog while we used it. I also put it on myself & daughter before we go out, and it did help in areas we usually pick up ticks on ourselves. I only found one tick crawling on my jeans last summer while using rose geranium, whereas the others I went out with were covered. A little goes a long way. Do realize that rose geranium oil, while effective, has some debate over estrogenic properties and probably would not recommend using it on males. I purchased this because we began having a tick invasion in the house, on the dog, etc. I was apprehensive about putting it ON the dog, but did place some around the house and on its collar. Never saw ticks inside again and saw less on the dog while we used it. I also put it on myself & daughter before we go out, and it did help in areas we usually pick up ticks on ourselves. I only found one tick crawling on my jeans last summer while using rose geranium, whereas the others I went out with were covered. A little goes a long way. Do realize that rose geranium oil, while effective, has some... » Read More I purchased this because we began having a tick invasion in the house, on the dog, etc. I was apprehensive about putting it ON the dog, but did place some around the house and on its collar. Never saw ticks inside again and saw less on the dog while we used it. I also put it on myself & daughter before we go out, and it did help in areas we usually pick up ticks on ourselves. I only found one tick crawling on my jeans last summer while using rose geranium, whereas the others I went out with were covered. A little goes a long way. Do realize that rose geranium oil, while effective, has some debate over estrogenic properties and probably would not recommend using it on males. « Show Less
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Works fine Michelle.....removed one of the Northeast Pa deer ticks just today from my dogs leg. Suggest you add a small magnifying glass to your tick kit so as to determine the back end. The taper of the removal slot goes down to nearly razor thickness. it does go under them....just draw back and gently lift up and "click", out they come.
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I live in middle Tennessee. We have LOTS of fleas and ticks. About a month after we put the collars on, we had a few rainy days and extreme heat, fleas hatched. Had to fog the house and we are pretty much flealess again. We live on a farm and it is impossible to get rid of all fleas and ticks but this collar has been great. 4 of our pets have them on. I have not seen a tick on them since I put the collars on. My vote is the Seresto collar over the Advantix hands down.
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I'll put it to you this way--I'm in WV and the ticks here are hearty little devils used to surviving pretty cold nights. I tired the Seresto on both of my dogs and went back to my previous anti-flea and tick med (Frontline Plus). Although one dog weights 35 lbs and the other weights 100 lbs, both had to use the large dog version. What made it even worse was that after having used the Seresto for 3 weeks and pulling embedded ticks off both my dogs every evening (ewww), I had to go a whole week with NO protection to let the Seresto wear off before I could apply the Frontline. I won't make that mistake again! I'll put it to you this way--I'm in WV and the ticks here are hearty little devils used to surviving pretty cold nights. I tired the Seresto on both of my dogs and went back to my previous anti-flea and tick med (Frontline Plus). Although one dog weights 35 lbs and the other weights 100 lbs, both had to use the large dog version. What made it even worse was that after having used the Seresto for 3 weeks and pulling embedded ticks off both my dogs every evening (ewww), I had to go a whole week with NO protection to let the Seresto wear off before I could apply the Frontline. I won't make... » Read More I'll put it to you this way--I'm in WV and the ticks here are hearty little devils used to surviving pretty cold nights. I tired the Seresto on both of my dogs and went back to my previous anti-flea and tick med (Frontline Plus). Although one dog weights 35 lbs and the other weights 100 lbs, both had to use the large dog version. What made it even worse was that after having used the Seresto for 3 weeks and pulling embedded ticks off both my dogs every evening (ewww), I had to go a whole week with NO protection to let the Seresto wear off before I could apply the Frontline. I won't make that mistake again! « Show Less
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I've never used this for ticks. My best guess would look at the label or website for further information.