For many years vets have been ripping us off with expensive, prescription chewable flea/heart worm meds. Now that we’ve moved out to the country, I’ve figured a few things out talking down at the local feed store. A local horse lady figured out from her vet that Spinosad (insecticide for horses) has the exact same ingredient as the dog chewables have for fleas. Very inexpensive liquid. 1 oz per 50lb of dawg. For heart worms, Ivermectin. Never again will I waste my money on Trifexis or any other chewable.
My Feists take Heartgard Plus for heartworms but my outside Curs take pure Ivermectin. I get the pure Ivermectin tablets from CanadaVet.com. They have a BBB rating and my old dogs have been taking them for 13 years. They are a fraction of the price in the US and don’t require a prescription. The prescription is the ripoff in this country. The reason for it is they want to make sure your dog doesn’t have heartworms prior to taking the med because if you do the med can kill them. Mine are all checked for heartworms annually during their annual exam so I don’t worry. I mentioned switching the girls to the pure Ivermectin once and my husband said that if the Heartgard isn’t causing a problem just leave them on it. I’m like you though. I don’t really like any of the chewables that last for a month.
I spray around the outside of my dog’s fenced yards with a spray we used in the horse barn when we had horses but since my pups are grazers I don’t spray inside the fenced yards. I’m hoping the Diatomaceous Earth will help with it this year inside the fences.
I have never heard if that medication before, looks interesting.