2006-06-25 12:17:24 · 7 answers · asked by I-C-U 5 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Fleas and ticks do NOT have to bite your pet for FRONTLINE Brand Products to work. FRONTLINE Brand Products kill fleas and ticks if they simply come into contact with your pet's hair coat.
That being said a comparison study of Frontline Plus versus K-9 Advantix and Advantage shows at 28 days K-9 Advantix lost about 50% of it's efficiency at killing fleas versus a 5% efficiency loss in Frontline Plus. In this study dogs were treated with one of three products (Frontline Plus, K-9 Advantix, or Advantage. The dogs were then exposed to 100 live unfed fleas on days 6, 13, 20 and 27. Flea counts were taken on the dogs on days 7, 14, 21 and 28. Frontline Plus maintained a flea killing efficiency of over 95% during the study period. K-9 Advantix dropped to 70% by day 14!!!! and to 50% by day 28!!! I have also heard countless horror stories of dogs being poisoned by K-9 Advantix. The permethrin (one of the 2 active ingredients in K-9 advantix) causes poisonings in cats and dogs who lick themselves. The permethin is also used in a lot of grocery store brand flea products like Hartz. Permethin is used by farmers to rid crops of insects. This is not something I would want to put on my pet!!!
Sorry for the long post, but it is a topic near and dear to my heart as I have seen the horrors of permethin poisoning first hand.
Use Frontline or Frontline Plus.
2006-06-25 13:42:55 · answer #1 · answered by I no longer participate! 3 · 10⤊ 1⤋
Frontline Vs Advantix
2016-10-01 10:50:32 · answer #2 · answered by thieme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frontline Plus
2015-07-08 18:51:57 · answer #3 · answered by pd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard from numerous dog owners that they started with Frontline, but that it stopped working after using it for while, so they switched to Advantix and had a much better experience. There seems to be more research/literature about Advantix being better than Frontline on a few different fronts. We just started using Advantix, and so far so good.
2014-04-16 08:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by amp 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having used both - I found the Frontline Plus to work better.
My dogs had fleas again in one week after K9 Advantix. I will never use that product again. It was a huge waste of money.
2006-06-25 12:22:43 · answer #5 · answered by momma dog 4 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I tried advantix on my dog last summer and it wore off after 3 weeks where as Frontline Plus lasted 4 -6 weeks.
2006-06-25 12:22:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
We have used Advantage and Frontline and have had similar results. It usually lasts about 3 weeks instead of 4 weeks. I don't use Advantix because I have cats and it is poisonous for them.
2006-06-25 14:46:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read the difference among frontline plus, advantage, k9 advantix. Perfect post: https://budgetpetcare.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/differences-among-frontline-plus-k9-advantix-and-advantage/
2014-07-06 19:47:10 · answer #8 · answered by Amanda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
K9 Advantix works better. Frontline will kill fleas and ticks, but it doesn't keep them from getting on your pet in the first place. With Frontline, each parasite must bite your dog at least once in order to ingest the "poison". With K9 Advantix, your dog won't ever have to experience the discomfort of the bites. Hope this helps.....
2006-06-25 12:31:48 · answer #9 · answered by DogTrainer416 2 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Bought K9 and it sucks..find ticks on my dog left and right and found one on me today from him..going to switch to frontline
2014-03-28 15:20:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋