I’m using it often in my practice and having good results. No adverse reactions so far, probably have sold ~300 or so. Just make sure you keep it snug and it will work.
2 of my dogs are wearing them for the second summer, not a flea or tick to be seen and they run rampant on my farm all the time.
Is it safe for MDR-1 mutant/mutant dogs?
I use it on my two thicker coated dogs (i.e., can’t see damn ticks)…and it works great. My dalmatian wouldn’t stop scratching when I put it on him, so I still use Frontline on him instead.
Yes, safe for MDR-1 dogs. It is very similar to Advantage.
I use it on my one flea magnet with good results, no fleas. However, even though it is good for 7 months, that’s if you don’t bathe them (or have them swim) more than once monthly. Otherwise the life of the collar is lessened, but it’s not clear (to me at least) by how much. My girl doesn’t swim often but she’s white, errr she should be white, and once a month is about the longest I can get away with not bathing her. I’ve paid attention to how frequently I’ve bathed her so far (she got it in January, so I should have until the end of July) but she’s about to go on vacation with swimming opportunities, so I guess I’ll have to replace it after that trip.
I do wish it was slightly more clear on how frequently they can get wet and still have the collar last. I did get a good rebate back from my vets for it, so that did help with the cost!
Yes, I quite like it.
Does anyone know… is it the collar that should not get wet/bath or is it that getting wet/bath will wash the chemical build-up off the fur? My dog swims regularly.
If you bathe them you should take the collar off and then replace once the coat is dry. As for swimming I believe that is fine as plain water doesn’t strip the coat. Though if you are in a chlorinated pool Im not sure how that works.
My vet said the Seresto could stay on during baths and swimming. He has Labs and says their preferred method of drinking is to jump in the lake and swim around with their mouths open. 
As much as it cost, though, I’ll take it off before bathing with soap.
Frontline stopped working here. It’s miserable, we are battling fleas in the HOUSE which has never happened. 
At my wits end, I asked the vet if there was a dip or something? I just want to submerge the dog up to his eyeballs and KILL THEM ALL! He commiserated and said that so many of the chemicals that used to work, just don’t anymore. The evil insects have developed resistance. 
Then he suggested the Seresto flea collar. He’s never been a fan of collars in the past, saying maybe if you took the collar and physically smashed the flea with it, it would work. 
But this one is working for him on large dogs and lots of cats.
So far, so good. I’m hesitant to say 100% yes, because I combined it with a Capstar pill which knocks them out (briefly). But it’s been a couple of weeks now, and I don’t see anything on the dog.
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My understanding is that if you take off the collar, then it won’t be immediately effective when it’s put back on since it works by building up on the skin. I don’t really understand why that’s true, though, since you wouldn’t think a bath would wash what’s in the skin. AFAIK, there’s no real great product for a dog who swims a lot.
My vet was super excited about this product, but I really like Advantix for my dog so haven’t tried it. I also don’t like having a collar on my dog all the time - gets in the way of petting :lol:
I don’t think I can take the collar off lulu, it’s like one of those zip ties in design and doesn’t easily loosen up (at least it didn’t when I put it on her, I haven’t fussed with it since then).
My understanding is that you keep it on all the time. What diminishes the life of the collar is that once the chemical is washed away from the dog’s coat, the collar has to release/re-disperse itself amongst the coat and there’s only so much of the chemical. So it doesn’t matter if it’s on or not while swimming because it still has to re-distribute itself in the coat afterwards.
Hmm.
To address everyone’s questions about water exposure . . .
Last summer was asked by a colleague who does small animal relief work to use my dog as a “test subject” for her main clinic to see what kind of results were to be had before they started recommending/selling the collar (I think because she knows I’m a nut job and am extremely good about going over my dog with a fine tooth comb, literally, after significant tick exposure). As the diligent, non-small animal vet that I am, I did a lot of reading on the product and spoke with a Beyer rep, particularly about the water exposure issues, because my dog is in the water almost every day in the summer.
A. Taking the collar off with water exposure, does not extend the useful life - the chemicals are not being washed out/off of the collar.
B. The tick portion, Flumethrin, binds very tightly to the hair shaft and is NOT the concern with water exposure. Imidacloprid, however does not bind as tightly and therefore must be redeposited into/on the skin with each water exposure.
C. The type/composition of the water, including the use of soap, doesn’t have any effect on life either.
D. Simply put, more water exposure = more redeposition of Imidacloprid = shorter collar life.
The recommendation with more than once monthly water exposure is 5 months. They can’t offer an exact time frame because, obviously, it really does depend on if your dog is in the water once a week or every day.
Anecdotally, my dog is a 38 pound mix that swims every day in the summer, and will go in multiple times a day if allowed. As I said, I’m a nut job, and I began even closer monitoring at 4 months and replaced the collar at 5 months with no evidence of decreasing efficacy last fall. I’m hitting 7 months tomorrow, and will change as a precaution, since it has been warm and he has been swimming again in the past month/month and a half.
I have been pleased with the efficacy, I do occasionally find ticks but the repellancy isn’t 100% with any product, so I don’t consider finding an unfed tick a failure. I am also thrilled with not having a greasy swath down my dog’s back for a week every month (his hair coat is weird and the carrier for Advantix leaves him a mess).
I agree with not having to deal with the greasy slick down the back! I’m likely going to get the collar for my Australian Shepherd who completely detests the topical stuff. He hides from us when we get the storage box of it out. I don’t know that I’ll necessarily get the collar again for my little girl who does need more frequent bathing, but it would be great for my Aussie.
This gets ticks, huh? Any issues with dogs wearing these collars who live with cats? (I think that’s only a problem with the pyrethrins, right?)
This could be a good option for my dogs when we move to MN–which is the land of ticks, I hear? I am tick phobic and really not looking forward to this aspect of the move…
I have these collars on all my barn cats, LOVE them!!! They have no fleas or ticks and live in the woods. I usually put brand new ones on every spring and leave them on for a year. Cheapest place I’ve found to buy them is drfosterandsmith.com.
I am using the Seresto flea collar for the first time on my four dogs because both Frontline and Advantix stopped working for me. Can someone who has used the collars for a while tell me how snug the collars need to be to work. I know you are supposed to be able to put two fingers between the dog’s neck and the collar, but is that a tight two fingers between the collar and dog or a loose two fingers between fit?
I have used the Seresto flea collars for the last 2 summers. I had no fleas. I just took them off for the winter. I did not have them as a tight 2 fingers, more a loose 2 fingers. I would have been able to pull them off without adjusting the size. Not easily pulled off but not really tugging. So it was looser than I would have a regular flat collar.
My dog loves to get in the horse’s water troughs. I’ve hesitated getting a seresto because he gets in there at least once every day in the summer. Now I feel it would work but for a shorter period. However, I’m not sure if the chemical would pose a problem in the drinking water for the horses. Thoughts?
I’ve always thought the collars need to be pretty snug to get proper transfer. Mine are snugger than the regular dog collar. Maybe if your dog has longer hair, they can be looser?
I worry more about the cats, so those are loose enough to slip over the head. No fleas, but they’re also super low risk (indoor only.)
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These were the ONLY things that worked for my flea problem this year (for my indoor cats - San Francisco had a real insane flea infestation this summer). The stuff the vet recommended was useless. I kept them snug but not at all tight - the cats didn’t like them for the first hour and then forgot about them.
There are some weird spiky things on the collars when you open them up, I think to keep them together in the packaging - CUT THESE OFF before putting them on the pets. I read a bunch of scary reviews of poisoning and it seems a lot of the issues were from pets getting poked by the spikes (the package says to remove before putting them on - be sure to follow this advice).
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