🇨🇦 Changing to natural flea, tick & worm preventions 12+ weeks and adults - Canada

You’ll want to go for a layered approach for both fleas and worms as this is what we recommend for the best protection.

So using multiple products will give you the best results 🌿

Here’s some examples of what I mean by a layered approach 🐶

FLEAS (internal AND external)

Internal: choose one of the following

•Boreal - 3 seasons powder

•Mozi-Q for Pets tablets

•Earth Animal Daily Internal powder/drops

•Wildly Blended - Bug off Internal powders

•Dermadog Defence Blend powder

External: choose two from the list below

•Amazonia Pet Care Citro spray

•HerbaCoat Spray

•NaturPet Fleeze powder

•Totally Raw - Totally Outdoor Spray

•Kin & Kind Flea & Tick spray

•Only Natural Pets - collar, spray or spot on

•Earth Animal Herbal Flea & Tick Drops

•Dr Mercola - collar, spray or spot on

•Wildly Blended - Bug off spritz

High quality Baltic Amber collars or Electromagnetic (EM) collars are great as an additional layer too!

WORMS (all of the below)

•Crushed pumpkin seeds (1⁄2 tsp per 10kg bodyweight every other day)

•Furry rabbit ears, or other furry chew (2-3 a week)

•Garlic- start with 1/2 teaspoon per 10kg of dogs weight (not for puppies under 6 months, pregnant or whelping dogs, Japanese breeds or dogs on certain medications!)

Optional additional worm prevention layers: (Choose one)

•Boreal Xpedite powder

•NaturPet D Wormer tincture

•NaturPet IntestiCare

•Homeopet - WRM Clear

•OregaPet Oil of Oregano drops

HEARTWORMS (choose one of the below)

•Ambernaturalz HWF tincture

•Only Natural Pet HW Protect

WORM COUNTS

You’ll also need to do the all important worm counts with a natural approach.

🪱 Intestinal worms every 3 months

🫁 Lungworms every 6-8 weeks

♥ Heartworms every 6 months

WORMCOUNT TESTING

•https://www.pethometests.com/product-page/pet-home-tests-for-companion-animals (Doesn’t include tapeworm or lungworm)

•Alternatively ask at your local vets

HEARTWORM TESTING

There are 3 different types of heartworm tests available:

•Antigen - only identifies female adult heartworms.

•Microfilariae - only identifies mature, breeding heartworms.

•DNA - Identifies heartworm larvae

DNA testing for heartworm allows for early intervention before the larvae has a chance to develop into mature heartworms and begin breeding. This makes DNA testing the best option, however it is harder to access this type of testing.

•Ask your local vets for testing options they have - Antigen, Microfilariae or DNA test.

•If your vets don’t offer DNA testing, they can order tests here - http://www.healthgene.com/

veterinary-testing/infectious-testing/small-animals/ using this order form - http://

www.healthgene.com/veterinary-testing/order-heartworm/.

Support for testing Heartworms - https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/dont-give-dogs-heartworm-meds-shouldnt-either/

As products can change over time, please double check ingredients and age suitability before purchasing, and contact the supplier or manufacturer if you have any concerns or questions.

© Written by Karla Pearson for NO BULL Just Natural Health for Dogs.