Vectra topical repellent/insecticide
Has anyone used this? My Vet has info on it and says it's good stuff: deals with fleas/ticks and all sorts of buggy things. I'm normally not one for using topicals because my experience is that A:...
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2paints wrote:
I don't use fertilizer or chemicals on my yard either.
Me neither (I'm sure, to the chagrin of my pretty-lawn neighbors). I adore my neighbor Rob, but the second time his fertilizer/weed killer got onto my lawn and Ike vomited for 24 hrs afterward... I'm afraid I came on pretty strong. Now he lets me know when he's going to fertilize; then blows any residue off my walkway and down into the grass.
And that's the thing - we dose our dogs with insecticides/larvicides for the benefit of their health, but then we never know what else has been used in their world? Either deliberately sprayed on (I've read of folks who don't want ANY "crawly thing" on their campsite so they douse it in bug killer. Which always makes me wonder if I got one of "those" campsites?) Or I just read that coal-tar based driveways sealers pack a load of toxins/carcinogens.... I haven't really looked further into that, but it's kind of frightening since our pets are always "barefoot" and tend to lick their paws....
I'm trying not to join the tin-foil-hat brigade; but at what point do our dogs overload on toxins?
