Frontline Plus Flea Control Versus Hartz Flea Collar

Recently, I moved out of the city to a more rural area. One of the first things I discovered when I moved was that I had some very irritating neighbors - wood ticks (ticks) and fleas! For those of you who don't know, wood ticks are small arachnids, which along with other mites live off the blood of animals. Ticks are parasites and carriers of diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme's disease. Fleas are also parasites which live off the blood of host animals. They are wingless, brow-black in color and usually attach themselves to the hair or feathers of their host. Fleas also transmit several diseases to humans and animals a like. Both fleas and ticks bite their hosts to get at the blood, leaving behind painful and potentially harmful lumps. If you are in an area where there is a chance you and your pet may encounter fleas and/or ticks it is best to take precautions to prevent either one from moving in - on you or your animal companion!

I thought I was adequately prepared to face the fleas and ticks which inhabited my new neighborhood when I out a Hartz flea collar on Fido. Boy was I wrong! I quickly learned that the Hartz flea collar was designed to be effective against fleas, but not necessarily tick. Also, my dog's Hartz's flea collar worked with adult fleas but did not kill the eggs and/or larvae the adults left behind. So, while the adult fleas were killed off, I was left battling their offspring days later. Further research also helped me learn, the Hartz flea collar was not effective if it got wet.