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pdhmobile

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The family took on our new puppy early november and by end of december he will be fully vaccinated and allowed out. Now the reason im posting......Its in regard to worm, flea and tick treatments, im toying with the idea of either paying a vet monthly for the treatments( which people i know do this) or just buy the treatments myself and give them to the dog (i know people who do this also) and they say there isnt much to it.

So what do you guys do?.................................................

If you treat yourself what is the make of treatment you use?

It really is a flip of the coin at moment as to what I do?
 
Posting from Australia so may or may not have this brand in the UK but I use NexGard Spectra. They are a chewable medication but my dog doesn't like them so I just break it up and put it through his dinner once a month.

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We've used Advocate (Spot-on) for the past 9 years with not a single problem.

It`s prescription though but we get 6 months at a time from her Vet
 
Your vet may do a 'healthy pet club' which includes flea and worm treatment. My parents' mutt is in their local one. He gets flea/worm treatment, a health check (think it's annually), 'free' weighing any and 'free' nail clipping any time all covered for a monthly fee. My parents have worked it all out and it is a good deal when compared to paying for all this separately.

Worth checking out. Their vet is Rossdale (I think it's called) on The Crescent in the village.

Edit: Ah yes, Rosslyn. Thanks Holgate Roof.
 
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As above, we are in the healthy pet club, we’re at Roslyn in Linthorpe, now at Marske Vets but I think they are linked vets, it is a good deal.
 
Price it up

Flea and worming treatments can be applied yourself and easy to do / inexpensive

Price in the vaccinations

As a former cat breeder things like health checks and weighing would be done anytime we took them in for vaccinations anyway, never once paid forms health check or weighing. if you use a dog groomer they will clip their nails as part of that service. They will do blood work ups etc but be prepared to be upsold on things like glucose monitoring kits.

Services like these generally save you money if you’re the sort of person to ring the vet and ask them to book them in for monthly nail clippings or a random health check, but otherwise you’ll be paying a margin monthly for the full service which is why the service exists as it provides them a contractual income stream whether you use / need all the services or not, and many people will no doubt not make use of them all the time but they keep the money coming in.

My personal opinion is it’s not worth it as I would self treat the things that can be and have the vet do things as and when but some people prefer to have a fixed monthly payment covering these things, and your mileage may vary depending on dog breed and costs at vets, treatment options and if you use a groomer or not.

Important to remember it’s separate to pet insurance
 
Use frontline on a subscription from pets at home. Much cheaper than going through a vet, and easy enough to use.
 
With regard to flea and tick treatments it depends on where you live and exercise the dog. If you are mostly town based then Frontline works well enough. My dog won't tolerate worm treatment, every one we've tried has simply been vomited back up. The vet has told us not to worry as he is pretty healthy but if you have small children (I don't) it is important that you do treat the dog for worms. My vets offer a "well dog" package that include Kennel cough, Worming, flea treatments and claw clipping (if required) worth looking at if you are a new dog owner.

The most important thing is Pet Insurance and make sure you get a policy that is "whole life" some policies put limitations on treatments to older dogs and some won't even insure beyond a certain age. I have had all my dogs insured with Petplan and our last dog had spinal surgery, cruciate ligament repair, fatty lumps removed as well as some minor ops (no he wasn't called "Lucky") and there was never any suggestion of non-payment or limits on treatment.
 
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