![]() For herding breeds, we usually choose Sentinel Spectrum as ivermectin (the active ingredient in Heartgard Plus) can adversely affect herding breeds. Not all heartworm preventatives are so tasty. It so much easier giving a pet medication when the pet gobbles it up as if it were a treat. Word on the dog street is that they are truly delicious. Both have been out for years and are very tasty and effective. Both of these products contain ivermectin and Pyrantel. These 2 products are essentially the same thing except Iverhart Max also has a tapeworm medication called Praziquantel. I have a preference for Iverhart Max over Heartgard Plus simply because Iverhart Max has a hydrolyzed protein and is a little more broad-spectrum and just a tiny bit less expensive than Heartgard Plus.) I am a huge fan of Iverhart Max and Heartgard Plus. IVERHART MAX AND HEARTGARD PLUS (These are 2 very similar products. If a pet is on a special hypoallergenic diet we don’t have to worry about setting off an allergy flare each month when the pet receives a heartworm prevention dose. We treat a lot of allergy dogs here in South Florida. Finally, Sentinel Spectrum is a hydrolyzed protein. The only thing Sentinel Spectrum doesn’t address is ticks. If my dog patients are on Sentinel Spectrum it is highly unlikely that they will get internal parasites, heartworm disease, or have a flea infestation. I understand when my clients don’t want to use a flea adulticide product year-round. I’m from Oregon, home of tree-hugging hippies. Most of us do not want to put our pets on flea and heartworm and tick products. If the pet is a rootin’ tootin’ outdoorsman, we will recommend a flea adulticide product year-round in addition to the Sentinel Spectrum. For the typical city slicker dog in Jupiter and Tequesta, using Sentinel Spectrum year-round and adding in Nexgard or Bravecto in the summer months is a great option. Nonetheless, it will likely prevent a random hitch-hiker flea who jumps onto your pet outside from turning your house into a flea-infested home. And as I mentioned above, it acts as birth control for fleas, but it does NOT kill adult fleas. Sentinel Spectrum treats hookworms, whipworms and roundworms, and 2 types of tapeworms and is a heartworm preventative Sentinel Spectrum does NOT treat ticks. Lufenuron is EXTREMELY SAFE flea control. Nobody wants flea larvae in their carpets. The vast majority of the flea population are eggs, followed by flea larvae, the pupae and then a very small percentage of the flea population is adult fleas. The flea’s “egg tooth” (the little triangular piece that the larva claws its way out of the egg to hatch) is made of chitin! This is both disgusting and cool at the same time. Mammals don’t have chitin! If your dog takes lufenuron (which is in Sentinel Spectrum), any flea eggs in the environment exposed to your pet cannot hatch. Lufenuron prevents the formation of chitin which is a flea’s exoskeleton. I chose to carry Sentinel Spectrum because it is a tasty chew Sentinel Spectrum contains a Program (aka lufenuron) which is “birth control” for fleas. It contains milbemycin, the same active ingredient as in Interceptor and Trifexis. SENTINEL SPECTRUM (This is my hands-down favorite product for dogs due to its safety profile and affordable price.) Sentinel has been on the market for many years. Hopefully, this article will help you choose what option is best for your pet. The following list is the products I carry for flea and tick and heartworm prevention. We in South Florida need to keep our pets on heartworm preventatives! We live in paradise, but it is also the heartworm war zone. In that time I’ve seen lots of heartworm and flea products come onto the market. I’ve been a veterinarian since 1993 and have been in vet clinics most of my life.
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