Seresto Flea & Tick Collar for Dogs, over 18 lbs

This is an article from USA TODAY. March 3. 2021: Popular flea collar linked to almost 1,700 pet deaths. The EPA has issued no warning. JOHNATHAN HETTINGER | MIDWEST CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Updated 6:40 am EST Mar. 3, 2021 ..thousands of pets are being harmed, according to federal documents obtained through a public records request from the Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit organization that watchdogs the EPA as part of its work to protect endangered species. The center provided the documents to the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. Since Seresto flea and tick collars were introduced in 2012, the EPA has received incident reports of at least 1,698 related pet This is an article from USA TODAY. March 3. 2021: Popular flea collar linked to almost 1,700 pet deaths. The EPA has issued no warning. JOHNATHAN HETTINGER | MIDWEST CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING Updated 6:40 am EST Mar. 3, 2021 ..thousands of pets are being harmed, according to federal documents obtained through a public records request from the Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit organization that watchdogs the EPA as part of its work to protect endangered species. The center provided the documents to the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. Since Seresto flea and tick collars were introduced in 2012, the EPA has received incident reports of at least 1,698 related pet deaths. Overall, through June 2020, the agency has received more than 75,000 incident reports related to the collars, including nearly 1,000 involving human harm. The EPA is in charge of regulating products that contain pesticides. The agency has known about these incidents for years but has not informed the public of the potential risks associated with this product, said Karen McCormack, a retired EPA employee who worked as both a scientist and communications officer.  McCormack said the collars have the most incidents of any pesticide pet product she’s ever seen. … more

I LOVE Seresto! I have had my dog on this since he was a puppy. It is not powdery and it really does work! The Seresto collar must be snug around your dog's neck in order for it to work - think space for 2 fingers under the collar! Having it loose will cause the collar to do nothing! My dog has to have multiple baths a month due to having severe skin allergies. The only downfall Seresto has for me is that after it gets wet, it only works for 6 months instead of 8 months - per the Elanco/Bayer representative I frequently speak with. But it is still a great price for the length of time and prevention it gives your dog. Another nice thing is that you can double on prevention without causing I LOVE Seresto! I have had my dog on this since he was a puppy. It is not powdery and it really does work! The Seresto collar must be snug around your dog's neck in order for it to work - think space for 2 fingers under the collar! Having it loose will cause the collar to do nothing! My dog has to have multiple baths a month due to having severe skin allergies. The only downfall Seresto has for me is that after it gets wet, it only works for 6 months instead of 8 months - per the Elanco/Bayer representative I frequently speak with. But it is still a great price for the length of time and prevention it gives your dog. Another nice thing is that you can double on prevention without causing any issues (chewable or a topical preventative.) All and all, buy this! … more

We bought these for our two dogs last spring to help with tick issues over the hot, outdoor, summer months. Our dogs didn't have a tick once all summer. We are in the woods, at the pond, outside (in Missouri) all summer long. Flash to August 2020, my brother in law got a puppy from a farm (he was a bit icky when he came home) and we ended up giving fleas to our cats after contact with new puppy. We bought these collars for our cats (the cat version) and it solved the Fleas on Cats Issue within 72 hours. The fleas then decided to migrate to our dogs. Mind you, we're vacuuming religiously, we have hardwood floors, we're combing, bathing everyone frequently, nothing was doing it to eliminate We bought these for our two dogs last spring to help with tick issues over the hot, outdoor, summer months. Our dogs didn't have a tick once all summer. We are in the woods, at the pond, outside (in Missouri) all summer long. Flash to August 2020, my brother in law got a puppy from a farm (he was a bit icky when he came home) and we ended up giving fleas to our cats after contact with new puppy. We bought these collars for our cats (the cat version) and it solved the Fleas on Cats Issue within 72 hours. The fleas then decided to migrate to our dogs. Mind you, we're vacuuming religiously, we have hardwood floors, we're combing, bathing everyone frequently, nothing was doing it to eliminate the flea problem. We gave up and decided to order the dogs new collars. We continued with our cleaning regimen, gave the dogs baths, gave them their new collars, and we were completely flea free within 3 days. These collars are amazing and DO work on fleas and ticks. My ONLY gripe was that their previous collars had quit working, requiring us to buy new ones before the 8 months was up (about 6 months). Had the flea outbreak NOT happened, we probably wouldn't have even noticed, but from now on, to be on the safe side, we will be ordering twice a year, with a fresh one at the beginning of the summer. … more

This is our 3rd time we have ordered the seresto collars for our 2 senior dogs. They definitely work for the entire 8 months. We take them off for baths, and when camping and swimming. We do spray them down for ticks as an extra precaution when we're out camping just because the ticks here are so thick. No problems with fleas or ticks. We have an indoor cat who I have been able to take off of her flea pill, because the dogs are not being fleas into the house. We were using trifexis for years, but my oldest senior dog who is 14 was refusing to take his pill anymore, no matter how well we hid it in treats. These collars work great, and my boys are protected.

This collar is awesome! We have a Great Dane (approx 160 lbs) & he used to get ticks all of the time! Our vet told us to try this & he hasn't had a tick since! We get him a new collar every March when it starts to get nice out & we leave it on all year.This will be our 3rd year using it. I'm not sure how it works, just that it does! I tell everyone to get this for their dogs!

Dogs are happy that’s what matters, old collars aren’t done yet but we will be prepared. We do save money on the collars and you can never guarantee the store will have the brand of dog food you want. You’ve got a good thing going here so keep it up

Our one cat got outside and brought fleas back with her, and unfortunately shared them with our 4 other animals. I tried everything, but we were getting overran with fleas. I tried sprays, other collars, bombs, flea lights and traps, but nothing worked. I was literally at my wits end. My poor little dog was getting bathed daily just to kill the fleas on her. I bought these collars for all 5 of them, and in less than 3 days, I didn’t see one flea in our house. I’ll never use anything again, these are a lifesaver!

I see a lot of reviews that reflect how I feel. This is my second round with these collars with 2 different dogs and they have had them on almost a month and don't seem to be working this time. I was thrilled the first round when the collars seemed to work because with multiple dogs it's much cheaper, but this sticks. My babies are not happy and now I have to go get flea treatment from the vet. So disappointed.

The collar seems to be helping with the fleas. We live in the country where there are multiple coyotes, deer, elk, and other critters that carry fleas and ticks. Every time our dogs go out to the filed they come back with fleas...this collar seems to help prevent that. I wish they were not so expensive.

Our dogs run in tick infested fields. We use to pull ticks off the by the dozen despite using another expensive tick/flea remedy. Since switching to Soresto a few years ago, we have found maybe five or six ticks and they were all dead or dying. It is worth the price to us.