Sentinel vs. Heartgard
This morning I found this site that sells cheap prescriptions for my dog. Until now, I’ve been buying all my medications directly from my vet, which meant that I had to pay for an appointment in order to get him treated for things like fleas and heartworm. I wish I had known before that I could simply order his medications on the internet! I made an additional important find as well. I’ve always bought my pup both Heartgard Plus for dogs and flea medicine. These appeared to be the two that were utterly needful. In looking over the site, though, I found a product called Sentinel for dogs. Sentinel treats heartworm just like Heartgard does, but it was significantly more expensive, so I looked at the product description on the site. Sentinel kills fleas as well as heartworm! My dog can take just one product and get rid of both problems. This was an epiphany to me.
This is going to save me both money and ado. Sentinel may cost twice as much as Heartgard, but the even higher cost of a medicine like Frontline Plus makes it a true deal. Of course, I need to give heartworm preventatives to my dog during part of the year, so I’m not sure how this will affect when I give him the medicine. Can I stop it during the cold part of the year entirely, or does he still need some flea protection during that time? It seems like fleas, too, are only a problem really in the summer. I’ll have to do more research on the subject, but overall I’m elated. I wish a friend had told me before about this two-in-one solution. It’ll also be nice not to have to spread the sticky flea medication on my dog’s neck anymore. He always hates it and throws a fit.
