great flea and tick product
Our dog is doing great on the Advantix Flea, even though he is outside a lot he has not gotten fleas.

Advantix Flea Control
glad someone out there is able to help us consumers out. as not to be gouged by the Vets..........thanks again

It has worked for us for several years.
We've used Advantix on our two dogs (one large, one small) for several years now. We have not had any problems; our dogs have not had any bad reactions. We live in an area that is hot and muggy part of the year, and we used to have a bad flea problem before we started using Advantix. I believe the comments of the people who have written in reporting trouble with this product, but I just wanted to say that our dogs have not experienced those problems.

Stay away!!!
Two hours after using this product on our sweet little bichon he started screaming. His skin turned bright red and was swollen. We washed him, but the next day he continued to shriek every time he moved. Two days later his back was covered with thick scabs. He was burned. A few days later his front legs broke out in scabs, like it was burning him from the inside. Weeks later we are still seeing new scabs on his front legs. The Advantix helpline vet told me that next time I should put it in several different spots instead of all on one spot! As if I was going to use it again!!!! Stay away!!!

Terrible Side Effects
My dog (Cairn Terrier mix) had terrible side effects from this medication. Not only did he scratch his back to the point where it bled, but he acted completely bizarre for approximately 6 days -- my dad called him the LSD dog. He was jumpy and paranoid and just seemed miserable and haunted.

After I returned the remainder of the medication to the vet, I told him what had happened and he said he'd never heard any other complaints about Advantix, but after a quick search of the internets, I realized I was not alone. Bayer needs to put a warning on this product -- if your dog experiences any side effects, bathe him/her *immediately* using Dawn liquid detergent.

Clearly every dog is different. The good reviews are from people whose dogs did not have a bad reaction, but if you've never used it before, why take the chance when you have other options? I have since switched to Frontline Plus with no problems. (We used Revolution in the past, which was fine, but it is not effective against ticks.)