When it comes to tick prevention, we want to use the most effective methods.

We ask the question, “What is the best tick prevention,” for two reasons.  First, we want to know what is best for our families.  Pet-owners are also very interested to know the best tick protection for their pets.  There is more than one answer to this question.

What is the best tick prevention for your family?

When you are away from home, personal tick protection is key.  Clothing treated with the pesticide, permethrin, can be worn when hiking for tick protection.  Personal tick repellents can be sprayed directly on your skin at the beach or at a friend’s backyard barbecue.

When it comes to the ultimate tick protection at home, choosing a professional tick control company is essential.  Reputable tick control companies employ all-natural tick repellents or EPA-registered pesticides all around your home.  These formulas are engineered to work for a couple of weeks at a time.  The all-natural repellent will help keep ticks away from your yard.  The EPA-registered tick control formula will eliminate ticks on contact, and continue killing them with a time-released formula for about three weeks.

What is the best tick protection for dogs?

Informed pet owning families know that a bite from an infected tick can be very dangerous for dogs.  Some of the illnesses that dogs can get from an infected tick are Anaplasmosis, Hepatozoonosis, and even Lyme disease.  According to Pet Life Today, Some of the best methods of tick protection for dogs are Bayer K9 Advantix and Frontline Plus.  In addition to tick protection, I highly recommend heart worm prevention.  Heart worms can result from one mosquito bite.  Heart worms can be deadly.  At the very least, this disease and treatment can leave dogs with lifelong heart problems.

In addition to oral or topical tick protection for dogs, at-home tick control is essential.  If you want to ultimately protect your dog from the threat of tick-borne and mosquito-borne illnesses, choose a reputable tick control company to treat your yard.

Also read: Does vinegar repel ticks?

Year-round tick protection is best for your family and pets.

Ticks are on the rampage in Central Mass.  Tick-borne illnesses are on the rise.  Year-round tick protection is available from reputable tick control professionals.  Adding to professional tick protection sprays, the use of tick tubes will help control the emerging tick population in the spring.

Also read: Are tick-borne disease contagious?