Advantage II Large Dog Vet-Recommended Flea Treatment & Prevention | Dogs 21-55 lbs. | 6-Month Supply

Kills fleas well normally, but some seasons fleas are particular difficult to control. This is a bad flea year for my area. I have used this product for years on my dogs & can normally go as long as up to 8 weeks between doses. I have noticed that on some years (2014 & 2011) that the fleas are particular difficult to control. I know it is not due to this product not being effective because I have treated my yard with 2 different products that normally work very well within a 10 day period & even those products have made very little difference in the fleas. I have treated my dogs at 9 days & repeated again at 13 days. I am also using natural flea shampoo & topical sprays with essential oils. The fleas do die within 12 hours, but by that time my dog with allergies is a mess due to bites before they die. I am now seeing primarily very tiny fleas which tells me that I am achieving some control over the adult fleas. I dislike giving doses that close together, but that is what the insert recommends (actually every 7 days until controlled) for heavy flea infestations. One of my dogs has terrible flea allergies. He has been miserable & has been on prednisone & benadryl for over a month. I don’t even like for him to be outdoors because they are so bad. I have to pick fleas off both dogs every time they step outside. I don’t have any carpet in my home so I know they are not living in my house. It just seems that some years the fleas are just almost impossible to control. I am in Savannah, Ga. Last summer, the fleas were no problem at all. I did not even treat my lawn. I only gave Advantage every 6-8 weeks. The summer of 2011 was also a bad flea year. I’m not sure what is the cause, probably something to do with the weather or maybe they just have cyclic bad years (who knows). I thought this would be a mild year for fleas because the winter was so cold, but that apparently is not true. I have learned that unfortunately on bad flea years it will take a few months to get the fleas under control even using multiple products. Nothing much else you can do, but suffer until they are under control!!……………Update: After treating my yard with 2 different products within a month & treating my dogs with 3 doses (once every 10 days), the fleas appear to finally be under control. No fleas for 3 days!!! Allergic dog is finally getting some relief. Hopefully, I can now only treat my dogs monthly since I have gotten the severe flea infestation under control. It just takes a while to break the flea life cycle if you have a severe infestation…………..UPDATE…Fleas are finally under control. Have not had to re-apply for 4 weeks. Just had a small flea on my allergic dog. Will re-apply today. Once you break the flea life cycle this will control the fleas. I buy the large dog size package & draw out the dosage for each dog with a blunt tip syringe. This is more cost effective & I have found that I can control the fleas by using a smaller dosage for my 30lb dog with allergies. The size package for his weight is a 2.5ml dose (weight range 21-55 lbs). He only weighs 30lbs & the weight limit is a very broad range for his size. The next smaller size range (10 to 20 lbs) is 1.0 ml so at approximately 0.5ml per 10 lbs, I don’t feel he needs the entire 2.5ml dose & I have found that he does not. I normally am able to give him only 1.5 to 2.0 ml which will work fine once the severe infestation is under control. I don’t like having to give chemicals to my dog & the less the better. He also has skin problems & the Advantage does seem to flare up his skin problems, so less is better. I am also able to give my cat a dose if he happens to pick up an untreated flea (he is an inside cat, but he will occasionally sneak out if he can). The Advantage is the same ingredients for dogs & cats (also confirmed with my vet), but the Advantix is NOT. DO NOT give Advantix to cats!

Our success story. I know there are A-LOT of bad reviews for these but my belief is that people are using the product wrong, possibly issuing wrong doses or ordering the wrong product size. Bayer is a local, well known, trusted company in my area and I can tell you that they do not manufacture products that would kill your animals or harm them. This is a local, USA company. I have had family members that have worked for them their entire lives.Now on to the product. It works very well. We were using Frontline but it did not work. AT ALL. Our dog was getting ticks, our cats and dog had fleas. We used Frontline religiously and it just didn’t perform. We ended up with a really bad flea infestation in our home and we needed to take action as multiple flea baths and house treatment were not helping. We finally switched to advantage II. Weary about the reviews we applied it to our animals in the proper dosage, size, and areas. Read, read and re-read the instructions. There are specific ways to apply this for specific animals. There are also specific sizes that you purchase depending on the type and weight of your animal. YOU NEED TO READ! Within two weeks after we treated our house with products known as permethrin and I.G. regulators as well as using Bayer Advantage II we completely got rid of our flea problem. Its now been months since we have had the problem and we haven’t found a single flea on our animals. This stuff just hands down works. I would recommend to anybody and I’m going to keep purchasing it because I never want to have fleas in my home again. Its well worth the price.UPDATE: Its now been 5 years since my original review and we still use this. We have not had a single flea issue since my original review. Our animals are safe and healthy. Be aware that there are counterfeits on Amazon. There are articles on the internet of what to check for. If you are concerned, purchase it from your vet or Chewy.

Convenient and good for pest control. I’ve used advantage II for years and get it from Amazon at a much better price that from the vets. But it seems to not be doing a good a job that it has in the past. I just got a new box of 6 and will see. I don’t know what I will get to replace it if it has stopped working, so will keep my fingers crossed that maybe I just got a weak batch. There is no expiration date on any of the boxes, just a code, and the manufacturer won’t give you the date in normal month/year format because they are not required to by law. Also, the box I just received today was opened, and the side fold at the top was ripped (not by me) but of course, the individual tubes are sealed up in mylar so I don’t worry they have been tampered with, but that it was unusual. All in all a good product, but I am watching it!

Style and color. I like the color I like the sock like top I took out the insole and use the insoles from a different brand of shoe and it’s fine. And I like the airy part of it that’s cooling. I would buy them again

Works Well. Excellent flea repellant, have not had any issues ~ and I regularly comb through my puppy’s coat thoroughly.

my dog likes it. easy to use for her

Simply the BEST! It Works Great and Doesn’t Bother the Dog at All. It took us several years to finally get a flea product that actually worked as advertised. This is it folks. Save yourself the trouble and aggravation of trying to find a flea product for your dog that actually works. This is the one! Granted, it’s not cheap but it works to continually kill fleas and their eggs so your dog(s) won’t be scratching, and your house will stay free of fleas! Do yourself and your pets a favor and purchase this Advantage II Flea Treatment and Prevention product! Nothing works as well!

Simply the BEST! It Works Great and Doesn’t Bother the Dog at All. It took us several years to finally get a flea product that actually worked as advertised. This is it folks. Save yourself the trouble and aggravation of trying to find a flea product for your dog that actually works. This is the one! Granted, it’s not cheap but it works to continually kill fleas and their eggs so your dog(s) won’t be scratching, and your house will stay free of fleas! Do yourself and your pets a favor and purchase this Advantage II Flea Treatment and Prevention product! Nothing works as well!

Worked in 2 days. I put this on my dog and within 2 days the fleas were pretty much off him.

Not sure. Not sure If it works I used a flea comb 3timesAnd no fleas. So I guess it’s working. But he isStill scratching. No smell easy to apply.

Worked perfectly. Within 24 hours of application, all the fleas were gone!

No fleas, no ticks. Works for all 3 of my dogs, no fleas, no ticks! I buy this product every summer!

Great job. Great job

Works Great. While others claimed to rid fleas this one actually delivered control within 72 hours of application

It’s effective without being too potent. I’ve been using this for years. It works pretty good. It’s becoming less and less effective as the fleas evolve to it. But right now it’s still pretty effective.