Advantix™ for dogs

Advantix™ is a spot-on treatment that is applied to your dog’s skin and kills fleas and ticks on contact. Advantix™ also repels ticks, including the deadly paralysis tick. With oral flea and tick medications, the parasites have to bite your dog to be exposed to the medication in your dog’s blood before they are killed. Advantix™ kills fleas and ticks without the need for a blood meal, reducing irritation and the risk of transmission of diseases and parasites to your dog. In addition, Advantix™ repels flying biting insects, including mosquitoes, sandflies and stable flies. 

Advantix™ should be applied every two weeks for paralysis tick control, and monthly for the other parasites.

Yes, once the application sites have dried. 

A treatment that repels ticks, including the paralysis tick, as well as killing them reduces the risk of ticks attaching and feeding. This reduces the consequences of ticks biting, including skin irritation, tick paralysis and the transmission of diseases. 

No. Advantix™ is safe for dogs, but it’s very dangerous to cats because of their unique physiology and their inability to metabolize certain compounds. 

Yes. For owners whose cats have close contact with or groom their dog, keep your cat separated from your Advantix™-treated dog for up to 48 hours. After this period, you may let your dog and cat interact as usual. 

Even dogs that spend the majority of their time indoors are at risk from parasites, including fleas, ticks and flying biting insects. 

Yes, all dogs and cats in a home should be treated for fleas. Any pet left untreated will allow fleas to complete their lifecycle in your home, and pose a continual risk of both reinfestation for pets, and flea bites for humans. 

Please consult your dog’s vet to discuss appropriate products to use in conjunction with any other medications your dog may be taking. 

Store Advantix™ below 30° C. Protect it from freezing and always keep out of reach of children. Dispose of the empty Advantix tube in the garbage. 

We recommend bathing before applying Advantix™, and applying once your dog is dry. If a bath is necessary between applications, we recommend waiting at least two weeks after applying Advantix™. Use a soap-free shampoo specifically designed for use on dogs. 

Advantix™ can be used on dogs as young as seven weeks of age.

Although Advantix™ kills fleas on your dog, and flea larvae in your dog's environment, there may still be fleas in your home that jump on after he’s been treated – there is no product that repels fleas. Seeing fleas on your dog shows that there is contamination of your dog's environment with fleas. Luckily, with Advantix, these reinfesting fleas are also killed through contact once they jump on to your dog. And with regular, monthly use of Advantix™, there will be no further generations of fleas to contaminate your dog's environment or reinfest your dog.