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Just in case anyone wants some late night reading. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722066499

Google it, but mainly through excretion apparently, but not much research yet undertaken so who knows? I am just an old cynic I guess, but I don’t see any benefit to dosing my dogs with a deadly chemical just in case they get fleas or ticks etc. I have never seen any fleas on my dogs in over 30...

Yes. It is an insecticide.

I attended a fascinating webinar on Wednesday about the impact of prophylactic flea and tick treatments. I felt the presenter did not go far enough e.g. by blaming the big pharma /big vet duo for getting people to take out monthly plans including regular insecticidal treatments, but I guess he...

I know, I was being sarcastic as I could imagine such people shouting the place down if they found out that there were two systems 🤣

I can see why the vets have to do this and also see that they would have to require that everybody pays up front, otherwise the well-known non/late payers would claim discrimination. Still a sad reflection though.

Really disgusting. Why can these men not stop for a minute and consider how they would feel if a gang of men dug their terrier out of a hole, after chasing it for a couple of hours, then threw it to the hounds?

i live fairly close by. Shop now on my banned list

Sure I got banned for that once

£600 is a ridiculous amount for a mongrel. I suspect that if you wait then you may find you can have one for close to free 😀

I would never have guessed what it was! I wonder if it was because the horse ate the jute?

Another. One for a low chaser - it’s really no different from having a fully clipped horse with a no neck rug on.

They are not wimpey humans!

I know this will be hard as you obviously feel you have a bond with this horse, but taking it on would be madness. You could end up paying out a high amount for vet fees etc., which you would be unlikely to get insurance cover for, plus the regular costs for livery and feed, shoes etc etc, so...

So sorry for your loss @Birker2020