Effective tick prevention protects dogs from multiple serious diseases and requires understanding of available products, application methods, and environmental management.
Tick-borne diseases cause significant suffering ranging from mild fever to fatal multi-organ failure. Prevention is vastly superior to treating established disease for individual welfare outcomes. The welfare benefit of effective tick prevention is multiplied given the number of diseases ticks transmit. Product selection should consider lifestyle, local tick species and disease prevalence, and any individual health considerations. Year-round prevention is recommended in many regions given extended tick activity seasons.