Bob Martin Flea & Tick Collar for Dogs

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Fleas, Bob Martins and broken promises...Spot-on is getting a review too when I get time to finish. Johnsons flea shampoo review in my list somewhere has been updated too. ( just incase you feel the need to read) Off to the vet's for some front-line seems the only way left to go.

Thanks for reading,
Manda  ... more

The war continues

Well we're still not totally rid of the bloody things. Yep fleas... Just when you think you're clear...*stress* you find a few survivors. I suppose I should be thankful they're not bothering us humans or my birds...and I am...But I just wish they'd take the hint DIE and stop trying to eat my dogs.

Well just when I think we have tried everything, last week other half buys a 'Bob Martin Flea and Tick collar' Which promises 5 yes FIVE months protection on the front of the pack....This added another £2.99 to the total cost of this campaign so far.

Well I tried to be optimistic but must say I wasn't convinced.
Back of the packet is crammed full of instructions warnings and suchlike. I am promised AGAIN five months protection from fleas and ticks again . Suitable for dogs over 12 weeks (3 months) so yep, shout the Buster dog and on it goes.

Well that is when I finally managed to get through the packet and get this to this magical collar. Which is a black rubber type thing with a simple hard plastic thread through buckle fastening. Its quite thin, about 1cm wide and less than half a cm thick.
I did as instructed and fastened round Buster-dog's neck (correct fitting being able to insert 2 fingers between collar and dogs neck..says the packet) and cut off the excess bit of collar - This is important as you DO NOT want your dog chewing on it - or anything else chewing on it for that matter, the instructions are quite specific about this. Oh and WASH YOUR HANDS after handling too.

You've got your normal common-sense advice about cleaning pets bedding and such but to be honest I found quite a large part of the instructions were warnings - which is a bit worrying. Also says collar is OK to keep on while bathing - unaffected by water.

The collar contains 3.6g of diazinon, which upon a quick search I found much information. "The World Health Organisation (WHO) classifies diazinon as a class II 'moderately hazardous' pesticide " After reading a bit about it must say I was less than keen on this collar.

WARNINGS

Some IMPORTANT warnings on the back of pack about removing collar should your dog show any signs of listlessness, respiratory difficulties and other scary things after putting collar on your furry friend.
You can't use any other flea products ( insecticides) on your dog at the same time - or until a week after you've removed collar.

NO chewing sucking on the collar by nothing, dogs, or small children, " is dangerous" Also says not to sleep with pets wearing the collar -and if YOIU feel unwell following use of product seek medical advice. Plus extremely dangerous to fish and aquatic life.
I wouldn't go using it on cats either - doesn't state anything but I wouldn't risk it.
Disposal - yep it's OK to throw out with your other household rubbish.

Sucess ? no.

Well all that nasty scary stuff aside Buster has had this on for a week - with thankfully no side-effects, and it hasn't bothered him at all.

I mean no side- effects, still has fleas. Does not work in the slightest, have still found the things on him. After all those warnings the only thing that it seems not to be a danger to is the damn fleas. So not impressed with it and will be disposed of in household waste as instructed. They should put that bit at the top to save time

MY ADVICE

" Dispose of collar in house-hold refuse upon buying"

Didn't work at all.

So much for the magical FIVE months protection I was promised on the pack...twice. I recommend you avoid this one mostly because of the risks of all those scary side-effects. Just not worth it. Even though Buster is OK (apart from the fleas) I wasn't really that happy about using the collar after reading the warnings, but nothing ventured nothing gained. I don''t recommend trying this product and will never bother buying it again, it' didn't work and mostly just not worth the worry.

Fleas, Bob Martins and broken promises...Spot-on is getting a review too when I get time to finish. Johnsons flea shampoo review in my list somewhere has been updated too. ( just incase you feel the need to read) Off to the vet's for some front-line seems the only way left to go.

Thanks for reading,
Manda 

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