Are you planning to book your dog into kennels?

If you're planning on booking your dog into kennels, then here are some important considerations to help you prepare them for their stay and ensure that they don't bring home any unwanted friends!

• When we think of the sort of places that you would expect to find ticks we normally envisage wet and damp areas outside, covered in thick undergrowth and grasses. For most ticks in the Philippines - this is not exactly the type of place that they love to call home. The ‘brown dog tick’ (aka Rhipicephalus sanguineus) is used to living in warm climates, however, it can also survive and reproduce indoors. Dog kennelling and housing offers this tick the perfect refuge and hence why it is nicknamed the ‘kennel tick’. 
   
• Just like the other ticks, it can carry diseases that can be passed onto your dog when it feeds. So, before kennelling your dog it is really important to make sure that you protect them from ticks by using FRONTLINE^® Plus regularly during their stay and once they return home also. After collecting your dog from kennels, take the time to check them over thoroughly for any ticks that they may have picked up.