I just want to say that this is an beautiful example of the hacker ethos being put to use. The creator got into a new field, saw a hole in information, and put together a neat, useful resource. Just perfect.
I would recommend adding a warning for Hartz products - they are notoriously toxic and kill pets. <a href="http://www.hartzvictims.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hartzvictims.org/</a>
I don't want to be a downer, but I don't like this concept. I understand the desire to educate yourself about the medicine you need for your pet, but the best thing you can do is find a good vet that you trust to give you this advice. In fact the mechanism that you have where by you allow the user to buy said medication from Amazon makes it seem like your putting this list out as an alternative to proper medical care.<p>There is much more to taking care of a pet then reading the packages of some medication and then buying it from amazon.
Awesome. Problem found, solution created. See, you don't need to create ridiculously overfunded ( - exuse my language -) bullshit products in order to "put a dent in the universe". Just try provide a solution to a real problem. Thumbs up!
This is really great, thank you for doing this.<p>Could you please add Advantix, Scalibor, Kiltix and Foresto for us Europeans :)<p>We use most of the others here also, but those I have listed above are used alongside the ones you have listed.
Trifexis is awesome and what I use for my active dog (and we have never had flea problems). The problem is that the pill smells very, very strongly of mold. I have to smash up the pill and mix it into peanut butter for my dog to even look at it. I also administer it outside and use gloves, because it will have your house smelling of mold for days. With a smaller dog (thus smaller dose/pill), you could force it down, but a 30+ lb dog will have too big of a pill and won't eat it normally for any reason.
A Veterinarian with reasonable prices is greatly valued. So
valuable, with the right marketing I feel people would leave their estates to your business; I would. That's all I really have to say to
Veterinarians, but I feel a lot of you need to ask for some businees advise. I see a lot of people skipping the trips to the vet because they just can't afford the high priced boutiqe veterinarian practice. I know people are inherintly cheep, but I think most just want to be treated fair. I also
know what happens when vet hospitals offer too much for free.
(SFSPCA offered a "no kill" policy. People started to abandon their animals, and ruined a great organization.)
I will pass along-- I've always had big dogs. A Bullmastiff, and mixed breed American Bulldog/Pit. They
look sturdy, but they are fragile. The purebred Bull Mastiff was
always at the veterinarian. She had multiple problems from
huge paws that attracted Foxtails/grass seeds to Entropian.
I had a great income so going to the vet was no problem. I
now have a low income and thank goodness for the mixed breeds.
They are still fragile, but don't need to go to the vet as often. I still hear vets telling big breed dog owners about
the benefits of exercise. Yes, exercise the dog, but let them choose when and where. All my dogs were over 100lbs, and when I exercized them too much their bodies fell apart.
For the Bull Mastiff, a walk around a small lake was too much
on a summer day with a gallon of water. She just dropped half way around. I sat with her until dusk, and then we just
made it back to the car. My point is they, especially the Bulldog breeds are fragile.
The NRDC has a listing of various products and safety concerns at:<p><a href="http://www.simplesteps.org/greenpaws-products" rel="nofollow">http://www.simplesteps.org/greenpaws-products</a><p>I'm using NexGard(not listed - just approved in 2014) and seems to be working fine so far - but since its new there isn't much data on it. I preferred the oral over a topical so I didn't have to worry about topical applications transferring to the home, others, clothing etc.
Interesting to read this thread to see that lots of people have to medicate their dogs. Is this a regional thing? I've had my dog 8 years and apart from the required injections it has never needed any medication.
Nice! It'd be helpful if one could check the column headers for the things you need to treat, and then the list is filtered for what is effective against those :)
If the place you adopted the dog from didn't give you information, you should talk to a vet about what parasites are common in your region and what treatment options there are. --Many times vets will offer a couple of options for non-prescription treatment and prevention.<p>If you're in a region that doesn't have fleas and ticks, there's no reason to treat your dog for them. The same goes for many of the other parasites listed.
Very cool. Nerd question -- can you talk a bit about how you made it? Tech stack used, etc.? Always curious about that stuff, especially when on Show HN.
Nice site. Interesting to see the information clearly laid out like that. This should exist for everything as a decision making tool.<p>It's not an either-or. We have a vet, but we still do our research on everything they recommend to understand the decisions that are being made. It all works very well for us. We're informed, but we also have a trusted adviser.
Would be really awesome if there was some way to provide feedback on the effectiveness. My experience with cat medicine showed that what it says on the package is not to be trusted (for example all the "natural" stuff against fleas was completely useless)
In your research, did you explore other common immunizations like bordetella, parvo, rabies? (I realize these wouldn't fit into any overlapping things like you have here, I'm just curious if you might add it at some point.)
The main question is: In what area/country are the parasites resistant against those toxins. e.g. in Bremen neither advantage nor frontline works against fleas.<p>And I'm missing ARDAP by Shell in this list.
Awesome idea! Just a suggestion to the developer (if reading this), would be good to also have a list of what is okay to use on what breed/group (such as advocate for pastoral breeds).
While this is a good list, these medications are kind of snake oily.<p>I've had 5 dogs in my lifetime that have lived to age 15+. All I do is take them to the vet yearly and feed them good quality dry dog food.<p>I have lived in rural Arkansas to the east bay California, as far as exposure to various things. I've had a half wolf dog in AR that would routinely kill and eat armadillos, opossums, terapins, and all kinds of small wildlife. He was probably exposed to all kinds of nasty things.<p>Never did I give him any of these dog preventative medications that seems to be so popular today.
this is cool. i adopted a shelter mutt about 2 years ago and i love him to death.<p>comment/feedback on the table: make the headers float with scroll, so that when you get to the bottom of the table, you can still see what the columns are.