Know before you buy! If you're trying to find the cheapest place online to buy Frontline Plus there certainly are a lot of choices available these days. Besides the ever popular Petmeds there are oodles of websites clamoring to sell you their endless supply of flea and tick products. However, one thing you should keep in mind when browsing these websites is that the manufacturer of Frontline and Frontline Plus (Merial) only sells their products to licensed veterinarians. It makes you wonder where exactly these products are coming from. Either they are purchasing the products second-hand from a veterinarian or the products are purchased illegally through bootlegged sources. Some veterinarians are starting to question whether or not Merial and other drug manufacturers really are limiting their products to practicing veterinarians but you should still keep the possibility in mind that when you purchase flea products online you may be funding a shady business.

You'll probably spend more money purchasing these products from your veterinarian but there's a reason why. Your veterinarian along with the support staff has a lot of knowledge about the different types of flea products available. Do you know which products kill adult fleas as well as eggs? Do you know which products are effective against ticks? How about which products only sterilize the fleas? Your veterinarian knows the answers to these questions. Chances are if you pick up the phone and ask the customer service rep for any online retailer selling cheap flea products you'll be on hold for a long time while they look up the answer. When it comes to purchasing flea products from your veterinarian you're paying for the knowledge and expertise they provide. Hopefully when it comes to your pet's health your veterinarian is the person you trust most.

Also, it's hard to know how some of these retailers can sell their products for such a low price. In fact, some of the prices you'll find online are cheaper than what the veterinary clinic pays when the products are purchased directly from the manufacturer. Either the companies are making a profit off the sheer volume of sales or something is fishy. Are the products about to expire? And how are the products stored? Have they been sitting in a hot warehouse for days, weeks, or months? Another benefit of purchasing Frontline from your veterinarian is that you can trust the product has been shipped, stored, and handled properly.

Yes, we all want to save money these days. And it can be tempting to purchase cheap flea products online when the commerical on television says its the "exact same thing." If you want to save money on Frontline you should call your veterinarian and ask if they will do a price match. Simply do a quick search online to find the cheapest price available. As long as the price is above their cost they should be happy to do this for you. They make their client happy and still keep the sale.

You will probably need to print something out and bring it with you to the veterinary clinic. That way you can still save money and you'll also receive a product that you know you can trust. Also, never purchase over-the-counter flea products in an attempt to save money. These products are less effective and also contain ingredients that are toxic to mammals as well as fleas. Over-the-counter flea products are cheaper for a reason!

You should also know that there are some people selling Frontline "kits" online that enable you to take a large dog dose and divide it into smaller doses for smaller dogs. This is not something I recommend doing. Why? Well, the active ingredients may or may not be distributed evenly throughout the entire tube of medication. For example, let's say one tube of Frontline Plus for a dog between 89 and 132 pounds contains 4.0 ml of medication. The liquid is only a delivery vehicle for the active ingredients. If we take 1.0 ml out there is no way of knowing that we have taken 25% of the active ingredients out. You may be giving one small dog 4 times the amount of Frontline he needs while the other 3 dogs get none.