Kwit Yer Itchin' Week continues with Disc Is It! A look at one natural alternative to repel fleas and ticks.No one wants to put potentially harmful pesticides on their pet. But how do we combat those pesky flea and ticks? Are there effective natural remedies? What about an antiparsite disc? This is a small, gold colored lightweight aluminum disc "charged" with electromagnetic and scale waves that it claims to repel fleas and ticks. The literature states that the waves "create a protective field" and is "95% effective" on any cat or dog of any weight.
CatandDog provided me with a free disc to try in exchange for my honest opinion. I tried the disc on Kelly. It is lightweight and attaches to her collar easily. Kelly generally does not get fleas, but we have a large problem with ticks in our area. Kelly wore the disc for 2 weeks.
Conclusion:
Did the CatanDog antiparasite disc work?
To be honest, I'm not convinced. Even though I found no ticks on my dog after 2 weeks, to make a more accurate test I would have to try the disc for the entire season, and then if Kelly remains tick-free all season I might be less skeptical. Most importantly, I found no scientific evidence that this type of electromagnetic therapy works. As much as I may want to believe in something so safe and eas
y, it is difficult to put my faith in something like this without substantiation.Here is what I can say for sure about the CatanDog antiparasite disc:
Pros:
*The disc is free from chemicals and safe to handle.
*It is light and unobtrusive and your pet should have no problem wearing it.
*The disc is cost-effective compared to months/years of topical flea and tick treatments.
*Your pet most likely won't get any side effects from it.
Cons:
*The treatment is not scientifically supported as being effective.
33 comments:
Sounds like a good idea but as you say only time would tell, it would be great if it did work rather than continual chemicals but I'm sceptical tbh, thanks for the interesting info xxx
It is indeed an interesting concept but I don;t thinks I could put much faith in it. Especially since where we lives we has TONS of fleas. Our vet said last season was da worsest they had evers seen.
Puddles
There's something new in the market!
Interesting... but I don't think we' trust it either...
-Corbin
Natural would sure be great if it works!
Sounds purrty cool
Benny & Lily
Hmmm... I don't know that I trust this to work either. Mostly for the same reason flea collars don't work. This will only cover the area around the animal's neck. My cat currently has issues around the butt area.
It would be great if natural worked but I am not so sure this is the product!
Last year we tried a similar product called Shoo Tag. It was also supposed to be charged with electromagnetic powers that repelled fleas and ticks. It didn't seem to help our dogs at all.
It sounds great, but I wouldn't trust it either, not without scientific evidence. Thanks for doing the test, I would have never heard of this product without your website.
Thank you for this fabulous and HONEST review.
I appreciate when people like yourself take the time to give us the pros and cons of something and allow us to decide what we think.
I have enormous respect for your opinion and appreciate a review that isn't gushing just because the reviewer was given the product to test.
THANK YOU!
Forget that silly disc! Kelly's collar is looking a little rough. Come over to the site and pick out a new one for Miss Kelly.
DM me on twitter to tell me what you want or if you need help choosing one.
I have some news for you folks. This disc patent is now under British company GoldStar and renaimed as the Pet Protector medallion. It's the same disc only improved with nanotechnology and it does have scientific proof of effectiveness. Besides, I am using it on my dog for 8 months now and he hasn't got a single tick or flea since then. I understand you are not convicted, since it sounds too good to be true and it's technology is so advanced, but it's the 21st century, science is developing :) So instead of speculating whether it works or not, you simply try it and see for yourself. You'll just regret you didn't get it sooner. Here's the website to review and order original patent:
http://bit.ly/MDVF0p
WHY CHOOSE PET PROTECTOR
THE WORLD'S ONLY PET PROTECTION FROM PARASITES WITH 95 % EFFECTIVENESS!
Other chemical anti-parasite products provide up to maximum 90 % effectiveness.
WITH ONE PET PROTECTOR, YOUR PET IS SAFE FOR 2 YEARS!
.........Compared with other anti-parasite products that have to be applied over and over every few months, Pet Protector is your pet's guardian for a 2 year period. If you compare how much money you would have to spend for another product in a 2 year period, Pet Protector costs 5 times less!
PET PROTECTOR IS THE SAFEST ANTI-PARASITIC SYSTEM
Pet Protector is NON-TOXIC and contains NO CHEMICAL elements.
Pet Protector helps better blood circulation and therefore strengthens the immune system and initiates detoxification!
PET PROTECTOR IS THE ONLY NON TOXIC PRODUCT IN THE WORLD WITH SCIENTIFIC PROOF OF EFFECTIVENESS!!!
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Pet Protector disc is designed for external use. Pet Protector disc is one of the safest treatments against ticks and fleas.
Pet Protector is over 95% effective, which is proven for at least up to 2 years, after which it should be replaced.
We know that Pet Protector works and has a 95% effectiveness.
Please read the documents in the Scientific Research & Innovation Section
http://bit.ly/SaeufB
I am currently in an email exchange with the Pet Protector people after having just been given one by a friend who has "bought into" the scheme. My email below is my latest response to them. Once I receive some information worth passing on I will do so.
Dear Support Team
Thank you once again for your prompt reply. I have, in my effort to exhaust the internet for an unbiased opinion on Pet Protector, come across the documents and websites you have been kind enough to forward on to me. The supposed scientific research conducted by the reputable veterinarian university in Spain smells of Catandog/Pet Protector funded research. It hardly seems to be independent and strangely any search of the name of the Director of the Research - Professor Jose Alberto Rodriguez Rodriguez elicits nothing but a direct link to the document you have attached. Similarly a search for anyone quoted as being part of the investigations team - Mr Jose Luis Arranz Gil or Ms Paloma Sgimon Escobeds. I have yet been unable to find any scientists who have reviewed this study - every single search for anything associated with it leads me directly to a website with the words "Pet Protector" or "catandog" in it. Particularly clever marketing.
I did however come across this evaluation which states that the Catandog disc had no significant effect upon egg production, egg viability, or adult fleas infesting cats. In addition there was no difference in the numbers of fleas recovered from the cats placed in the flea-infested room.
http://lib.bioinfo.pl/paper:10996742
Thank you also for the information on how Scalar waves work - I'm not a physicist so trying to interpret what it says just goes over my head and I'm sure it does many laymen who are unable to understand the "magic" of how a magnetic field can protect their pets from disaster.
Obviously you came up with a pretty amazing business model to be able to sell 20 million aluminium discs worldwide. All those "satisfied customer" testimonials seem to come from those who have signed up to what appears to be a pyramid selling scheme and have made themselves some money on the side. Given that there is only a 30 day money back guarantee it's a fail safe way to make a buck as their pet will be protected for that entire 30 day period because of the treatments they've had to apply prior to using the disc - which coincidentally, usually last 30 days.
I have requested more information about the safety of the discs from my vet and some local consumer advocacy groups. I look forward to receiving some feedback from my vet particularly as here in Australia right now we have a paralysis tick epidemic and they are seeing pets in their practice each day dying from the effects of a paralysis tick.
Once again, if you are able to direct me to some unbiased opinions/reviews on the discs I would be most happy to read them.
Haveyoutriedit,
Just wondering did anybody ask for Scientific proof with Advantage or Frontline and all the other products out there?
@ Anonymus who wrote a long letter about email exchange with Pet Protector company. They have never claimed that this disc prevents an egg production. It REPELS external parasites,prevents them to come to the pet, but it does not kill them or their larvae. As for your last sentence: "if you are able to direct me to some unbiased opinions/reviews on the discs I would be most happy to read them." How would you believe any reviews that the company sends you? You'll always say they wrote it themselves or paid someone to do it. I just can't believe how skeptic you can be to something which saves your pet from being poisoned with chemical products.
There are so many people out there who are 100 % satisfied with PP disc and I am one of them. My Nicky does not have fleas or ticks for 9 months now.
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I have been using this product for like 5 month, it's working really nice. I was VERY sceptic about this product so i decide to give it a chance..And quess what? Not a single tick for my Goldy (my dog name)
So yeah, i recomend it for sure.
, Peggy please educate yourself on a topic before putting false things about that topic first of all there's never been a product that has been tested in just 2 weeks and come up with any findings it takes 3 months what topical solutions to work so why would it only takes 2 weeks for the pet protector to work secondly you say that there is no scientific evidence well there is this is the 21st century and I do use 21st century technology what just called nanotechnology combined with skallum waves I hope you take my advice and investigate this because what you're using now is very dangerous for your dogs organs and especially their liver, now let's talk price it cost between 15 dollars and 30 dollars H month for these topical solutions that are very dangerous for your animals in 2 years you pay between 360 and 720 dollars depending on which product you use that is a savings of 300 dollars to 660 dollars depending on which product you use after you educate yourself you can email me atglennspetprotector@Gmail.com
1 thing I forgot to mention If this father does not work Why have they been 20,000,000 sold around the world and over 90 percent of those purchased the customers are happy
I was sent an email about earning money selling pet protector. I decided to do a little research regarding it's effectiveness. Thank you for your blog it is always good to find an unbiased and unscripted opinion. Working as a freelance writer I know that many people get hired to infiltrate blogs and put their so called convincing positive opinions on them.
Milena you are not very convincing your poor grammar is a give away.
Sadly, I was suckered into joining Pet Protector with the promise of chemical free protection for my dogs. I had some success for the first few months however, after that my dog developed fleas. When I contacted the company to tell them that the disc had failed the only response was that I must have used the disc incorrectly.
I explained that I did in fact use it exactly as described and went higher up in the pet protector organisation. I wasted my time as their response was exactly the same propoganda that I received from Milena. I went to my upline and discovered that she was so disillusioned with the company she left. This product does not do as they claim. The literature all says it works for all dogs & cats regardless of health, age, weight or size however Pet Protector told me after several emails that if my dog was over 20 kgs then I would need to use 2 discs. They are making it up as they go and there is absolutely no support for members who are not satisfied in the performance of the disc. This company is a scam as far as I am concerned and everyone would do well to stay away from them!
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I have been using a pet protector disc on my dog for 9 months now (from June 2012) and am amazed that it actually is working great for us. I was very sceptical, but am confident in recommending the discs now that I have my own evidence of it working. I became a distributor a month after trialling the disc, and have feedback on my website from happy customers www.petprotectoraustralia.com
Why are you all son hyped on Science. Science says vaccines wont hurt my children YET I have a vaccine damaged child. And the front line you are using is dangerous to you animals. I have not tried this Pet protector so I have no input as to if it works I just think its funny how if some scientist or the government tells you it works you all run out and believe it. Wake up these pharma companies and doctors vets etc dont always have your best interest in mind.
I use the Pet Protector Disc with full success. The way the disc works is that your pet needs to be flea and flea egg free first. If you use a product from a vet that does not kill the flea eggs you need to either buy one that does or give it 21 days at least for them to hatch and the product to kill off the newly hatched fleas. When your pet is totally cleaned of fleas and their eggs that's when the disc will work! The disc takes at least 21 days to be fully activated putting a barrier around the pet that the fleas do not like and will not land. So it is best to put the disc on along with the last monthly treatment of the chemically based product to completely kill fleas and flea eggs and newly hatch fleas first.Then the Pet Protector Disc will be activated and protect the pet for 2 years. My Boston Terrier has had hers on for 8 months now with full results. I will not use anything else.
Shelly
I use the Pet Protector Disc with full success. The way the disc works is that your pet needs to be flea and flea egg free first. If you use a product from a vet that does not kill the flea eggs you need to either buy one that does or give it 21 days at least for them to hatch and the product to kill off the newly hatched fleas. When your pet is totally cleaned of fleas and their eggs that's when the disc will work! The disc takes at least 21 days to be fully activated putting a barrier around the pet that the fleas do not like and will not land. So it is best to put the disc on along with the last monthly treatment of the chemically based product to completely kill fleas and flea eggs and newly hatch fleas first.Then the Pet Protector Disc will be activated and protect the pet for 2 years. My Boston Terrier has had hers on for 8 months now with full results. I will not use anything else. I feel people trust vets to much like doctors they are there to help you and your pet BUT they also bring in products that are sold for a profit as well as any business. So when something new comes along as specially if it is either natural or chemical free they will not give a good review on the other companies products so they will not in the future cut in on their profits. Just listen closely to any drug commercial and hear the scary side effects that is just what they want you to know. I have had one of my own dogs get sick from a vets prescribed product. With the Pet Protector disc I will not have to worry about my dog or people around her getting sick.
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Actually, yes. There is plenty of scientific proof supporting the efficacy of the chemicals in Advantage and Frontline. Shall I go to PubMed and find them for you or will you take off the blinders and do it yourself. Don't make snarky comments without something to back them up.
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