Check for fleas and ticks once a week when you brush your pet. Check especially around the ears, lengths of the legs, base of the tail, lower abdomen and between the toes. Use a good flea and tick repellent from Agway such as Hartz Flea & Tick Drops®.

Bathe dogs weekly and cats 2 or 3 times per summer with a flea shampoo to discourage fleas. This also gives you greater contact with your pet and enables you to spot problems you wouldn't otherwise detect.

Treat your property for fleas, ticks and other insects with a Lawn & Garden Insect Control and pay close attention to shrubs and woodpiles that hoard insects that can harm your pets.

Vigilance is important. Treating your pet, its bedding or other areas it sleeps and your yard is the best way to discourage infestations.

Find a Agway store near you for Flea & Tick products to keep your pets healthy.