Lucy Jerram

So that's where they came from.

So definitely chemicals kind of on the skin.

Nowadays, we have developed kind of more new actives that have less effect on the environment.

They absorb into the skin better.

And even when they're excreted, they're excreted in lower amounts.

So particularly things like the injection and some of the tablets, they have much lower levels.

They're excreted in the poop.

So as long as we practice good neighborhoodly practices,

Yes, well, we should be doing that anyway.

Yeah, absolutely.

We're not contaminating the environment as much, but certainly those older spot-ons that you can get over the counter, you put them on, if the dog goes in the river, it washes off, and we have some big concerns there about what that might be doing to the environment.

So we'd obviously advocate getting those from your vet.

At Highfield, we have a pet plan, so owners...

pay a subscription and that covers their parasite care.

There are.

They're less common.

Generally less common or they're kind of less likely to cause problems.

But at certain times of year, mites in particular can cause issues.

So running through long grass, they might pick up mites.

Demodex actually lives in a lot of people's eyebrows, but it can affect dogs as well.