pesticide cattle tags

Anyone here used them cattle tags with pesticides on them for their dog? I heard they can be used and saw a video of a dog with a tag on the collar. Also heard some people cut them in half. Wondering if they work any good to keep mosquitoes off a dog.

 

Personally I've never heard of em before, this is the first time.
I did a quick google search for "pesticide cattle tags" and I found a government website about them used on horse halters:
"The Use of Insecticide-Impregnated Cattle Ear Tagson the Halters of Horses

Insecticide-impregnated ear tags were first registered in Canada in the late 1970s and are used on cattle for the control of face flies and horn flies. For cattle, very small amounts of active ingredient (less than 2 g) are released onto the animal in a season. The insecticide is transferred onto the back and flanks through natural grooming behaviour as a result of the fat solubility of the insecticide and its ability to migrate through the lanolin in the hair.
[...]
The ear tags are slow release, so the chemical will eventually coat the halter and much of the animal through grooming. The product labels for the six different brands of ear tags recommend that you wear chemical-resistant gloves for protection when applying and handling the tags. The ear tags attached to the halters of horses could provide a chemical-exposure problem for human handlers, if they are grooming and riding their horses regularly.
[...]
The attachment of cattle insecticide ear tags to the halters of horses, while occasionally done, is not generally recommended because:

• Use of cattle ear tags on horses is an off-label use.
• There are potential human health concerns from contact with the organophosphate ear tags."

From: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/horses/facts/06-071.htm#tags


Hope this helps. Although it's talking about horses, I would imagine it would have the same effect as sticking it on the dog's collar. Unfortunately, it says nothing about protecting the animal from mosquitoes... but I do know you can buy rubber bracelets impregnated with mosquito repellant from just about anywhere that you could probably loop on the dog's collar.
I would be worried about the dog getting a hold of the tag in his mouth, if anything.

 

We use em. On the chain dogs we put em on their collars. We nail or strap em to the kennels.

 

Im assuming they work pretty well then huh crimson?

 

Their not bad man. We use em with a combination of tags, fly bags, and swat.

 

can you post a link to these anyone?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gard-Star-c...332?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c23919b54

According to my link up there ^^^, GardStar is as follows:
- 10% permethrin
- Second-generation synthetic pyrethroid
- Good effectiveness against synthetic pyrethroid-susceptible horn flies. Suppression of face flies with two tags.

 

those are the ones i thought they were mentioning thanks.

 

Yeah I think that's what they were talking about too (personally I've never even heard of them before. I didn't even know those ear tags on cattle were to keep bugs away from their faces)

 

I've used em. Thay dident do shit

 

Fly predators from spaulding labs....piss on fly tags.

 

We have used them for the last 5 years. I have 2 buddies, one in Illinois and the other in Oklahoma who use them also. We both zip tie and rivet them to collars.

 

The tags work ok by themself but if you use them in conjunction with something else there even better....i'd also put ceader shavings in the dog house that will help to

 

I've used them and they work great. One tag will cover the whole dog; just zip tie it to the collar and out of reach from their mouth. I had a bitch eat one. Luckily, no problems occurred.

You can also mix in Sevin with cedar shavings for bedding, use fly predators, Bronco Spray, or DE to keep insects at bay.

 

A year later wondering the same thing Lol...

 

Treez, the fly tags from TSC work. Ive used em, just attach to d ring of collar. I also spray bronco on them daily, in combo with fly bags. Works well....