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December 2008
I have been breeding Shelties for 18 years and started using Revolution 3 years ago. In that time, I have had an abnormally high incidence of missed breedings and reabsorption of whelps in my dogs. Out of 7 breedings on 4 different bitches with three different proven studs, I have only had 2 litters of 1 puppy each. I've never experienced this problem before and I cannot seem to get any answers from the manufacturer of this Product. Do you have any suggestions or input? I believe that this problem is somehow linked to Revolution but cannot find any data.
Liana 12/2/08
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After putting Biospot on my one year old Collie, he started walking around in circles and drooling excessively. I tried to wash what I could off of him and he calmed down. I have emailed the company about this and want to see what they have to say. I'm just wondering if all these flea/tick medications have the same ingredients. I will not be using Biospot anymore. Just don't know what to use now.
Lorraine 12/7/08
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My dog suffered severe burns to the spots where I applied a Sargeant product - Sentry Pro XFC flea and tick. Instead of the company being honest and taking this product off the market - they tried to buy my silence by only agreeing to reimburse my large vet bills if I agreed to sign a release agreeing never to talk about this or write about this. I have since found lots of people with the same problem.
Stay away from Sargeants. They are not to be trusted.
Judy 12/17/08
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Thank you for your website. I used TriForce on my female Havanese yesterday 12-27-08. Within four hours she became agitated and was scratching constantly. She was even jerking involuntarily at times. I gave her a bath last evening to remove as much of the TriForce as possible. I called my vet and he recommended I use Frontline instead. After reading all the concerns about Frontline I am unsure about using anything. My dog is now acting ok. I just hope she does not have any future effects from the TriForce. Do not use this product on your dogs! I had used Frontline and Revolution in the past with no side effects.
Brenda from Ohio 12/28/09
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Hi just to update you on my BC Gizmo who started to have seizures in October 07, 3 days after being frontlined, he went on to have seizures once a month, always on the exact 3days & always a month apart, the same pattern of seizures as well.
He went on to medication in November 07, but still he continued to have seizures once a month, each time his medication was raised, he eventually ended up on 150mg of Epiphen.
Over two days a month he would have seizures, often one after another that could last for over an hour & no regaining consciousness in-between; he would then be left exhausted & sleeping. Over the next two days he would have a cluster of seizures & become very distressed, climbing walls, crashing into furniture, exhausted but unable to settle.
He would then spend two weeks, in a spaced out state, the lights were on but nobody was home, total opposite to his normal demeanour & then return back to normal for 2weeks, until the next session of seizures.
The last sets of Seizures were in January 08, which were the worst he had. I have to make an emercancy call out to my vet; my friend drove myself & Gizmo to the vets, me holding on to him in the back.
It took 4hrs to sedate him, with several amount of diazepam & other meds, I had the choice to leave him at the vets but I felt he was better off at home with me, I slept on the sofa with him but he remained unsettled.
Since January 08 he has had no more seizures & now 11mths later he is down to 30mg of Epiphen every other day & will eventually be off the medication. He is now more like himself, confident, outgoing a happy, although he has become very attached to me & hates to leave my side.
Gizmo is even back to competing again, & has won quite a few classes, taken us up to the higher classes, the best thing is seeing him happy, confident again & enjoying life, I hope I never have to witness another dog having a seizure.
As for Meriel they paid £80, of my vet bill, but still deny that Frontline can induce seizures in dogs/cats, they want me to keep quiet. I have spoken to so many people that know of or have happened to their dogs/cats.
The main ingredient in Frontline is Fipronil, which is a neuro toxin that can & does cause neurological problems in dogs/cats including seizures. Meriel say that it cannot get into the animals bloodstream but it does, there has been scientific proof that it does.
It doesn’t even need to be on the effected animal; just coming into contact with it can make the animals fit. It might not happen the first time you use it but can be the 2nd or 3rd time, as with Gizmo.
The type of seizures that Gizzie had were cluster seizures, they are very hard to control with medication, normally it takes a cocktail of drugs & even then you cannot completely stop the seizures.
So I have no doubt in my mind that Gizzie doesn’t have Epilepsy, there is no history in his family line, why after 4 mths of violent seizures did they finally stop, as suddenly as they came, now he is almost off his meds & there has been no signs of anymore seizures.
I make sure I tell everyone & get them to use alternatives, I use Garlic capsules, and my dogs don’t have fleas or ticks.
FRONTLINE IS NOT SAFE & IS NOT THE GESTURE OF LOVE THAT YOU CAN TRUST (which is what they state on their advert)
Julie & Gizzie 12/30/08
(To read an update to this message, see Julie's post on 1/31/10)
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