Who would have thought that a well know product that we had faith in would potentially harm our 4 year old minature beagle. We used the Hartz flea and tick 3 month treatment in May and June on our baby thinking we were killing the fleas and ticks not him. Yesterday we noticed that his [...]

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I bought Hartz 3&1 carpet and flea and tick spray well the next day i saw my dog and his eyes were swollen and red and crossed. He was vomiting and had diarrhea. I was shocked on what this product had done to my dog! i had to rush him to the vet. The vet [...]

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i first used hartz flea drops on my cat about three years ago, a little while after putting on the drops he started having seizures. i quit using hartz drops and about a month later the seizures stopped. next was my dog ,i put on this new 4 in 1 and she has broken out [...]

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My name is Misty and on Thursday, June 21, I administered Hartz flea and tick drops on our family cat, Trixie, which lead to its death. I use to rescue cats and had done this many times before with no adverse reactions. The package said 15 lbs. or less and that he was. I had [...]

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A couple of years ago I bought flea treatment from Wlmart for our family cat Bookie (Boo Key). If I remember correctly, it was a spray from Hatz or Heartgard. After I put some on her, she started drooling:bubbling saliva was coming from her mouth. I freaked out, ran her to the bathroom, and washed [...]

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I can’t believe that the major pet stores continue to sell Hartz in this era of concern over pet products. Contaminated pet food from China makes the front page of all the newspapers, but this story has slipped through the cracks. I applied Hartz UltraGuard Plus flea drops for cats to my Cosmo two days [...]

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I always use Frontline on my Boxers, but I ran out after spraying my male. I had some Hartz flea and tick spray, so I sprayed my 85 lb. female Boxer hoping to get rid of the fleas until I could get to the vets office the next morning. Immediately after spraying my dog she [...]

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On April 18, 2007 my baby Poe was killed by Frontline. The vet knew nothing about it so we were clueless. Last week our kitten was treated with the same pesticides and exibited the vey same symptoms of drooling, vomiting, and seizures that Poe did. Please think twice before putting any pesticides on your loved [...]

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THE STORY ABOUT CHARLIE AND NATASHA On May 28th, 2007 I ran out of the Frontline Flea Treatment and the vets were closed and I wanted to get all of the cats treated the same day.I went to Wal-Mart store and bought some of the Hartz Plus Flea Treatment and I put it on it [...]

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Bella, my 5 month old lab mix, suffered from swollen bumps from head to toe, as a reaction to these drops. She also turned red along with these bumps. When I called to vet, they weren’t suprised at all. She was bathed, and given benadryl, and is doing much better now. I was totally appalled. [...]

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I cannot believe what I am seeing on this site, it explains so much. The week before Memorial Day weekend, I ran out before work to get some quick flea treatment for Holly, my 6 year old mini schnauzer. By Monday, Memorial Day, she was dead. It started with lethargy and vomiting. Ulitmately her skin [...]

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I bought hartz flea & tick collars for my 2 cats in 2004.Scooby Doo always got his off Rascal only got his off sometimes.In August of 2006 Rascal started getting sick had bumbs on his neck real sickly looking, losing his hair around his neck and his a tail finally i told my daughter in [...]

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I wrote the story on Marcy 6/7/07 my sweet cat passed away today 6/8/07 her seizures became so bad she dies around 3:00pm I am heart broken I feel apart of my family is gone I called hartz and they treated me like I was a number and she was a personal object told me [...]

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OOps- Please correct my post. I wrote Heartgard, I meant Hartz….Thank You!

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Well I bought HartGard Flea Drops for my 7 pound toy poodle and used them 2 days ago. She woke up the next morning with the most disgusting yellow liquid diarrhea ever. There had been no changes in her diet so I know this had to be the cause. I have bathed her twice and [...]

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marcy was a vibrant healthy 3 year old cat as of 6/5/07 and on 6/6/7 nolonger a hartz flea collar may take my cats life i never knew that this could happen on 6/6/07 my cat bega to seixure shake all over and act so sick on 6/7/07 i took her to the vet and [...]

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I purchased this product at Wal-Mart a couple of weeks ago. I applied it yesterday morning. My cat vomited in less than 30 minutes. She had not licked the product at all yet. Throughout the day, my husband noticed increased lethargy, drooling and continued vomiting. We called the vet, who immediatley knew what the problem [...]

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My husband is severely allergic to fleas so last weekend i bot some Sergents Silver spot on flea & tic medicine. Now both of my cats are very ill. Gracie (1 1/2 years old) was very lethergic for 2 days, walking like she was very sore, not eating or drinking. Last night I got her [...]

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I went to Petco today to purchase some flea and tick treatment for our 1 yr old short hair pointer since he runs around a lot off lead in wooded areas. i bought the Hartz InControl product. We applied the tube to his back and then I decided to research the ingredients just out of [...]

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I used Hartz Flea and Tick shampoo on my Polmaranian pup Sat. morning, by Sat. afternoon he wouldn’t eat or drink and by evening was having seizures. After taking to the emergency vet brought him home, but continues with seizures, I poisioned my pup I feel so guilty and so angry I don’t know what [...]

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I’ve been a vet. tech for almost a year now and cannot tell you how many cases of hartz poisioning I’ve seen. As a pet owner myself, I understand how expensive products like frontline and advantage are. Both products are worth it for the health of your pet. Did you know that the active ingredient [...]

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It started a year ago when we brought home some fleas from my fathers house. The next day I went to walmart and bought Hartz brand flea shampoo and the flea control drops. I washed and applied the drops to My Female 3 year old choclote lab. Never has she had any heath problems. She [...]

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I am 15 years old and I just got my first cat. We lived near a busy street so I kept her inside all the time. One night I stayed the night at a friends and I put her in my room so she would not get out side. Well my parents were bbqing and [...]

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Last week, we bought Hartz products. We used them on our west highland terrier. She then started to lose her hair on her hind legs and was not acting like herself. We took her to the vet they said they think she had a reaction to the Shampoo and spray. which we only used on [...]

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