Anaphylactic Shock after using Hartz Dog Flea Drops!! BEWARE!

Thanks for the comment- however on this website it is NOT wanted or needed.
It is impossible to take your pet to the vet before hand to find out out their allergic reactions to certain chemicals. Just like people, you usually dont know what you are allergic to until AFTER you have come into contact with that allergen.

I am able to read their labels of what products are for what weight, also I am able to read that it says every 30 days!

This website is not titled “Proud Hartz Customers”…. It clearly says Hartz Victims.

Therefore, please do not comment on my story basically saying that I am unintelligent and illiterate and I am to blame for my dog’s reaction and not HARTZ.

Especially when you do not know the difference between THERE and THEIR.

THANKS!

Last July, my 2 year old white pitbull had an immediate and extreme reaction to Hartz Flea & Tick Drops that I purchased at Target. I applied the drops per the instructions (from shoulder blades to tail), and went about my business. 20 minutes later, I realized I hadn’t seen Cooper in a while (and he is usually at my heels). I searched the house for him and couldn’t find him. I finally found him in an upstairs closet, in the dark, laying inside my husband’s empty lacrosse bag. He had gone in there to die! When I turned on the light and saw him there, I was horrified. He was disfigured and lifeless. His head and neck were so swollen, he was choking from his collar. His jowls were hanging down to his chest. His body looked like bubble wrap from the raised welps all over him. I carried all 50 pounds of him down two flights of stairs and put him in the car – I was hysterical and he was fighting for his life. Luckily, we lived only 1 mile from the vet. They treated him immediately for anaphylactic shock, giving him steroids and benadryl (and maybe epinephrine) and put him on oxygen. They said in five more minutes he would have been dead. They were stunned by his reaction to the Hartz, saying they had only seen this severe of a reaction in cats, but never in a dog, especially one Cooper’s size. They believe it was the Pymethrin that caused his reaction. A few hours later, I was able to take him home and monitored him for the next 48 hours and continued his steroids and antihistime for 3 days. His reaction was so severe and so immediate, that I have no doubt that it was the Hartz drops. He was not outside where he might have been bitten by a snake or eaten something strange, so we ruled that out. My husband I learned the hard way, not to take short cuts or spare expense when it comes to your pet. We have never owned a dog, so we didn’t know that Hartz for $15 at Target would be any different than $75 Sentinel at the vet…but obviously, there is a huge difference. We didn’t do our homework, just trusting that they would not sell a product that was so deadly. Our story is true, and you may feel free to call me or my vet to validate it: (540) 239-1530. We lived in Grante Bay, Ca at the time, and took him to Douglas Blvd Animal Hospital. He is listed as “Cooper Burke”. Thank you for listening and for this website. I hope others can prevent this from happening to them. – Carrie Burke, Raleigh, NC