I have 2 chihuahuas…Rexx who is 4 years old and his son Little Man who is 9 months old. I had used the flea treatment on them both a month ago and they were fine.They didnt have the flea treatment at the store this month so I bought the Flea Shampoo instead. I bathed them both last night and then today Little Man had a seizure. I wasn’t sure if it was the shampoo or not until I found this website….It breaks my heart to read all of these sad stories and the fact that these products are still being sold even after all of the horrible pain they have caused. Little Man seems normal now hes running around and playing so I’m hoping it didn’t have a permanent effect on him and that he won’t have anymore episodes. I am glad I found this site so I knew the cause and not to buy Hartz anymore!! I dont know what I would do without my babies =(
7 Comments Received
June 11th, 2012 @11:27 pm
THIS STUFF Is. DANGEROUS DO NOT USE. I used it on my three month old chihuahua and now she is havin mini seizures hope she makes it gonna complain but doubt it will help
June 13th, 2012 @10:38 am
I won’t buy any of their products.it’s awful cause it’s the only brand my store carries! I order online now.
June 19th, 2012 @11:38 am
I wanted to find out exactly what the name of the shampoo was you used. I have Sergeant’s PreTect flea & tic shampoo for cats and kittens. Thanks for your time. ~Marie
June 27th, 2012 @7:06 pm
i used the hartz flea & tick pine scented shampoo i think it was…i threw it away after my dog had a seizure.he had a second seizure this past sunday =(
September 24th, 2012 @12:04 am
never had a problem with the shampoos . HUSBAND AND I ALWAYS USE IT ON OUR DOG.. hopefully you guys read the back on how to correctly use it… ?
September 26th, 2012 @9:12 am
so we are all just stupid and its our own faults that our pets have been negatively effected by their products? dont make comments on something u know nothing about.
March 26th, 2013 @10:28 am
We have also had trouble with our dog having serious seizures. The first time that it happened we had washed our dog with a flea and tick shampoo. This seizure occurred within 48 hours of the washing with shampoo. We woke up in the middle of the night with him having a seizure and of course we were totally freaked out. The next day we took him to our vet and he said that seizures are often common in dogs and that he would just have to live with that ailment. Another time after we washed him (Skippy) within 48 hours he had another seizure . Still not cayse and effect into together he went through several months without any seizures . Then my mother washed my dog one day when she was dog -sitting for us with that shampoo. He got had a seizure after that. I begin to think that this was more than coincidence and we ceased washing him withWashington with the flea shampoo . Just two days ago , my wife washed him with the flea shampoo and then rinse him off very thoroughly which I usually did not do before. I left it and yet still within 48 hours he had another seizure. Since I did not want to use my dog for guinea pig anymore I’m not going to be using the shampoo . I will find a more holistic solution to removing and eliminating fleas from his environment . By asking this information online I see that other people have reached a similar conclusion about the prethins based shampoos and the seisures it may cause. Except for the first incident there was not any stressor in his life that had triggered the seizures .I wish my veterinarian had brought yold me about the tick poison as a potential cause , and we and could’ve saved him several seizure events. I hope this is the last incident.
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