Frontline and neurological issues

[StarlaJane]

Just b/c you applied the Frontline and then noticed that your dog was limping does not necessarily indicate a correlation. It sounds as if it was a coincidence and a strange one at that given that Storm actually was sick with the flu. Was Storm recently vaccinated or given boosters?

The irony is, of course, that not putting on the Frontline can also cause the symptoms (of Lyme disease) that you fear it to be causing.

If you don't need to use it, then don't. Unless your dogs are outside a lot or you are in a rural area in which ticks are prevalent, then don't use it. If I were you [in NH], I would just use it during the summer.

[cremebrulee]

Originally Posted by Woof Woof Woof!

I live in the Northeast, where Lyme originated (Lyme, Connecticut). But again, I would rather risk getting Lyme and treating it with a simple course of inexpensive and harmless (relatively) antibiotics then put those pesticides on my animals, especially since I pet them, kiss them, and sleep with them, so whatever is on them is on me!

I have to agree with you woof....had dogs all my life, and while I do frontline my little guy, not fond of doing so...it's still a chemical and like people, each dog has it's own chemical makeup, while most don't have a problem one in say 500 might...

we never used it years ago, b/c it wasn't available, however, then, I'd put garlic on my dogs food every day and spray my yard with a homemade recipe....but we did run them in the woods everyday...so? Whose to say...? like everything else, its something we must weigh.

[emilybh]

Great News to anyone with pets. There is now NO REASON anyone needs to poison their pets with any spot on flea treatment. There is a Red Cedar Oil Spray that is not only non-toxic, it is good for your pets if they ingest it but it kills the fleas dead. It is WONDERFUL. You can spray yourself with it too.
Go to Cedarcidestore.com. I just discovered it a few months ago.

[jimboburnsy]

Originally Posted by StarlaJane

Just b/c you applied the Frontline and then noticed that your dog was limping does not necessarily indicate a correlation. It sounds as if it was a coincidence and a strange one at that given that Storm actually was sick with the flu. Was Storm recently vaccinated or given boosters?

The irony is, of course, that not putting on the Frontline can also cause the symptoms (of Lyme disease) that you fear it to be causing.

If you don't need to use it, then don't. Unless your dogs are outside a lot or you are in a rural area in which ticks are prevalent, then don't use it. If I were you [in NH], I would just use it during the summer.

The scalibor collar has been a serviceable replacement for Frontline. It's a pyrethroid that gradually infuses all of the oil on the dog's skin and hair with pesticide so a tick doesn't have to bite the dog to die. Seems very effective.

[cremebrulee]

Originally Posted by jimboburnsy

The scalibor collar has been a serviceable replacement for Frontline. It's a pyrethroid that gradually infuses all of the oil on the dog's skin and hair with pesticide so a tick doesn't have to bite the dog to die. Seems very effective.

yes, but its still a pesticide/chemical, isn't it?

[PacificFlights]

Originally Posted by emilybh

There is a Red Cedar Oil Spray that is not only non-toxic, it is good for your pets if they ingest it but it kills the fleas dead. It is WONDERFUL. You can spray yourself with it too.
Go to Cedarcidestore.com. I just discovered it a few months ago.

problem with cedar oils is they are toxic to pets in different ways. Use these products with caution. The original concerns seemed to have been from exotic pets because they were the ones using it the most in beeding and in contact almost all the time. But when they started using it as an alternative to clay litter for cats, it took years before they drew the conclusion that it caused respitory illnesses. Dogs real only contact was as a bed material and there were too few cases to study, but as more and more products come out for dogs that are cedar oil base, a whole new crop of illnesses are starting to be seen. It may work wonderful with no side effects, but it could become the Cedar Lite fiasco for dogs

[Wolfysong]

I think my dog experiences some sort of neurological reaction to Frontline, but not quite like you describe. I've had a hard time finding info on this, but the first time I gave it to her, she didn't eat for days, wouldn't sleep....just pacing and twitching. Nothing was found to be wrong with her, and she got better.

I rarely give frontline anymore for that reason alone, but when I have been forced to give it, she freaks out and runs from me, then again paces a lot, and sometimes flinches and overall seems sensitive to noise.

Maybe my dog is just nuts.