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Medical Conditions & Diseases / Re: Warning about Sergeant's Gold
« on: September 09, 2008, 10:19:44 am »
On Friday Sept. 5,2008 I applied two diiferent size appr. Sergeant's Gold flea and tick squeeze on to my 2 dogs.  When I got home around 5p.m. I noticed my pug had not peed in her litter box since early that morning, her pee pad was dry and my husband said when he got up that she was asleep in her litter box, which was unusual.  I began to notice that my pug and english bulldog were panting heavily, continuously shaking their heads, and scratching.  When I looked at their food bowl it was still full of food.  When I walked in the door I noticed the smell of the stuff I had applied to their neck.  My husband said they had been laying around and panting since he had woke up around 2pm.  I freaked out because I knew something was wrong and immediately washed them with vet-oatmeal dog shampoo, applied dog hydrocortisone and gave them benadryl.  They slept with me Fri night and all night the pug was scooting through the pillows and covers.  She would roll, yelp, scratch and shake.  My bulldog was shaking her head but didn't seem as restless.  On Sat. I called the emergency # on the package and HOLLY told me to wash dogs 3 times in dawn that the oatmeal wasn't strong enough to remove the product and then apply vit. e. She said it was probably a parasitic reaction.  My dogs did'nt have fleas. I did every thing she told me to do.  You could still smell the topical after 3 washes with dawn, they were still shaking and itchy and lethargic.  By Sat. late afternoon my bulldog ate a little and seemed to feel better and my pug finally peed. (she had drank from a cold water bottle Fri., but it was over 18 hrs. before she peed) My pug would drink a little but not eat.  They stayed in the bed with me and about midnight I put the bulldog in her crate because she began rolling and pacing.  She cried off and on through the night.  My pug was still restless, but not as bad as the previous night.   I thought things were better.  BOY WAS I WRONG!!!!  When I took my bulldog out Sunday morning to potty, I noticed her fur looked matted on her right side of her neck down her shoulder.  I took a close look and saw there was puss and blood on her fur and skin.  By the end of the day I noticed a large area behind her left ear had hair missing and it was yellow with puss oozing out.  By that night her whole left side of her neck, shoulder and behind her ear had puss, blood and small bits of hair were falling out.  On Monday morning I called my vet.  They had to sedate her so they could shave off her hair and clean all of the infected abcesses caused by an irritant applied to her skin.  While I was waiting to pick up my bulldog from the vet I had gone home to check on my pug.  She had still been head shaking and scratched at her ears, but the skin redness had looked lighter.  It's a good thing I took that alone time with her to give lots of hugs and kisses or i would have missed the fact that she had also developed an abcess on her neck that was oozing puss.   I took her to the vet and she too was shaved and treated thank God I found it or the infected skin would have spread as fast as it did on my bulldog.  I have lots of pictures.  They both are on antibiotics and creams.  Neither slept Mon. night, even though they had cortisone shots they are still trying to scratch at their wounds.  So for another night I stayed up listening to them cry. they are still shaking, rolling and lethargic.  My vet bill was nearly $300.  I guess other bills just won't get paid on time.  My daughter just received a wish from the MAKE-A-WISH FOUDATION at the end of Aug.  Our family certainaly does'nt need this added stress.  We love our dogs and I want something done about my vet bills and mostly I want this product removed from every shelf!!!!  We need to band together to stop this product from hurting and killing more animals!!!   samribble@hotmail.com

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