warning on New Seresto Flea and Tick collar - Page 1

I just wanted to share that my 6 Year old female shepherd had a 4 minute Seizure from the new Seresto flea collar.  I work for a vet and we have had other
dogs get lethargic from this product and we return the owners money.
I guess the more active the dog is the more of the chemical from the collar goes into the dogs system.
If you have had any problems report it to the bayer phone number on the back of the package.

Thank you,
Laurie

I saw an ad on tv for that a couple days ago. All I could think of was how many dogs are going to die or develop kidney, liver disease wearing some thing that toxic. Not to mention the family members, kids and babies coming into constant contact with the poison saturated throughout their precious dog's body. I bet most vets just make more money off the complications. There are many, much less toxic methods of controlling fleas, ticks, flies on a dog than bombarding them and family members with such poison.

Well darn, I was hoping the producd would work as intended.

It likely does work as intended....fleas probably die that touch the dog wearing it, flea larva in dog bedding die when the dog lays in the bed, contaminating the bedding. But while it is being so effective killing every parasite the dog comes into contact with, the poison is also 'killing' the dog, and who knows what it's doing to the humans who come into contact with the dog wearing the collar.

Nothing new to see here folks .. imidachloprid plus a pyrethroid insecticide ..  a bunch of marketing BS about a magic collar design.  Controlled release, encapsulation, and other magic marketing things seldom work as advertised.  Usually indicates the patent has expired and the company needs a way to extend patent protection.

The pyrethroid Flumethrin is a fat-soluble, synthetic pyrethroid insecticide used in the control of parasites on cattle, sheep, goats, horses, and dogs. It is also used for control of mites in beehives.
 

I bought one for my 4 month old Shep pup and within 2 days he was beyond lethargic. At first I didn't pup 2 and 2 together and thought it may have been something he ate but finally after a day took it off.
The very next day he started to recover and by the 2nd day off he was back to normal. STAY AWAY from the collar!!!

In a tick-infested area where the ticks are immune to the main ingredient in Frontline, something has to be used. Lyme's and Rocky Mtn Spotted Tick Fever and anaplasmos and Erlichia are all real threats to my dogs and I've had to treat for several of these problems in the past few years.

I've got 2 dogs wearing the Seresto collars with no problems so far; another 2 are trying the Scalibor collars. Two others are wearing Advantix. And the dogs that don't travel much are wearing Frontline.

I feel like it's just a matter of which poison do you decide to pick.

Christine

The synthetic pyrethroids are controlling the ticks as a spot on and are cheap and effective.  The ai for ticks in the Seresto collar is a synthetic pyrethroid.  Just a little more work to do the spot-ons for ticks than wearing an eight month collar but also more effective.  I use spinosad (Comfortis) oral every three weeks at half rate for fleas and spot on permethrin for ticks.  There is no oral ingredient labeled for dogs for tick control that I am aware of.  I try to space out the heartworm, tick, and flea in separate weeks to avoid overload.  Doxycycline has been shown to give excellent protection against tick born diseases given once per week as a prophylactic and has shown reach back protection to tick bites when given 72 hours after the tick bite occurred. Once per week doxycycline has also shown prophylactic control of Lepto serovars given as a once per week prophylactic.  If you are in an area with high Lyme and Lepto it may be worth a look.  Published research can be found on line if interested.

There are many, much less toxic methods of controlling fleas, ticks, flies on a dog than bombarding them and family members with such poison

I would really would like some ideas for the biting flies.  I have  tried many products but nothing seems to work
 

There are many, much less toxic methods of controlling fleas, ticks, flies on a dog than bombarding them and family members with such poison

Nothing truly effective, though. Some natural repellents are helpful, but not effective if you are, say, working your dog in the woods or on farmlands where the ticks are bad.

Hopefully this year the ticks won't be as bad because of the fairly wintry winter we have had.

Christine