September 15 th 2013 was a normal day spent by my husband cleaning up our yard by cutting the grass and chopping bushes as my adorable chocolate havanese plays in the grass! This story takes a bad start when I decide to treat our dogs with flea medication that I had picked up at walmart in a hurry instead of going to the usual tractor supply where they had been out the time before around 4:30 I put a small amount of Hartz flea medication on the back of my babies neck to tail and started to get my children ready to go to the park for an hour or two. I had left and returned at 7 and I noticed Missile wasn't acting normal I gave him a piece of ham and he didn't run to get it like usual his favorite .... instead he was sluggish like over tired so somthing I had a gut feeling to wash him with dawn soap and remove the medication .When I washed him he was growning like he was happy i was washing him but he was laying down be too calm for me very unlike him but my husband had been taking care of my infant son and asked me to feed him and he would finsh condition him for those that don't know havanese have to be groomed like a persons hair . I go in and my husband continues to wash him but he sends my sister in law to tell me hes acting strange where is a towl so she grabs a towl and goes back out side but returns after 10 mins and says he didn't make it ... I flipped out what do you mean what are you talking about I replied and told me what had happened that he had started crying and his back legs went limp and trimmered ! She went on to say my husband began to talk to him and his breath became labored and slow within two or three minutes he took his last breath . This time frame was 7:40 to 8:00 no time to react no time for a vet before we even realized there was a real problem. My husband and I were heart broken we spent over an hour holding him in shock just crying. The next day sunday I was told I should have froze him to prove this company was the reason he died but as i stayed up reading the same symptoms were experienced by many people with the same reactions . I was unable to do so with no deep freezer and other than over 30 mins away an emergency vet was the only vet opened at the time offered a toxicolgy report for a hefty price not sure if the amount of meds had broke down any since we did not immediately bring him in which to me was morbid to think about! I just want to shed light on people who are unaware of this companies toxic flea medication and should stay away from its products . I am still in major shock that from 4:30 to 8 on september 14 my puppy passed due to a toxic reaction to hartz flea meds!!! SHAME ON THIS COMPANY WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS.
Hartz Reviews
September 15 th 2013 was a normal day spent by my husband cleaning up our yard by cutting the grass and chopping bushes as my adorable chocolate havanese plays in the grass! This story takes a bad start when I decide to treat our dogs with flea medication that I had picked up at walmart in a hurry instead of going to the usual tractor supply where they had been out the time before around 4:30 I put a small amount of Hartz flea medication on the back of my babies neck to tail and started to get my children ready to go to the park for an hour or two. I had left and returned at 7 and I noticed Missile wasn't acting normal I gave him a piece of ham and he didn't run to get it like usual his favorite .... instead he was sluggish like over tired so somthing I had a gut feeling to wash him with dawn soap and remove the medication .When I washed him he was growning like he was happy i was washing him but he was laying down be too calm for me very unlike him but my husband had been taking care of my infant son and asked me to feed him and he would finsh condition him for those that don't know havanese have to be groomed like a persons hair . I go in and my husband continues to wash him but he sends my sister in law to tell me hes acting strange where is a towl so she grabs a towl and goes back out side but returns after 10 mins and says he didn't make it ... I flipped out what do you mean what are you talking about I replied and told me what had happened that he had started crying and his back legs went limp and trimmered ! She went on to say my husband began to talk to him and his breath became labored and slow within two or three minutes he took his last breath . This time frame was 7:40 to 8:00 no time to react no time for a vet before we even realized there was a real problem. My husband and I were heart broken we spent over an hour holding him in shock just crying. The next day sunday I was told I should have froze him to prove this company was the reason he died but as i stayed up reading the same symptoms were experienced by many people with the same reactions . I was unable to do so with no deep freezer and other than over 30 mins away an emergency vet was the only vet opened at the time offered a toxicolgy report for a hefty price not sure if the amount of meds had broke down any since we did not immediately bring him in which to me was morbid to think about! I just want to shed light on people who are unaware of this companies toxic flea medication and should stay away from its products . I am still in major shock that from 4:30 to 8 on september 14 my puppy passed due to a toxic reaction to hartz flea meds!!! SHAME ON THIS COMPANY WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS.