After moving to the country, my 3 year old dog, Bamm Bamm kept me up scratching all night, he was 4 days behind on his flea and tick treatments so the next day, my mother in law and I took Bamm Bamm to the groomers, and purchased Sentry pro for my 25lb shih tzu. We went with the smaller dosage just to be safe. I noticed immediately, the packaging did not give active ingredients or warnings besides one that said may startle your dog upon contact. I found a flea on him on the way home, so immediately put it on him. I realized immediately that the amount of liquid was double with amount we had previously used. Bamm began to get more irritated and acted as if he were being bitten. That night he got worse, couldn't lay down, or get comfortable. The next morning he was soaked from licking all night. He began to growl and whine at the irritations. Again, we thought he was being but by fleas. This lasted all day, and at night he cried and cried all night. The next day Bamm wouldn't move around, he was exhausted, depressed, and had developed a severe muscle spasm/twitch all over his back. I spent hours searching through bamms mostly white belly and legs, looking for any signs of bites, bugs, or rash, when i got to the area on his shoulders where the medication had been applied is when we realized..this wasn't fleas, or chiggers, or a rash...this was a reaction. he was really hot around that area. I researched and found out, sentry pro along with many others are under investigations for their formula, because of lack of testing. The active ingredients may be linked to multiple-sclerosis in humans, and in about 25% of small breed dogs (shih tzus included) was reported a reaction. 1/4 dogs could have a reaction?!?! Those are TERRIBLE odds. Would you take a perscription if there was a 1/4 chance you'd have a stroke?! Anyways, so I spoke to a vet, and "lucky for Bamm" his symptoms were mild (glad I only gave him 0-22lb treatment even though he needed the high dosage)
I was instructed on how to remove medication and how to save my dog from neurolical damage. (instructions below)
1.) get that junk off him ASAP
Ivory dish soap (kills any bugs on dogs almost immediately) Dawn works also, any dish soap that gets tough grease off.
Rinse, lather and after whole dog is lathered completely gently rub general area medication was applied 2-4 minutes. Rinse and do the same cycle 3 times (dog will get very cold most of the time with these reactions, do your best to keep them warm but don't get water too hot)
2.) shampoo with oatmeal shampoo very important because the previous soap just took out lots of moisture from dogs skin.
3.) oatmeal conditioner (I know it sounds crazy...but your dogs skin really needs it after what they have gone through.
4.) dry them as usual. I just let Bamm go outside he felt better immediately and ran outside like a crazy man. If you use a hair drier, use cool and don't fully dry them (again skin moisture is necessary)
5.) if the symptoms get worse or you see no improvement go to the vet ASAP. Bamm continued to have some muscle spasms for about 5 days in the location the medication went. I was instructed to give him baby Benadryl or children's benadryl only. (NO ADULT). 3mL 2 times a day for 1 week. I gave Bamm his in the morning and before bed time. If the spasms didn't stop within one week, I was instructed to go to my vet.
6.) Call and report your problem. They do pay for vet bills but you must report a problem.
I hope this helps. I couldn't imagine life without my Bamm Bamm. It's very sad that a company like this who is supposed to care and protect our animals has lost sight and just wants to make money as fast as they can without testing their products. Shame on Heartz (they own sentry)
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I purchased Sentry pro Flea & Tick squeeze on to my 3yrold beagle mix. After about 3 hours of applying this medication, i noticed her running around shaking her head back and forth like she had something in her ears and foaming at the mouth. I then gave her about 4 good baths with dawn dish soap and scrubbed. She was still having seizures every hour on the dot. I called the emergency hotline on the box and spoke with a lady, she told me that it was not a seizure my dog was having. And to give her a bath with dawn, give her 1/2 tuna juice and 1/2 water, and apply vit.E oil to her skin where i applied this medication. After 10min of my dog drinking the tuna water her seizures started every 15minutes last about 40sec. The next morning i took her to the vet and she was poisoned by this pesticide found in all OTC flea medicines. She was on IV for 2 days straight and had to have valium every 4 hours to calm her, along with atropine and tranquilizers to relax her neuro. system. After 2 days of IV fluids and medicine and not to mention a vet bill. I do not recommend this product to anyone or to anyone who is using this product to please stop. If you're dog even scratches this product and then licks his feet or is just has sensitive skin. DO NOT USE. This is very toxic to dogs and is not listed on the box of what all this can do to you pet. Sergeants Brand will be hearing from me and i do plan on having them pay my vet bill.
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I put this product on my clean dogs (bathed the day before) 5 days ago and have yet to see any marked difference. The poor things are still scratching!
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Seems to work on my 13 pound weiner dog. It does appear to take a few days before it kicks in. But overall, I think it's effective and not too pricey when it's on sale. The smell lingers but eventually it goes away. No issues with dog being lethargic or having any allergic reaction. Overall, good product.
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Did nothing to control fleas on our Sheltie. If you have a similar long hair breed, you might do better trying a different product.
