Frontline Gold cause my dog to have seizures and tremors!
Carey – 8 years old – mixed breed – 35 lbs
We applied Frontline Gold for the first time ever to our dog on 01/16/20. Within 5 hours she would randomly scream out in pain/because she was scared and jump into our arms. At the time we thought maybe she hurt her leg or back and would touch her spine, rotate her legs, etc. without finding any indication of a soreness anywhere on her body. This would happen sporadically on Friday and Saturday. By Saturday evening, it was happening more often. And at this point we realized that our dog was having mild seizures. She was not losing consciousness, but she would cry out/get this look about her and then burrow into us and her whole little body would tense up, she would lick her lips (salivating), and stretch out her neck and put her head high into the air. We took her to the emergency vet and they have since started her on seizure medication and a sedative for now because she is absolutely terrified when one starts to come on. Secondly, she is spending the day at her primary vet receiving fluids and staying under observation – and we will do this again tomorrow. Her behavior is different – she is very clingy – and she has tremors constantly.
This dog was in perfect health prior to application of the Frontline and nothing else has changed at all in her routine other than that. Frontline refuses to accept ANY responsibility. In fact, when we asked how to get their medication out of her, they only said to bathe her – which we did 3-4 times. This medication is so poorly researched that they do not even have a way to reverse it if a dog has a reaction – and that is because according to them, “it is impossible for their product to cause these symptoms.”
We are really hoping to wean her off of the seizure meds by the end of the month once the Frontline should be worn off. I am praying that once the poison is out of her that she will go back to normal. And should this be the case, we plan to take immediate action on Frontline for lack of research. I really hope she will pull through this and get back to normal.
