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Sergeant's produces pet care and wellness products. Its product range includes flea and tick treatments, grooming supplies and dietary supplements. Sergeant's aim is to support pet health and well-being across various pet care categories.

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  • Causes adverse reactions in pets
  • Negative customer service experiences

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    Reviewed April 14, 2009

    We gave our 3-year-old Shetland Sheep Dog a treatment of Sergeant's Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze-On as directed by the product instructions. Within an hour, he began to pant heavily, drool, and and developed diarrhea. This continued into the 2nd day. He was hyper and foaming at the mouth. We followed directions according to size and weight. This product is obviously a poisoning risk simply by application. After this experience, we began an investigation that has revealed that many other pet owners have gone through the same experience (or worse). We absolutely demand action and an investigation into this product.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2009

    After purchasing Sergeant's Gold Flea & Tick 5 way protection from the pet dept., I applied the product to my 10 lb. Maltese. He became seriously ill, agitated, foaming, vomiting, extremely hyper and sleepless for two nights. Thankfully I called poison control and was told to wash him with Dawn dishwashing liquid. He has been to the vet. and received 3 shots, plus a prescription of Valium. This product should be removed from any and all shelves. Many pets and their owners are suffering because of greed and lack of concern.

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    Reviewed April 8, 2009

    I applied Sergeant's flea and tick silver on my dog, and within one hour, he started to cry and couldn't sit still. He then started scratching and licking himself and couldn't stop. My dog Rusty started showing signs of redness on the area that I applied the tube for flea control. He didn't stop scratching all night, whining and whimpering like he was being abused. That night his skin was beat red and he was showing signs of hair loss. He’s still scratching and digging at himself like he was on fire. The next day, he was really losing his hair but only where the redness was from the treatment. He was still digging at himself like he was on fire, not playing like he normally did, and lying around just digging at his skin. By the third day, there was no hair on this area and there was pus coming out of what was just a red hairless spot to a wound that was oozing pus. I can't tell you much more other than the wound is getting worse by the day.

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    Reviewed April 6, 2009

    I did not have any Frontline and made a stupid decision to use Sergeant's Gold Flea medication for 9-20 lb. dogs from Walmart. This product must be discontinued immediately. My Maltese, Cassie, became very agitated and could not sit still. Her skin was inflamed, and she was itching, panting, and had very labored breathing. When taking her outside, she continually wanted to eat grass and was very sick. I was so upset. Needless to say, I will never use this product again. It needs to be stopped immediately.

    How can you allow a product like this to be permitted? It is literally poison that was placed on my pet's skin and absorbed into her body. I have lost complete confidence in Sergeant's and Walmart for continuing to sell this product that poisons our pets. I called the hotline and they advised me to bathe her three times and rush out to the store and get some Vitamin E and place it on her skin. I was still bathing her to get this off up until 3 am this morning! Please do something to get this product discontinued. It is not right.

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    Reviewed April 4, 2009

    When this product was put on my dogs, they immediately started having a reaction, twitching, panting, and they were just miserable. After talking with the company who were no help, it got so bad even after bathing the dogs. They needed to see the vet emergency room right away.

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    Reviewed April 2, 2009

    I have submitted a complaint regarding Sergeant's Flea and Tick Monthly Spot Treatment before. I have contacted the retailer, Sergeant's and the EPA. My 15 lb Shih-Tzu had a horrible experience with this product even though the product was applied properly. She experienced problems walking, scratching uncontrollably, and crying. She was restless, experienced jerky head movements and skin irritation. After I treated her by bathing her to wash off the product, I fed her water and chicken broth to flush out the toxin and administered baby Benadryl and she seemed to improve. She had trouble walking and was generally tired for a week after treatment.

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    Reviewed March 31, 2009

    I applied this product to my dog to avoid spring fleas and ticks. Within two hours she was shaking and vomiting white foam from her mouth. The one who had not yet gotten the medicine started whining and clawing at me (she is a very still and quiet dog). The one who did get the medicine is trembling, shaky. I got online quickly to see what was up and I see that THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM! WELL KNOWN ABOUT AND NOT ADDRESSED. i assumed that I was buying a safe product in the pet department at Walmart, only to find out that they are knowlingly poisoning dogs everywhere and no one is stopping them. I have bathed my dog repeatedly now and I have a call in to the vet. I will be contacting the manufacturer with a bill and, if my baby dog dies, an attorney. This is unethical and should be illegal.
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    Reviewed March 30, 2009

    We applied the Sergeants Gold Flea and Tick Control drops to our three pugs and proceeded to have the night from hell. All three were pacing, panting, throwing up, yelping in pain when no one was touching them. I called my groomer to see about getting them baths and told her what was going on and she said to immediatley get them to a vet because they had been poisened. We gave them several baths with Dawn dish soap and some benadryl, but they still aren't themselves. They have a hard time standing and keep breathing heavy. I can't believe this product is still on the market after all the horror stories I have read this morning.
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    Reviewed March 30, 2009

    I applied Sergeant Gold's flea and tick squeeze tube to our 2 year old terrier mix (17 lbs). Within an hour our little Lucy started acting very distressed and couldn't sit still. She moaned and moaned. She started gagging and throwing up. She started drooling profusely. She wouldn't drink or eat. All the same symptoms as reported by others. I looked at the instructions on the back of the box and it only says that my pet may show a sensitivity and if so to bathe her. The fact that she would even let me put her in the tub was my first sign that she was really sick. I bathed her first in a regular dog shampoo, which didn't do much. I finally decided to get on the web and discovered that Dawn was usually recommended. That helped a little but she was still so upset that I took her to the all night vet hospital. She had to stay overnight on IV and was given several medicines to stop the drooling and other symptoms. This is outrageous that this has been happening to our dear pets for so long and no one has done anything to stop it. I'm going to contact our local grocery store to make them aware of the problem. Maybe they'll do the right thing and stop carrying it. I'm told by the vet today that our Lucy is stable and should not have any lasting after effects.
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    Reviewed March 30, 2009

    Used Sergeant's Gold flea and tick product on my dog and, like others, my dog (yellow Lab) couldn't stop itching and running around. Please help get this stuff off the shelves of stores.
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    Reviewed March 29, 2009

    I purchased Serdeant's Sentrypro XFC on march 28th and applied it to our 3 Shi-Tzu (10-16 lb). Within 1 hour all 3 were showing a reaction with the smallest one whimpering in discomfort. The package we purchased at Pestsmart had no directions to keep pets seperated, and no instructions on what to do if there is a bad reaction. Luckily we found one of the many websites dedicated to this particular product, and dogs that experience the same reactions so we were able to wash it off before we think any major damage was done.
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    Reviewed March 28, 2009

    ON 3/24/2009 I applied sergeants gold flea and tick killer on to my maltese at about 8:30 pm,around 10pm my maltese sprinkle begain to act out of the ordinary running in circles crying and trying to scratch her back and paws on the bed.I then turned the light on in my bedroom to see what was wrong and to my surprise there was red,bloody like patches where the flea medicine had been given. Luckily Im smarter then most people and immediately washed off the medicine several times with warm water and a mild soap. I googled this horrible poison and to my surprise again, I READ to my HORRER nothing but horrer stories of this product poisiong/killing dogs.Sprinkle in the mean time is yelping in pain and trying to lick and scratch her back so I take her to a 24hr emergency hospital to have her checked out. They immediatley admit her put her on an intervaneous drip to get fluids in her systom.The hospital informs me that she has been poisioned and they will have to keep her over night due to the tremors she's having.The hospiatl keeps her overnight,I pick her up at 715am on 3/25/2009 with her still having tremors she didnt eat or drink anything all day and was still acting funny trying to scratch the spots where this venom was placed. On 3/26/2009 I took sprinkle to her normal vet for a follow up appointment, where the vet also tells me that she has been poisioned by this product and to keep an eye on her. They did blood work and her kidneys are elevated due to this product. It is now 3/28/2009 and at 8:15 am sprinkle is vomitig white foam,not normal for her.What else is going to have to happen before someone does something about this product.I will be calling and getting some sort of action taken for this terrible killing product.
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    Reviewed March 26, 2009

    Due to financial reasons, I decided to switch my two cats (one 10 mths, one 11 yrs) from Revolution to Sergeant's. Unfortunately I did not research this company, merely assumed that as Target was selling it, at the very worst it wouldn't work.
    After applying the treatment according to the instructions, I noticed both cats becoming very focused at trying to lick the application site. As stated above, I have used other squeeze tube flea products on my cats and am used to a normal amount of attention from them on the site. However, this was far more extreme, almost as if the product was burning them. My husband assured me that they were fine and so I ignored their incessant licking. Later on the younger cat who is white, I noticed her neck (the area of application) was flaming red and sensitive to touch. As this product absorbs into their skin quickly, I felt it was too late to do anything about the situation, except watch and wait. This morning (12-14 hrs later) they continued to lick and their skin twitched at the application site. Finally I started to research the Sergeant company and found many sites dedicated to reviews explaining far worse reactions. While I count myself lucky so far (who knows what long term damage has been done), I am still very upset that this has happened. I essentially purchased poison and applied it to my cats. Not only will I not trust this company again, it makes me seriously rethink buying any type of chemical treatment without thorough research. Over the last hour I have been paying more attention to their behavior and washed the residue off their fur with natural dish soap, noting that my older cat has a quarter size patch of skin where I applied the flea treatment that is now completely bare.
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    Reviewed March 25, 2009

    Applied Sergeant's Gold flea & tick squeeze-on for dogs 40-60 lbs to my 50 lb dog around 9:15 pm Tuesday night. When I woke up Wednesday morning, he was shaking and his back legs kept giving out. I immediately carried him to the vet, where he began drooling. They washed the medicine off him, and he began recovering almost immediately.
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    Reviewed March 23, 2009

    Well at approxamitly 2:30pm my wife applied Sergeants Gold flea & tick killer squeeze on to our 5 month old chocolate lab(27lbs, used the recomended dosage). It was applied to the back of her neck, and half way down her back, from her neck towards her tail.(As intsructed) I got home from work around 4:15 pm. When i walked in my front door my puppy ran up to me like usual, except she was'nt jumping up on me. She was rubbing up against me as if she was trying to itch her back. My wife said she had been doing that to her for a couple hours. she then started running around the house with her head dragging on the floor. She appeared very adjatated. Around 5:00 pm she was shakeing her head like she had water in her ears. I noticed she had drool flying from her mouth. Her eyes got very dialated soon after, and she began acting as though she was becomeing ill quick. i began to worry and looked on the box for any warnings, or possible side effects, but the was none on it. So, i went online to look and see if they had a website, but all i found was other horrible stories of Sergeants Flea And Tick products. I find it truely amazing that this product has not been removed from the market yet, as it is inhumane and i believe it is animal crulety/ torture, applying this product to an animal. If this was a human product and had affects such as mentioned, even with no way near the amount of complaints as SERGEANTS, it would have been promptly removed from the market.
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    Reviewed March 23, 2009

    I purchased SentryPro XFC flea and tick squeeze on for dogs in March of 2009. I applied it to my dog as instructed by the box on Thursday 3/19/09. About 10 minutes after we put it on, our dog began acting agitated and scratching the site of application. I became worried and bathed her about an half hour after application. After the bath she became increasingly agitated to the point where she would not sit still. She would lay down just to get right back up. She began to go outside frequently but not to urinate. About this same time she began to drool to the point that she would leave a puddle. My dog does not drool so at this point we knew something was extremely wrong. Two and a half hours after application we contacted our vet who refered us to an emergency vet hospital. The vet hospital told us that we need to bring her in because products like this can cause seizures in dogs. So I rushed her to the hospital where she was given benadryl and an injectable steroid to reduce the inflamation. The following day my dog appeared to be better but was still itching and shaking her head (her ears were red and inflamed). We continued to give her Benadryl as instructed by the vet but that was not enough. So I contacted my vet on saturday and was given a perscription for prednisone to further help with the healing process. Four days later my dog is still itching and shaking her head. I am thankful that my dog is on her way to recovering and am extremely heart broken for all those who have lost their pets using this product. I don't know what I would have done if my dog had died.
    My boyfriend began doing research on this drug and company and we are sickened by the fact that this has happened to so many dogs and nothing is being done to stop it. The reason we have the FDA and the EPA is to protect us and our animals from harmful substances or environmental factors that can effect us in an adverse way. I am extremely disappointed in the fact that government has done nothing about this. If a drug gave these kinds of side effects (including death) to a child it would be pulled from the market immediatly, knowing the process it probably would not have even made it to the market. Why should dogs be treated with any less regard to their safety and health seeing how in many cases a dog is thought of as a child. Something has to be done to get these flea medications off the market or at least offer the proper warnings on the packages as there were absoluely none on the box we recieved. As I have been reading it is not just products from sergants, it appears to be from many of the other over the counter medications for fleas and ticks also.
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    Reviewed March 22, 2009

    USED THIS FLEA AND TICK LOTION ON MY PUG AND MY SILKY TERRIER. BOTH WERE HAVING BAD REACTIONS WITHIN 15 MINUTES, WITHIN 2 HRS THE SILKY WAS DROOLING FROM MOUTH AND CANNOT STOP ITCHING,AND IS SHAKING OFF AND ON.THE PUG IS SCRATCHING AND ROLLING ON BACK. THESE REACTIONS ARE CONTINUING AFTER WE GAVE THE ANOTHER BATH AND TRIED GIVING THEM A 2ND BATH WITH DAWN. THESE PEOPLE NEED TO BE STOPPED.
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    Reviewed March 18, 2009

    Applied Sergean't Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze-on to the backs of our two ShizTsu's as indicated on packaging.
    Within 15-min, both dog's started behaving somewhat fidgety. Since there was NO visible redness to indicate possible sensitivity to the product, we assumed it was temporary discomfort that would subside. Within 1-2 hours however both dogs were experiencing extreme discomfort and possible pain, as evident from their inability to stay still and frequent twitching. We finally decided to bath them to wash off the Sergeant's. It must have helped because unlike the previous increasing levels of restlessness, pacing and barking, they slowed their pacing and were willing to sit still provided they were held and stoked. Twitching continued through the night and into the day. None of us sleep well that night.
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    Reviewed March 16, 2009

    I bought Sergeant's gold 5 way protection.I have a small jack an min pin mix female 2 years old. After I put on the Sergeant's on my dog she began foaming from her mouth and can't stop itching. It is 5:40am.I cant sleep bc Im so worried about my Sweet Pea. Its been 1 day since I put that CRAPP on my baby. Im going to take her to the vet asap tomorrow. I bought mine at Wal-mart. Ohh Im so scared and hurt. From now on no more Sergeant. I was shocked that the same thing has happened to so many others. THIS ISNT RIGHT! THEY SHOULD OF PULLED THAT STUFF FROM EVERY STORE> Now I have to try and get mony for having to take my dog to the vet. Guess I should send the bill to Sergeannt's
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    Reviewed March 16, 2009

    After purchasing Sergeant's Gold flea and tick medication and applying it to my bloodhound, he began drooling excessively and his eyes became dilated. I have bathed him and am pushing liquids and monitoring his condition. I am very concerned about the safety of the product, especially after doing some research and finding that many other people have had this problem. We followed the dosage dircetions, but used less than recommended because it was a new product for us. This product is not safe for dogs!
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    Reviewed March 13, 2009

    I purchased Sergeant's Sentry Pro XFC at a local PetSmart and applied it to my 6 year old healthy Pekingese last night. Several hours later she started shaking, scratching, coughing/sneezing, and whining--seeming to not be able to stay still. I thought she was going to have a seizure. I called the emergency number on the package and was advised to bathe her a few times to get the product off her. I bathed her three times...and gave her tuna water as suggested. It has been 13 hours and though she is scratching and shaking less, is still not able to stay still. I have been reading of cases online since then and amazed this product has not been taken off the market. Very disappointed and worried about others who may use this product on their poor dog. I am sure I am not the first to complain to you about this. I also filed a complaint on Sergeant's website.
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    Reviewed March 12, 2009

    I used this product on my dog and within the hour she statrted foaming at the mouth and acting odd, crying for no reason, so i guessed it was the product and gave her a bath two times, she is no longer foaming but she is acting starange like she cant see or hear, her back legs keep twitching and we have no money to take her to the vet i truely believe i just killed my kids pet the guilt is awful, thought this product was safe but i was wrong.
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    Reviewed March 11, 2009

    A few hours after applying the liquid as directed (I thoroughly read the entire box), my dog reacted the same as the other cases I've read here. . . agitated, rubbing head on carpet, salivating profusely, trying to scratch at the area, etc. I'm following the others with the Dawn baths and the benadryl. I see that others are spending a lot of money, as I'm sure I'm about to. Some have or are going to be reimbursed. But if this has a fatal effect on my dog, how can I possibly be reimbursed for THAT?????? There's not enough money to make me feel better if that happens.
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    Reviewed March 9, 2009

    I have a toy poodle weighing around ten pounds. Almost immediately after applying Sergeant's Silver Flea & Tick, as directed, my dog began to become very distraught. She began moving erratically, rubbing her back on the floor. She couldn't stay still for more then half a minute. She would endlessly try to bite and scratch at her back, the area where the medicine was applied. Crying all night, finally she fell asleep around four in the morning. It is now the next day and she is doing NO better. Ten a.m. this morning, second day of her suffering, I have found thousands of reports dating all the way back to 2006 of cats and dogs going through the same thing. Some reports are much worse resulting in liver problems and even death. I have found and am not sure how accurate, a report claiming this product contains pesticides found in weed killers. One thing is for sure, she has been POISONED! I am unsure of the level of toxicity at this point. I have read reports of this lasting three days or more, most of which included that they bathed their dogs in dawn dish soap several times and administered benadryl more then once. WE MUST GET THIS POISON OFF THE MARKET! I should also note it is highly recommended NOT to use any flea and tick medicine that is not recommended by your local vet. The consequences have been my dog going much pain and suffering. I, being the owner, have gone through a great deal of stress as well wondering what may become of my dogs health.
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    Reviewed March 9, 2009

    70 lb Labrador picked up some ticks. Was shampooed with flea and tick shamppoo (Hartz with pyrethrins) then applied Sergeants Gold Flea and Tick Treatment.
    Within approx 30mins the dog became agitated. Foaming at the mouth. Could not lay down. Tried to rub herself on the carpets. Began to shake. Was very hot to the touch. We immediately re-shampooed her to try to remove the product with minimal success. This was a Sunday with no vets open. We administered Prednisone and later Benedryl with no noticable improvement. We had to sit up with her until 3 AM the next morning when she fell asleep from exhaustion. She awoke 4 hours later with reduced symptoms then went to sleep again Now another four hours later she is still asleep. We hope the worst is over but thats the last Sergeants product we will ever buy! How can a company continue to sell such toxic products in the face of the record of poisoning it is causing?
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    Reviewed March 8, 2009

    I purchased Sergeant's Gold Flea & Tick drops for our four dogs, trying to save a little money on the OTC flea remedy. I have used Hartz on them previously with no ill effects (different chemicals?). Also we have used Advantage from the vet with NO side effects whatsoever. On Wed afternoon, I put the Sergeant's drops on our dogs, using only half the dosage recommended on our two smallest dogs, and they had the worst reactions. I can't imagine what would have happened if I'd administered the whole tube. Three of the dogs immediately became agitated (only the largest and oldest dog was not affected). The smallest dog (11 lbs), a 2-yr-old rat terrier, became lethargic and had excessive drooling. Our other small (12 lbs) 4-yr-old rat terrier began freaking out, shaking her whole body as if to get water off, shaking her head, panting like crazy, eyes bugged out. The largest rat terrier (30 lbs, 8 yrs old) was only mildly agitated, rolling on her back and scratching. We bathed the two smallest rat terriers with Dawn dishwashing liquid. The smallest dog continued to drool for several hours. Both seemed to calm down some after their baths. Bathed them again later that evening. All day Thursday the 4 yr old rat terrier panted and was not able to settle down (poor thing - I had to go to work and when I got home at 3:00 I immediately gave her Benadryl which really helped - she was probably exhausted!). The smallest rat terrier continued to be somewhat lethargic and kept scratching at her back. I called the vet and was told if they didn't improve by the next day to bring them in (there was no vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions and they did improve). To make a long story short, even by Saturday the 4-yr-old rat terrier is still suffering some ... her back twitches and itches. We have been giving her Benadryl to alleviate the symptoms and it really helps. She has been eating some and drinking and normal potty breaks, and we encouraged her to drink more with tuna water. The smallest rat terrier was pretty much normal by Friday. It is now Sunday morning and things are much better but she is still itching/twitching some on her back. The largest and oldest rat terrier is also still itching and we bathed her again yesterday. Decided to use Sulfodene Medicated Shampoo to help with the itching. WRONG!!! What were we thinking? It really agitated her for about an hour (I guess adding chemical to chemical didn't help!!). She is much better this morning.
    Please WARN EVERYONE YOU KNOW to NOT use this product. I spoke with the store director where I purchased this product and they are going to talk to their corporate department that handles pet products. Hopefully they will remove it from the shelves. I had a little shopping to do, and while on the pet food aisle, I saw a man looking at the flea products. He selected the Sergeant's Gold and put it in his cart. Before he could walk off, I stopped him and warned him about the possible side effects. He said they normally use Frontline with no problems but were just trying to save some money.
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    Reviewed March 7, 2009

    I purchased this product for my 8 month old Shih Tzu and applied it as directed. Within an hour he was rolling around on the floor and having an extreme allergic reaction to it. He started crying and yelping because he was itching so bad. I bathed him immediately and gave him some Benadryl. This still did not relieve him so I had to take him to the vet and they gave him some muscle relaxers, said to bathe him in Dawn Liquid Dishwashing Liquid and to put vitamin E on the site where I had applied the Sergeant's Flea and Tick Squeeze-On. My vet said DO NOT use this product. She said to report this to Consumer Affairs because she has seen this a lot with this product. She is going to post a sign in her office to warn people of this, along with the information that people have submitted online. This product is very dangerous. Please have it taken off the market!
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    Reviewed March 2, 2009

    I applied the Sergeants Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze On product for dogs to my Shih-Tzu. Within a few hours she started having a horrible reaction to this product. She could not sit still, started convulsing her head, was clearly trying to get the product off of her back, and starting having trouble walking. I washed the product off of her immediately. After washing her, I started looking online about this product and found TONS of horror stories about how animals (especially smaller dogs) have this reaction and even WORSE...some resulting in death. There are ZERO warnings on this product of any kind that indicate that this could be a possible reaction. I followed the instructions that I found online from others: I bathed her every hour on the hour with Dawn dish soap, administered a small amount of Benedryl, and fed her chicken broth. She seems to be calming down but is still having trouble walking. Someone has GOT to be instrumental in getting this HORRIBLE product off the market. I cannot believe that this is allowed to be sold in stores.
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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2009

    On Feb 15 2009 I used sergents Gold flea & Tick squeeze medication for my 3 poodles. I had found a tick on one of the dogs and thought I'd better get something on them. (in the meantime I had ordered my usual product)I applied only a small amount to the two smaller dogs, as I thought the product would be weaker than my frontline, (over the counter drugs are usually weaker than prescription drugs, this was my thinking) After leaving for an hour I came home to find my dogs were scratching and rolling around on the floor very irritated and I called the hotline on the box,the vet hotline said wash the dogs with Dawn dishwashing soap. As I started to do so, the oldest & largest poodle started crying and seemed to have trouble walking. The smallest poodle was wailing in pain in the bathtub, and the middle poodle had his face & skin so scratched he looked like he was bleeding.
    My boyfriend started reading of the other complaints online, and by this time my large poodle started to drool and the smallest was acting lethargic. I quickly got them in the car and we went to the Pet ER. They said this is pyrethrin poisoning. Gave each a shot, and said to continue watching the dogs. The next a.m. (Monday) the dogs weren't any better. we saw our regular vet, and he gave them muscle relaxers, benedryl, and some shampoo to bathe them in. As the week went on they were somewhat better, but now they have scabs all over their little backs, were they blistered.
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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2009

    after using on both of my jack russells they where foaming at the mouth,iching,jerking. after bathing them again still no better,its only been a few hours since.
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    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2009

    After applying Sergeant's Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze-On for Dogs on 1/12/09, my dog had a strong reaction to the product and cannot stop shaking and cannot stay still for 2 second. I rushed her to the hospital and she was diagnosed with toxicity damage to her liver. She was hospitalized and is being treated for the damaged liver.
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    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2009

    I recently bought Sargeant's Gold for my dog. Two hours after application, my dog started vomiting, scratching, foaming at the mouth and generally acting insane. After a quick internet search, I am not alone. There are thousands upon thousands of similar stories. I am appalled that they are allowed to continue to sell this product. They are poisoning people's pets, and should be ashamed. Instead of admitting this and pulling the product, an attempt at correcting this through a look at the label campaign was made and is insulting. I read the label in its entirety as well as the thousands of other people. I applied as directed, and my dog has been poisoned. Also, the emergency number puts you on hold continuously. Either they are blatantly disregarding the dangers of their product, or they are absolutely clueless as to what is going on. Either way, it should not continue. With the volume of complaints, a class action suit should be filed if possible.
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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2009

    I puchased Sergeants Gold Flea & Tick Squeeze On for my small dog. I made sure the product was for dogs 9-20 pounds. My dog was 12 pounds. I carefully read the instructions and applied the product to my dog. Almost immediately, my dog showed signs of irritation. I washed him tryting to get the product off. I tried calling the 800 number on the box several times, but was continually put on hold by the automated answering system. The dog was in such pain that all he could do was pace back and forth He wouldn't let us touch him, he couldn't sit down, he couldn't lay down, all he could do was pace. We called the VET and was advised to bath him in DAWN and give him Benedryl. We did. The bath helped for a few minutes, but the dog was still unable to lie down or sit because he hurt too bad. We took him to the VET and was given pain pills. The dog was in such pain we finally had to double up on the dosage. We bathed the dog several more times in DAWN. For 60 hours Plus, my poor dog paced. He did not sleep, sit, or lie down. After the 2nd night and 3rd day, he finally started getting some relief.
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    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2009

    I bought the SERGENTS FUR SO SOFT ALL PURPOSE DOG SHAMPOO, I gave my boxer a bath in this and the next morning when we woke up the bed was soaked (from drool) where he was i didnt really think anything of it but later when we were up and moving i noticed he was drooling excessivly lke non stop just dripping kindda like they do when your eating and thet are watching but this was all day I have a app with his vet later today i didnt think this was from the shampoo but after i googled it and results said pssible poisioning i thought maybe he got into somethingthen i relized i gave him a bath the night before we went to bed and when we got up he had all the drool on the bed and nevr stopped since then so i wrote to the company to ask if this is possible then googled and found this site and after reading all these complaints im sure thats what it is! So my question is WHY IS THIS STILL ON SHELVES?? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO WE CAN TALK TO THIS ABOUT TO GET IT OFF THE SHELVES? IF SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW!
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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2009

    I used this product on my Malteese as a flea and tick preventive.
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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2009

    My husband bought this product because he found a couple of fleas on our puppy Max, after reading the instructions and making sure the product was safe for Max's age and weight he proceeded to apply the squeeze-on's as directed...a couple of minutes later i get a phone call from my husband telling me Max is acting weird, running around the house whinning and looking miserable, at first he thought he had accidently gotten some in his eyes so he flushed them with water, this didn't help, after going to google searching for anything that could help us i came upon a website in which many many pet owners shared their horror stories regarding this product, i followed the advice most of them seemed to agree on:to bathe the pup and give him some benadryl...it's now been a couple of hours since the incident and Max looks a lot better but we're still keeping a close eye on him.
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    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2009

    I bought the silver flea and tick squeeze medication for my dog. An hour or so after the application, my dog became very sick. I am not happy with this product. There needs to be a better warning label. Now I am having to babysit my dog all night, just to make sure I don't have to take her to the vet. I feel horrible because I am the one that put the medication on her back and now she is itching like crazy, whinnng and won't stop moving. Then after reading how there have been so many complaints with this product I am wondering how it is still on the market???? I will never buy this product again and I will make sure no one I know that own's an animal will buy this product. I have given my dog two baths so far and some benadryl. I am hopeing that it will help her.
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    Reviewed Feb. 6, 2009

    My husband and I recently got an almost 1 yr old chiuaua/min pin mix. We decided to use sergeants gold flea & tick shampoo on him one afternoon and ran to the store to grab a few things. We came back and noticed he was sleeping a lot but didn't think much of it, (although he is a very high strung dog), just that he'd worn himself out that day. The next day he was hiding under the bed and didn't want to be touched. When I finally got him to come out that next day, his ears were extremly hot. I ran to petco and got a therm. & took his temp, it was 105!! I ran him into the bathroom and put him in the bathtub with some lukewarm water and when i took him out put some cool washcloth's on him and brought his fever down to 103. I started him on antibiotics that night leftover from my other dog until i got to the vet the next day. The next day he was acting a little better and more like himself. I took him to the vet and his temp was back to normal so they just thought it was a bug. Now, days later he has started making these weird coughing/choking/goose-honking type noises and they are almost like asthma attacks it seems like. I am really worried about him and going to the vet today when they open. If there was anything I'd like is for these stupid people to be sued & this product taken off shelves. I realized after using it that SOOO many people have had this happen to them. I'd just like to share my story and stop at least one innocent pet and their owners from suffering from something so simple. This is the worse stuff ever. Please do NOT use this product!!!
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    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2009

    I hope people will read this and pass this information on to everyone they know that own dogs and cats! I purchase Sergeant's Gold Flea and Tick product on Saturday (1/31/09) afternoon for my dogs (all under 20 lbs) from Winco. When I got home from grocery shopping I followed the directions on the back of the box and put the product on my dogs. I have 3 dogs, 11 year old Shihtzu, 3 1/2 year old minature Chihuahua and a 2 year old Pom/Terrier mix. After putting the product on my dogs I ran out to another store to finish shopping and was gone about an hour. When I got home all of the dogs were acting odd. The Shihtzu was very aggatated and could not sit or lay comfortably, the other two were rubbing their faces on the carpet and being aggatated also. I immediately washed the product off and got online and looked up the product. Website after website had horror stories about incidents with this product. I called the Emergency animal hospital and told them what my dogs were doing. They asked what product I had used and when I told them I could hear the panic in the ladies voice. She said wash them immediately with Dawn dish shop as it will break down the oil in the product. She said to watch for drooling, foaming at the mouth, seizures, muscle spasms, vomiting and diarrea. If my dogs exhibited any of these to get them in immediately. That evening my Chihuahua started having muscle spasms in her rear legs. I ended up taking all three dogs to the emergency animal hospital that evening. The bigger two seem to be fine but my Chihuahua is still having uncontrolable muscle spasms and is now on a muscle relaxer and anti-inflammatory. Hopefully she will be okay. This product needs to be recalled.
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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2009

    i would like to tell you about a faulty almost
    deadly product that i thought might be of interst for a news story. I would like to tell you about my nightmare with a product called Sergeant Gold flea and tick. I have a four month old cockapoo who is 13 lbs. His name is wimper. I used this product on wimper lastnight. Shortly after using it wimper started crawling on the floor,rubbing against everything and anything,crying,not eating and just acting like he was in alot of pain. This morning he was no better. I called the 1 800 emergency number on the package and they told me to give him a Dawn bath and he would be better. Which i did and it did not do anything for my little puppy. So i called the vet. After speaking to them, they advise that wimper was having a bad bad reaction to the stuff and needs to be seen ASAP. So i took wimper in it. They had to give him a shot for the massive itching and a perscription. And a follow up visit next week. My vet advised me that this stuff is ALL chemicals and it's very very harsh for our puppies/dogs and that it should not be on the store shelfs. The vet said that wimper would not be same and would sleep for the next few days until he gets better. The sleeping is from the meds that he had to put him on. So,,,this office visit costed me $80.00 and then again next week for a follow up to make sure he is ok. That is going to cost me another $28.00.I can not beleive that they can market this type of product with all these effects on our animals. I am going to file a BBB complaint and try to get my vet costs reimbursted to me. I may even consider filing a class action law suit with this company as they are very aware of the problems this product has caused and has done nothing to resolve these problems. If you do a search on sergeant gold flea and tick you will find 100's and 100's of complaints on this product. I just feel that the public needs to know about this poison that they are putting into there animals. And the company should be held responsiable for this. Or at the very least they should put some kind of warning label the package so people know that there could be a bad and deadly side effects to this product.
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    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2009

    I applied the Sergeant's Gold to my terrier mix on 01/24/2009. He was fine at first. Just a little hyperactive. That night he began to drool excessively and could not be still. I never dreamed it was the flea and tick squeeze-on for dogs. I mean, above their name it says Caring for pets since 1868. I call that bull crap! They have almost killed my dog. Yesterday my dog began acting very lethargic and continued drooling excessively. After this the twitching began and never stopped. We called our vet office but they were already closed. We finally found a number for an emergency pet clinic in our area and called them. They told us to bathe him in Dawn and bring him in immediately. While my husband was bathing the dog I did some research on the internet about this product. There are numerous complaints about it poisoning dogs. Even after bathing my dog, his twitching and salivating didn't stop. When we arrived at the emergency pet clininc we were told he had Organophosphate poisoning from the Sergeant's Gold treatment. We were in the 30th hour of putting the treatment on him. He had to stay over night and receive IV fluids to flush the remaining toxins out of his system. Almost $400 in treatments due to this product. Now he is at the regular vet's office and they are keeping him over night again just to make sure everything is out of system. Thank God for the emergency pet clinics. This product almost killed my dog.
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    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2009

    Last Sunday (/1/18/09) I purchased the Sergeants flea and tick squeeze on drops for all 3 of my dogs. Within 1 hour my littlest dog (yorkie) started going nuts! rolling on floor, throwing up foam, legs twitching, crying, growling, and definately in pain. My lab, and German shepard didnt start showing reactions till that night.
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    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2009

    This product is AWFUL! I am so worried and upset. I applied this on my 20lb spaniel mix and within hours he was throwing up and twitching non-stop esp in one spot on his side. He has been acting lethargic as well and had diarrhea too. I gave him a thorough bath and have applied cortisone to the affected area. He is still twitching! I am taking him to the VET this afternoon. This product SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET! IT IS POISON! We should all file some type of lawsuit, this is reprehensible. I am furious!
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    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2009

    I bought Sergeant's Sentry Pro squeeze on Flea and Tick Control for dogs 66 lbs. and over and used it on my American Bulldog, Nora, whom is 110 lbs. She broke out in a rash, or so I thought, but it turned out to be chemical burns.
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    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2009

    I bought the 15 lbs. and under Sergeant's Sentry Pro squeeze on Flea and Tick Control and used it on my Boston Terrier Roxy, whom is 11 lbs. She started vomiting and shaking and broke out in a rash within 24 hours, which subsided after about 3 days. I followed the vet's directions and washed her with Dawn dish detergent.
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    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2009

    My 14 month old boxer, Shellby became violently ill today.
    We had run out of her regular flea and tick medication and realized yesterday she was a week past her monthly due date. I was at the grocery store so I picked up some Sargeants Gold squeeze-on medication and applied it when I got home. First of all I was shocked at the amount of medicine that was inside that little tube. It was MUCH more than her old flea medication contained, and I even didn't administor it all because it was sooo much. Shellby was fine all day yesterday, but then this afternoon when my mother went to check up on her and let her out to go to the bathroom she threw up 5 times within two hours. She was rubbing her neck against the sidewalk outside and fixated on licking and biting and rubbing her rear (where I had applied the medicine sparingly at the base of her tail). She was foaming at the mouth a little bit as well and just not acting herself whatsoever. When my boyfriend arrived home from work, he gave her a very thorough bath and she seemed a little bit better. But I happened to google Sergeants Flea and Tick because I was going to call and file a complaint, and stumbled on blog after blog, article after article, website after website dedicated to pet owners who have had similar situations. I immediately called my boyfriend and he rushed her to the vet. The vet administered two shots, told us to give her another bath with her organic oatmeal shampoo, and gave her special food to mix with chicken broth tomorrow. He said he thought the worst was over. I'm not sure if there is a civil lawsuit but if there is ANYTHING I can do please let me know, I am completely outraged. Hoping my little pup is ok. She's such a good girl. I feel awful she is so sick from my stupidity in not doing my research. I just assumed that it was safe since it was on the shelf. I CANNOT believe these toxic chemicals are out there! I am going to file a complaint with the manufacturer as well as my grocery store where i purchased the product.
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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2009

    I used Sergeants Gold flea & tick on my Maltipoo within an hour she was vomiting I didnt think that was a reaction due to the product because I thought an allergic reaction would be itching or redness I thought she might have eaten something outside that caused her to vomit. But later she was scratching and drooling and acting crazy. I took her to the vet and I am still waiting for them to call. She had bald patches where she scratched her hair off her skin. I saw this website that had dogs with the same problem please take this off the shelf!!!!!!
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    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2009

    I purchased the Sergeant skip-flea and tick shampoo with oatmeal for dogs and puppies for my 3 year dog because she has already three flea only, I bathe her a january 10, was a saturday and Approximately an hour later my dog was shaking, with red skin, her tongue and ears red, refuse to drink water, eyes dialted, acting lethargic, don't eat, she can't walk, don' move from her bed. I was afraid, it takes it to emergency pet hospital and spend almost $250 dolars and my dog is still sick, i purchase diferent food and it does not eat it, I don't not what to do, I don't have more money for the vet
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    Reviewed Jan. 12, 2009

    I put Sergeant's Flea & Tick squeeze-on for dogs and my Pomeranian was poisoned by it with vomiting and unable to walk.
    Our Chi/Min pin had SEVERE itching. I called the 1-800 # for them and she told me that it sounded as if my dogs didn't weigh enough to use it but they have boxes on the shelf for 6lbs and up
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    Reviewed Jan. 12, 2009

    My story sounds just like so many others. We have always used Frontline and have never had a problem. In an effort to save a buck or two I was at Walmart and picked up Sergeant's Gold. It looked like the best they have. That night it was applied to my minature daschund at approx. 10pm. At 5:30am Sunday morning, she wakes us up drooling everywhere and foaming at the mouth. I looked to the computer and saw where there are LOTS of complaints with the exact symtoms. I call the vet and the answering service answered. They weren't seeming real concerned till I mentioned Sergeant's Gold then she immeditaly took my name and number. Within two minutes the vet called me back. As soon as I told her about the Sergeant's Gold she told me to wash her with warm water and dish detergent and she should be okay but that she has been poisoned by the Sergeant's Gold. They have seen several cases and this was the second dog this week that they have treated for it. We are in a small town with several vets so this was unusual that this one has already had two in a week. We thought the dog was better and then by Sunday night she has lost almost all control in her back legs. She will be walking and then her legs will stiffen out and she falls to the floor. She shakes her head alot and is biting and scratching. I had her at the vet this morning when they opened and she is having to stay at least for the day. They are going to give her another bath and inject fluids in her and monitor her. She has sores on her back from where the Sergeant's Gold was applied. The vet thinks she is going to make it since she has made it this far. She said only time will tell if the damage is temporary or permanent. We are just going to have to wait and see. I do not understand how this product is still being sold with so many complaints of the exact same nature. I want this product and any others like it off the shelf. I am going to call the company and I am going to fight to be reimbursed for the medicine and the vet bill. The dog is still there so I don't know what it is going to end up being. Anyone in a position to do something, please help!
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    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2009

    I purchased this today at PetSmart because the brand I usually use was not available. I put it on 2 dogs. a 6 pound toy fox terrier and 16 pound wire fox terrier. Two hours later the smallest dog was shaking, scratching, chewing its feet and acting like something was wrong. He continued to shake uncontrollably. When I separated the hair on his back where the product had been placed, the skin was blood red. I immediately checked the product for complaints on the internet and unfortunately found NUMEROUS problems and reactions like my dogs are having. The larger dog by this time was also sratching, shaking. I immediately re-washed both dogs to get this stuff off. Hopefully with it only being on for the 2-3 hours, things should calm down. I am taking this remainder of the product and receipt to Pet Smart to complain with them and demand a refund. This item should be pulled from the shelves. There is no excuse for this, especially after all the complaints.
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    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2009

    Thursday night I put Sergeant's gold on my keeshund, 50lb dog. Within in a couple of hours I noticed she was coughing, like she was gagging on something, but I thought it was just something caught in her throught. When I woke up the next morning I noticed she had licked her back side so much that it was dripping wet and she was drooling. I thought it was just an initial reaction and that it would go away by a day. By Saturday, she was still caughing and she had licked away a patch of fur on her back side! I bathed and fed her some chicken broth. I think that is the first she had eaten in two days. I decided to read up on the internet about this product. It turns out that this is a common occurance. This product should not be available to anyone. There are serious side affects to this product, not just a minor allergic reaction!
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    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2009

    ON 1/8/09 we bought the SSergeant's Silver Flea abd Tick squeeze on for dogs from Foodlion. We applied the tube on our almost 2 year old Pit Bull. Within 2 hours she began to vomit, itch, drool from the mouth, act restless, refuse to drink water, eyes dialted, shake her head, bury herself under blankets and roll around as if to get something off of her. We new somthing wasn't right. We called the emergency vet and as soon as I said the name of the medication, they said Oh NO!, and proceeded to tell me her symptoms. In the meantime I had my mom research on the internet for like cases. I was amazed by the amount of bad reactions this brand has had. I don't understand why it's still on the market. We immediately washed her 4 or 5 times with DAWN soap, gave her Benadryl, a tablespoon of honey and rubbed Vitamin E Oil all down her back. She seems to have calmed down now, but is still drooling from the mouth. We will continue to monitor her through the night, but still may need to take her to the vet tomorrow. Luckily our other Pit Bull didn't have an adverse reaction the the medication. We did bathe him as a precaution. I also called the 24 hour Emergency number on the back of the package and they seemed not very concerned. They told me that she may just be experiencing a numbing feeling on her back and that is why she is agitated, give her a bath several times, don't feed her or let her drink for a few hours, she is drooling and vomiting because she may have injested some of the product and to put vitamin E on her back. If they are fully aware of these bad reactions, why is this still on the market?
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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2009

    I used this product (Sergeant's Gold Flea & Tick For Dogs) on both my Jack Russell Terrier and Bull Terrier and within less than an hour, both dogs were vomiting, urinating, panting frantically and in great distress. They have remained in this condition now for the past 13 hours. I called and was told to bathe them in dish soap which I did and put Vitamin E on them but none of this helped. After looking online, I discovered this reaction is common and many dogs have died after owners used this product. I want to do whatever is necessary to get this product off the market.

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2009

    My girlfriend purchased Sergeant's Gold Flea & Tick Squeeze-On for our Chihuahua-Pug mix, Penny, at a local CVS drugstore. We only applied half a tube, following directly the directions for application on the box, and, within an hour, Penny was acting oddly. As it was in the evening, we decided to wipe off all the excess product, since she sleeps in bed with us. Unfortunately, the damage had already been done. In the morning, when I awoke, Penny was running around in what seemed a daze, drooling from the mouth.

    My girlfriend immediately phoned the vet and also the emergency poison control hotline on the product box. She followed the directions given to her over the phone by the hotline and when speaking to the vet, she was told that we should follow the hotline directions and monitor her situation before bringing her in. My girlfriend stayed home with Penny all day (having to skip a memorial service that she was planning on attending with me) and had to physically keep Penny in her lap to keep Penny from shaking violently.

    Penny also experienced incontinence issues, peeing twice on my girlfriend's lap, twice on the carpet and once in the travel kennel. Additionally, for another 48 hours, she had a nervous tic, where she would violently shake her head back and forth as though she were trying to shake something out of her head (I understand this might have been the toxins in the product, causing her this distress). Thankfully, she did not experience any known long-term after effects.

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    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2009

    I bought Sergeant's Gold at Walmart last night to use. I put it on my little dog last night around 8:00PM. He acted fine, until about 2 hours later. He started throwing up violently. I called my vet and he said to wash him with dish detergent to get the medicine off of him. So I did that about 5 times. He said there was nothing they could do at the office that I couldn't do at home. He also told me that he may start to have diarrhea and muscle spasms. He never got diarrhea, but the spasms were awful. He didn't sleep at all last night from pawing and scratching at his little back.

    I called the vet this morning to make sure he could eat and drink. He said just a little, so I gave him his food stretched out over an hour's time. And just a little water. It is now 1:30PM and he has started throwing up about 2 hours ago. He seems to be resting now in his bed. This is still not over, so I can't tell you the outcome. But I think he will be okay. But I will never buy this product again.

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    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2009

    I bought Sergeant's Gold for our 10 month old German Shepherd. We applied the product per instructions. About an hour later, she began drooling, twitching, and vomiting. I knew it had something to do with the Sergeant's Gold. I looked it up on the internet and found all the other complaints. We called our vet and he advised to bathe her with Dawn. This seemed to help. But 24 hours later, she is hyper, still throwing up and twitching some. We called the 800 number on the box and the guy said that the throwing up was because she ingested it and the other symptoms had nothing to do with the product. DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT. IT IS POISON. The company should be sued for this product. I am spending 24/7 with my dog.

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    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2009

    This is in regards to Sergeant's Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze-On for dogs (9-20 lbs). We purchased this product at Walmart. I followed the directions precisely and put it on my two Miniature Dachshunds from shoulders to mid back. Approximately an hour later, they both started acting very strange. They were shaking their heads and bodies, itching their faces and ears. I quickly realized that something was terribly wrong and washed it off with a lot of water like the box stated if irritation occurs. Both dogs went in their beds, acting lethargic barely opening their eyes if I called their names. I was afraid they were dying. I soon found out that they were experiencing adverse reactions.

    I then called the Emergency vet. The tech then informed me of what this terrible product is capable of and what has happened to other dogs, vomiting, foaming at the mouth, seizures and possibly death. The tech told me to monitor them and if they experienced anything like this to immediately bring them in. I then researched the thousands of other cases with the same symptoms, some even much worse resulting in death. These are the adverse effects to a medicine supposed to help a dog rid of fleas? This product needs to be recalled, removed from the shelves and I will be persistent in doing so. My dogs and I experienced severe emotional trauma. I thought I almost killed my dogs. My dogs suffered from an irritation rash over their entire body for three days.

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    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2008

    Applied smaller doses than indicated on label of Sergeants Tick and flea Squeeze on as it was first time we were trying this brand. We have used frontline and advantix before. Ours are two chihuawas. Not 10 minutes after both dogs were going nuts (same symptoms as above). I jumped on line after not getting an answer from the manufacturer's hot line, and found all these warnings of people experiencing the same troubles. Neither the label on the product nor the website show clear warnings. Yes its says "may be toxic" but that's saying "watch out may fall down stairs"....its different if the space leading to the stairs is slippery....isnt it? We are part of quite a few circles of both dog and cat breeders and we will amke sure this information and warning is passed on to current and future pet owners.
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    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2008

    My father purchased Sergeant's Silver Flea and Tick medication for my Beagle from Food Lion on Sunday, December 28, 2008. He came home to apply the medicine on my Beagle's back as directed on the back of the box. When we woke the next morning, December 29, the Beagle Copper seemed to be acting strange, not being energetic as usual. My mother and I shrugged it off at first assuming it was a upset stomach, but we noticed that he continued to scratch his back and bite at his paws. After only 15 minutes he started jumping around and acting crazy like he couldn't sit still at all. Then Copper jumped on my lap, without any warning, he started to violently vomit. We put him outside, frantic we didn't know what to do. We quickly decided that it had something to do with the Sergeant's Silver that had been applied to Copper's neck less than 12 hours before. I got online to find out what Sergeant's silver was and I found multiple complaints saying Sergeant's Silver killed my dog. Wash in shampoo ASAP! Copper vomited 4 to 5 more times in a 10 minute span. We brought him inside and went straight upstairs to the shower to wash the oily product off him. After the shower we noticed excessive drooling; a warm dry nose; and fast breathing and heart beat. We called our vet and they told us to immediately being Copper in, they said it sounded serious. My mother and I checked Copper into Indian Trail Animal Hospital at approximately 1:00PM December 29. We picked Copper up from the hospital at 5:45 later that night. Copper continued to act strange. Acting like he didn't know who his family was, acting very confused, not eating, drinking, or going to the bathroom.
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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2008

    Our dog had a severe reaction to this product. He began with excessive drooling and progressed towards twitching and crying. Our vet treated him with stripping shampoo and Benadryl. 24 hours later, he is still quite miserable.
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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2008

    This product was used as directed on two of my dogs - a 26lb puppy and a 55lb adult. Both dogs were actually under dosed. The large dog received approx. half the tube made for dogs his size and the puppy received only a few drops. I purchased this product only to get me through the Christmas week until I had time to get to the vet to purchase some advantage - fleas have been bad here even though it's winter (I'm in the south).
    I applied it in the morning and within hours the adult was acting jittery and anxious. He seemed to be trying to hide in various places but could not sit still. It was like my dog was on a bad acid trip, it was frightening. I promptly decided to wash the treatment off of both dogs using shampoo. The puppy did not appear to be having a reaction but the adult certainly was and is now panting as though he is hot and, though calmer, cannot sleep. The puppy probably had no reaction because I applied only a few drops (she is 7 months old and weighs almost 30 lbs). I have used advantage and frontline on both dogs before and neither have had a reaction. This over the counter flea medication is dangerous, I believe there was a real risk of death or serious injury if the product had been left on my dog and I had not acted. This product should be removed from shelves immediately. If you have applied it to your dog I *strongly* suggest that you wash it off immediately. I think the manufacturer of this product has a real liability on their hands; if there is a time for a class action law suit, this is surely it and they surely deserve it.
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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2008

    On 12-25-08, I purchased Sergeants Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze On to apply to my three dogs, since the new dog we had just gotten had fleas. I followed the directions and applied it as instructed. Within hours all three dogs (5 mo. old Maltipoo; 15 m. old Havashu and 5 yr. old Toy Poodle)began drooling profusely, whining, jerking around, twitching, trying to get at their backs where the treatment was applied, rolling on their backs, running in circles and so hyper they couldn't calm down. The drooling was so profuse that their entire front halves were soaked. We rushed all three to the emergency pet hospital since it was after hours on a holiday and they ended up keeping the Maltipoo and Havashu overnight. They had to give them shots and fluids. The Toy Poodle was able to go home with us but we had to watch her all night. She jerked and twitched all night. The next day we picked up the dogs at the hospital and transported them to our regular vet. He checked them over and we took them home. At 1230 a.m. I was awakened by my Havashu who was projectile vomiting and had severe diahrea. She had to be taken back to the vet and now has to stay for two days for blood work and the vet says she has possible liver damage. So far, the use of this product has nearly cost me my beloved pets and over $1000 in vet bills!
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    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2008

    I applied this product to my dog this morning at 1030 am,,, by 2pm she was vomiting,eating grass, not wanting to be left alone. This product is poison and I will never buy it again. Someone should file a class action suit against this company. Any lawyers out there willing to take the case?
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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2008

    I applied Sergeant's Gold to both of my dog's on 12/22/08 and within an hour they were both coughing and hacking. They were spiting up foam and spit. I immediately got online to see what I could do to help them. I was shocked to find out so many other people had the same issue with there dogs. I bathed them with dish detergent and fed them chicken broth. Both seemed to help them, it is hard to say how long this will last as it has only been a few hours. I am sickened that this product is for sale at Wal-Mart. I normally use Frontline and have had no problems with this product. I am not sure what to do but this product needs to be recalled immediately. Please if you are reading this and can do something about it do so as soon as possible before there is another victim from Sergeant's Gold.
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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2008

    Along with my husband and 2 boys resides 3 dogs and 3 cats. Our pets are most definitely part of our family. Sissy our baby girl dog who best guess is part terrier and part schnauzer is very succeptible to fleas. On Saturday I noticed fleas on Sissy the other animals did not seem to be affected. I was in Walmart on Sunday and with the Holidays decided to try to save money and see what was avaiable over the counter. I purchased the Sergeant's Gold and applied it around 2pm. A couple of hours later I noticed that she was acting very strangely. She was more hyper than normal, crying out and doing this weird thing with her neck. It was a very repetitive movement where she throws her head back towards her tail. My husband bathed her several times and we took turns staying up with her all night. As long as we were petting her she was quiet and still but as soon as we stopped she would do that funny thing with her head and cry. At 2:30 in the morning I got online and could not believe the amount of horror stories just like what we were experiencing. It scared me to death. I took her to the vet this morning who told me there was no antidote and prescribed valium. She seemed to be a little better after I gave her the valium but it has worn off and she is now doing the same behavior again. I am devasted that I poisoned our beloved dog to try to save a few dollars. Please do not make the same mistake I will never buy anything from Sergeant's again.
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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2008

    In november i purchased this product from walmart as they were out of the regular shampoo i use for my dog, bubbles. within an hour she was foaming at the mouth and shaking. I did not connect it with the shampoo. i gave her benadryl and aspirin and i went to bed. next morning she was the same foaming at the mouth and shaking so i called my vet and left a message with his staff, this action with bubbles continued all day. i finally called the vet and he immediately came on the lind asked if she was having grand mal seizures, she was not (I did not know what they were.) he suggested benadryl which i ran out of so i went to walmart again and thought of the flea shampoo. i quickly went home called the vet and he advised bathing her to remove all traces of the shampoo. within 30 minutes of the bath bubbles was having grand mal seizures at the rate of one every 30 minutes for about 3 hours, i stayed up with her all night. i left her with the vet the next morning where that evening i was told she either could have a brain tumor, or was poisoned by the shampoo. she had a catheter inserted and was given 2 liters of an iv to flush out her system. for three days she stayed there in intensive care when i took her home she only walked in right hand circles and could not control her bowel or urinary movements. it has been three weeks and almost $500.00 later and she is finally toilet trained again, going for walks, and being her old self again. the vet and i both believe it was the shampoo as she has returned to her normal self. a better warning should be placed on the label explaining the risks and the hazards. most families could not afford the medical care as a result of the poisoning, much less the trauma of the event. i had told my vet if bubbles was in pain and could not be helped to put her down, there were many tears shed over her illness. the shampoo labels 800 # only gave me a person who assigned me a case number and no information of how to counteract or stop the poisoning. i called them twice and was not given any advice except to call a vet. my vet is a personal friend and i know he did not charge me full price for 4 days of hospitalization.
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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2008

    muffin was scratching for about a week, then we purchased sergeants gold squeeze on drops from target today. i figured i'd better bathe her first since the directions said we could't bathe her after the drops were administered. after her bath and being dry, i applied the drops. immediately she began scratching and licking her fur, after about twenty minutes of watching her closely, i noticed her licking became frantic and agitated. i searched online and found nothing but bad about sergeants. i also saw all the comments about immediate bathing with dishwashing liquid. i bathed her and monitored her closely for one hour now recording every scratch, sneeze, shake of the head. After the bath she seemed 100% better. only very minor symptoms. im convinced it was because we acted in about 40 minutes after the application! were gonna watch her closely for adverse effects. thanks , i will keep an eye on this sight and post everywhere about this product. i will also keeep my eye open for lawsuitmentions. some action definitely needs to be taken.
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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2008

    I purchased some Sentry Pro XFC Squeeze-On for dogs and applied the medication as directed. Within a few hours my golden retriever had what I would describe as chemical burns to the three spots I applied the medication. Not only was my dog in pain, but he had to be attended to by a vet, was on steroids for several weeks and had to wear a plastic collar for two weeks.
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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2008

    I used the Sergeants Gold Squeeze-On for Dogs on my Cocker Spaniel, who developed bleeding, oozing sores all over his back. I reported it to Sergeant's after taking my dog to the vet for treatment, and they sent me a release form to forever hold them indemnified against further action. This made me suspicious, so a simple internet search resulted with tons of similar complaints about this same product. I feel like a class action suit should be opened against this company to make them take this dangerous product off the market and pay restitution to the consumers who had to treat sick dogs.
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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2008

    Applied Sergeants Gold flea drops to my 3 dogs. They went crazy and started foaming at the mouth and throwing up and wheezing. They are in obvious pain and probably suffering from toxic poision in the product. This has ben going on for a full 24 hrs now. This conmpany should be sued for animal cruelty. I now se that this product is causing this to animals all over the nation.
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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2008

    I'm advising all my friends and family to NEVER give your dog Sergeant's over the counter flea and tick medication!!!!!!!! (Even if it says 9-15 lbs) It is bad stuff / POISON! Yesterday morning (12/8/2008) at around 7:30am) I gave my dog, Weber a bath and dried him and put the stuff on this neck/back as instructed. I left for school (I'm a teacher) and when I came home his whole entire neck and face were wet. He was drooling,foaming, panting, and shaking and he had, had an accident inside (1 and 2 which he has not done in four years! It was as if he had lost control of his function) It was NOT good! I tried to get him in the bath to rinse him off and he screamed and cried because he was hurting. I wrapped him in towel and took him straight to the Vet. They were very kind and said that I had done nothing wrong because I did not know but that Sergeant's and Hartz products have killed MANY MANY small pets! I will NEVER buy anything over the counter again. He was admitted for several hours and they washed him three times with Dawn. I really had no idea how dangerous it was. The Vet told me if I got it on my fingers I'd have to call poison control because it is essentially an insecticide! It is very, very dangerous. It can cause seizures and muscle spasms and it can kill your pet (cats too). When we got home he was still kicking his back legs like a horse bucking and he was still crying if you touched him. It was terrible! I NEVER WOULD HAVE BOUGHT THIS IF I HAD ANY IDEA THIS WOULD HAPPEN! The only warnings on the front lable are "Do not use on Cats" and Keep out of reach of children. It essentially says about the same thing on the back panel. My dog was in the correct weight ragne for this product and it was applied correctly. I am very upset that this is on the market and that other people my loose a loved pet because Sergeant's is not warning people. This may be ok for a larger dog but certainly not for a small dog but the front cover even has a picture of a little Yorkie breed alluding to the cosumer that it is safe for thier small dog! Please get this off the market and warn people. Thank you!
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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2008

    Yesterday we bought Sergeant's Gold at Wal-Mart for our three Lhasa Aposo's. Two of the dogs had severe allergic reactions to the product. They woke us up at three in the morning crying and growling. When we came down to check on them they were going crazy rubbing their faces on anything they could and scratching at their eyes. They even tore up huge chunks of our tile out of their frustration with the pain. We immediatly began flushing out their eyes. When this didn't ease the irration we put them in the tub to continue flushing out their eyes and also washed the poision off of them with dawn dish soap. After the tub things kept getting worse. They started having muscle spasams and their head and legs were uncontrollable twitching. They couldn't sit still for a minute. They were growling, crying, twitching, and hidding under furniture all night long. The youngest dog then began vomiting. When we called the vet they told us they have any many complaints about Sergeants and that it kills many dogs and cats each year. They told us we did the right thing to wash them with dawn dish soap. Now its a matter of letting it pass through their systems. It's been well over 24 hrs and out littlest puppy is still crying and twitching. We are taking her into the vet in the morning since this poision seems to still be affecting her. It makes me sick to read all of these complaints. I don't understand why this product is still being sold. We are calling the company to complain tomorrow as well as making a complaint to Wal-Mart.
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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2008

    on 11/10/08 we saw a fle on one of our dogs, we have 8..all rescued...money is tight right now so I settled on Sargents gold for the bigger ones and thr herbal one for the littles..thank goodness for this because I don't think their little bodies could have withstood what happened to Theo....I put it on him as the directions stated(having worked with animals 23 years I knew how this is applied, sargents tries to say the poisioning is due to mis-application) and he acted ok except like I had put something wet on him..he doesn't like to be wet so I thought this was normal for Theo..so 48 hours later I'm looking at him and he looks like his hair is standing on end..thought maybe he rolled in something..I touched him and could feel that his skin was moist and his skin crawled when I touched him...I realized at ince what was happening and put Theo right in the bath followed by 2 benadryl..the bath didn't help much..he was still itchy and still is and is't 4 weeks later. Theos skin got worse, he had oozing wounds where the product had touched him AND HIS HAIR AND SKIN CAME OFF IN CHUNKS and then he broke out in welts and hives all over his body..had to have tons of benadryl just so he could rest at nite..he had disturbed conciousness to the point where you could NOT touch him...I miss him...the welts have healed and the burns on his back will be a forever reminder to us. Theo is still not his normal and I don't know if he ever will be. Sargents is a joke...they are having people poision their pets and then want you to fill out an information form for them....I always thought they did the testing before the product went on the market. This product is listed with Sargents company as Roach Killer and the product is 40 % of this...what would happen if a little kid got a hold of this and applied it like Mommy does only on them selves...is it going to take a human to die from this product to get it off the shelves?
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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2008

    on 11/10/08 we saw a fle on one of our dogs, we have 8..all rescued...money is tight right now so I settled on Sargents gold for the bigger ones and thr herbal one for the littles..thank goodness for this because I don't think their little bodies could have withstood what happened to Theo....I put it on him as the directions stated(having worked with animals 23 years I knew how this is applied, sargents tries to say the poisioning is due to mis-application) and he acted ok except like I had put something wet on him..he doesn't like to be wet so I thought this was normal for Theo..so 48 hours later I'm looking at him and he looks like his hair is standing on end..thought maybe he rolled in something..I touched him and could feel that his skin was moist and his skin "crawled" when I touched him...I realized at ince what was happening and put Theo right in the bath followed by 2 benadryl..the bath didn't help much..he was still itchy and still is and is't 4 weeks later. Theos skin got worse, he had oozing wounds where the product had touched him, broke out in welts and hives all over his body..had to have tons of benadryl just so he could rest at nite..he had disturbed conciousness to the point where you could NOT touch him...I miss him...the welts have healed and the burns on his back will be a forever reminder to us. Theo is still not his normal and I don't know if he ever will be. Sargents is a joke...they are having people poision their pets and then want you to fill out an information form for them....I always thought they did the testing before the product went on the market. This product is listed with Sargents company as "Roach Killer" and the product is 40 % of this...what would happen if a little kid got a hold of this and applied it like Mommy does only on them selves...is it going to take a human to die from this product to get it off the shelves?
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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2008

    Yesterday we bought Sergeant's Gold for our three Lhasa Apso's. We noticed that they were a little whinny afterwards, but didn't think much of it. They woke us up at three in the morning growling and crying. When we came downstairs two of the dogs were going crazy crying and rubbing their faces on everything and scratching at their eyes. We immediatly got wash clothes and began flushing their eyes. This did not help so we bathed them in dawn dish soap and kept flushing their eyes in the tub. After getting out the the tub, the same two dogs began having muscle spasms and twitching uncontrollable. They were very restless...crying, growling, hidding under furniture. One of the dogs also began vomiting. The vet told us we did the right thing but washing them immediatly with Dawn dish soap. They also told us that Sergeants kills many dogs and cats and year. I wish I would have known this before we subjected our dogs to it. The awful part is that the company and stores that sell the product do know what it does and continue to put innocent animals in harms way. We are calling Sergeants tomorrow and filling a complaint at Wal-Mart. It has been well over 24 hrs and our youngest dog is still crying on and off and twitching. She can not sit still. The other affected dogs seems to be fine. And for some reason the third dog did not have any problems.
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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2008

    I purchased Sergent's Gold Flea & Tick at CVS and applied to my Miniature Schnauzer as directed. Within an hour, she was acting extremely agitated and couldn't sit still. She seemed to be jumping up like something was biting her. She was also drooling excessively throughout. After bathing her several times, and giving her doses of Benadryl throughout the night, she seems to slowly be improving. I was horrified when I got online and discovered HUNDREDS of other people who experienced this very same thing. How it is possible that this company can continue to sell dog poison on the shelves? This MUST be stopped!
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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2008

    We bought this product from Walmart. Immediatley after applying this product on our Boykin Spaniel he had a severe allergic reaction. He was very hyper, restless, and vomiting. He was foaming at the mouth and kept swallowing like something was in his throat.
    We were up all night cleaning up vomit. He is still very tired and acts likes he feels real bad. He vomited for hours, then had dry heaves. We did call the number on the box and was told to bathe him with dish detergent. This helped a little. I am very upset that this product is still on the shelves after reading all the bad side effects that dogs have experienced from it. At the very least the package should have some warnings about the extreme side effect that have been experienced. My Spaniel today is still just laying around and seems very tired.
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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2008

    I put this product on my 2 min pins and terrier mix. An hour later they were gasping it seemed for air or choking. They started frantically eating massive grass. Eating, licking everything. Vomiting started couldn't hold anything down there eyes almost swelled shut too. Scratching and shaking excessively. My daughters dog was here too. She hadn't been treated yet but was with the other dogs, she started vomiting as well without the nervous part. I looked up the product online and found this site and was terrified, with the economy I can't afford a vet for 3 dogs. I gave each one 25 MG of benedryl. 2 tsp. Koapectate every two hours 2 doses the vomiting has finally stopped. The emergency vet said with hold all food and water til morning. I am supposed to feed them plain rice and chicken this morning then offer ice cubes so they don't get too much and start vomiting again. My two bigger dogs are resting 12 hours later but my little toy min pin is still scratching and shaking not as bad the eyes have gone back to normal. I am seeing an improvement. Please issue an immediate recall on this item. The lot # of mine is 73091030. Sergeants knows this is happening and is still selling this toxic poison. In fact when my daughter called the number on the info she was getting really upset with the lady and the lady told her I have to disconnect this call now Wal la that fast she hung up on her.
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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2008

    I purchased a four-pack of Sergeants Gold Flea and Tick Application for Large Dogs for my 60 lb Husky/Sheppard mix. When I applied it I followed the directions to a T. I spread the solution with the tube from between his shoulder blades on his back down to the middle of his back. IMMEDIATELY he stumbled backwards and his rear legs fell down the stairway behind him. This was his (and my) first flea and tick application experience so I figured maybe the stench of the stuff made him woozy...like a menthol rub might for a second with a human...since he is typically as sure-footed as they come. It was late at night Tuesday when I applied it and he was acting funny (trying to get it off by scratching at it and running around a little frantickly), but I attributed it to the cold wet feeling he probably had on his back that he couldn't do anything about. The next morning he seemed a little awkward (more pronounced scratching and more running in circles and heavy breathing), but I figured he might have just been in a weird mood. When I got home from work 10 hours later he was a mess. He came running up (like he usually does), but collapsed at my feet (which he usually doesn't do) and just wanted to be loved. It was obvious he was being tortured somehow. He was running in circles far more frantically, scratching his back to the point that I thought he was going to draw blood and his heart rate was through the roof. Because this was the first time I had been around him for more than 2 consecutive hours (not asleep) I wanted to make sure that he wasn't in a mood. I petted him for a few hours and then I went to bed and had him sleep at the foot of my bed, like normal. Now, he knows to not get up on the bed and he has never done it since the first night we had him and we told him to stop (early Aug '08), but my girlfriend and I were woken up at 12:30 in the morning by him jumping with all fours ontop of the bed, with a yelp that was an obvious cry for help. He was definately in a lot of pain. I finally (I wish it hadn't taken me that long to piece it together) washed the Sergents poison off of his back. I then went online and read the countless horror stories of what this very same poison has done to so many other dogs/owners. I immediately followed the best advice I found online, which was to thoroughly wash him again with dishsoap. He didn't put up any fight at all to being washed, which I think can speak for itself. I dried him off and he was still going nuts. I called the emergency line for the vet (as it was 1:30am now) and they said that all that I could have done has been already done and to ride out the storm. They stated that if something overtly traumatic was going to happen it would have happened the first night, but that the side-effects will dissipate with time when after the poison had coursed his system (sounds like someone who has encountered this problem before, huh!?!). I then went back to the internet to find a victim whose vet had told him that there are heavy neurological effects as a result of this product and to expect the dog to act not-sane for the next couple of days. SERIOUSLY?!? I am having a very hard time understanding how a product like this can be sold. The majority of this story happened last night (Wed.) and this morning my dog was still definately affected. He seemed to be doing much better than he did last night, but what a scare...and what for? Here is the best part: while consoling him last night I found a live flea on him. This crap doesn't even do what it's made to do! PLEASE TAKE IT OFF THE SHELVES! It literally tortures these animals from the outside-in over the course of DAYS!
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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2008

    I bought Sentry Pro XFC after my usual flea treatment was not in stock for my dog's weight (over 60 pounds). I applied it exactly as the instructions state, separating the fur with the tip of the tube and applying to the skin from neck to half-way to tail. Within a couple of hours, Holly was dry heaving and drooling (very abnormal), and scratching more than usual. I figured the most logical explanation was the flea medication. I immediately washed her with a great deal of oatmeal shampoo and rinsed her for a very long time. She stopped dry heaving and appears to be better, but is very sleepy. I began to search the internet to see if the symptoms had ocurred in others and found that so many pets have suffered much more than Holly. I am grateful she had a fairly mild reaction (maybe because whe's such a big girl?), and feel so awful for those who have suffered more. I will continue to watch her closely because some people have seen the symptoms get worse after several hours.
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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2008

    Used Sargeant's Gold Flea and Tick topical treatment on my three Shih Tzu's on Saturday, 11-29-08, resulting in all of them having a terrible reaction which included neurological disorders, twitching and unable to rest, acting very uncomfortable in the area of treatment, skin extremely red in area, whining and crying out in pain,etc. Looked at the box which simply said to bathe the dogs which I did in Hartz Infusions Soothing Oatmeal Shampoo, to no avail. Also had Benadryl ointment which I applied to the affected skin, but did not help the neurological symptoms at all. All three of the dogs were awake and pacing all night long, crying out as if in pain. The next morning I took them to the only vet open at Petsmart and was told to bathe them in Dawn and give B
    enadryl tablets. Still no relief, so another sleepless night for both my dogs and myself. This afternoon,Monday December 1st, was the first sign I saw of some relaxation after holding my dogs and helping them rest by comforting them. Still not sure if they will have lasting effects from the apparent neurological toxin that was contained in this product, but I lost a full day of work today due to complete exhaustion!!!
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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2008

    I recently posted a complaint back on 10-31 RE:Using Sergeants flea and Tick shampoo on my pet(Trapper). He had a reverse reaction to the shampoo. He DIED yesterday and our family is devastated. My two kids are the ones who found him. Sergeants you have some explaining to do!!!!!! Its sad to know that you sell a product that has had so many complaints and now our family pet is dead.
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    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2008

    I applied november 28th this product on my dog (mini-schnauzer), after 30 mn he started to cought, after 1 hour I realized it may be a reaction to the product so I bath him, it stop the cough but he started acting crazy leaking all is back.We didn't sleep all night and went to the emergency vet (thanksgiving day)forty miles away ! He confirmed that it's a reaction to this product, gave him some shots. After 4 days my poor dog is better but he still leaking his tail and he is no more hair on his tail. I plan to bring him to the vet monday
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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2008

    On Thanksgiving, my husband and I noticed that one of our two chihuahua's had a flea on his head. He went to Wal-Mart and purchased the Sergeant's Gold flea medication for the dogs since Petco was closed. We applied it around 11 a.m. and by 1:00, both dogs were having major problems. The larger dog (15 lbs) vomited twice and would not let me come near him, he rolled around outside like he was trying to get somthing off of his back. The smaller dog (10 lbs) had a MUCH worse reaction. He was rolling around outside, but his back leg was twitching and he could barely walk across the floor. We immediately decided to wash both of them with Dawn. The larger dog seemed a bit better, but his back where the medicine was applied, hurt him (he would not let me touch him). He laid in his bed and would not come near us. The little dog continued to have leg spasms. They cause him to fall over, and then he couldn't get up, so he would lay on the floor and just look at us. It was so incredibly sad. We took him to the emergency vet, and they took his blood and x-rays. The x-rays came back fine, but his kidney levels were way above normal as a result of the medication. It poisoned our dogs. They kept him overnight on IV fluids for twelve hours and he came home yesterday. He is still twitching his leg like crazy, but it is better than before. Now, two days later, we have noticed that the larger dog has started twitching a little bit (not nearly as much as the smaller dog). This product is absolutely horrible.
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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2008

    Shortly after giving my 4 month old a treatment, she started drooling and yelping as if in much pain. I immediately gave her a bath with regular dog shampoo, called the vet immediately, she had 3 shots, Benadryl, Steroids and another for her drooling. She vomitted and after returning from the vet she was still miserable. The vet said that the medicine was burning her skin and she felt like she was being pricked. He recommended giving Dawn or Pert shampoo baths and to even put aloe vera on her skin.
    I have to rub her skin to make her feel better. I am so sorry and sad that I tried to save a little money, which ended up costing me more. Mostly I am so sorry that I did this to my baby girl....
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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2008

    We used the Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze-on. Our dog was sick for 2 days, his skin was burned - it scabbed and now he has scratched it raw.
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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2008

    The Monday before Thanksgiving I appied this product to my beloved pet and since that night we have had a horrible horrible week including sppending 1/2 of my Thanksgiving day in an emergency vet. Shortly after applying the product my dog became agitated and began having spasms in his back. He was running around the house screaming in pain and trying to bite the area that this was applied. He would continue to run in a circle and bounce off of anything he could find and scream in pain. He has finally started to calm down 4 days later,2 pain medications, 1 musle relaxer, benedryl, dawn dishwashing liqud and 3 vet visits later. This has been a truly horrible experience and I am outraged that this stuff is still being sold after reading all of these. I felt I was going to loose my dog and we still don't know what lasting neurological problems may be here all due to this product. This is inexcuseable and something needs to be done about it.
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    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2008

    We applied SentryPRO XFC flea and tick squeeze on for dogs per the package directions to our 13 pound Yorkshire Terrier, Bella. We had purchased this product at PetSmart in Daytona Beach, FL. After a short time, perhaps an hour or two, she started repeatedly shaking her head and have muscle twitching and spasms. She was restless and kept biting at herself. Her symptoms worsened after a couple hours and she started coughing and wheezing. I found the following website which helped us tremendously and may help you get this product off the market. It seems this wasn't an isolated incident. We took our dog to the emergency vet clinic in Daytona Beach at midnite and the vet said this is toxic poison which attacks the dog's nervous system and should be taken off the market. He said he sees 6 or more cases of this from Sergeant's products WEEKLY!! http://journal.drfaulken.com/problems-with-sentrypro-xfc-flea-and-tick-medication
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    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2008

    In an attempt to save some money, I purchased three packages of Sentry Pro XFC to prevent flea infestation on my dogs.I applied the product on 12 dogs and within an hour, ALL the dogs exhibited symptoms of an allergic reaction. All of the dogs were scratching frantically, panting, shaking, coughing, vomiting, whining acting uncomfortable and licking the air as if to expel something from their mouths.
    It was clear to me that the Sentry XFC contained a toxic substance. After contacting a vet, I washed all 12 dogs in Dawn dish soap, administered Benadryl and eye ointment and administered fluids to several of the smaller dogs.
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    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2008

    I Applied Sergeant's Gold to my miniature schnuzer he had a bad reaction.
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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2008

    I have a Chi-Weenie, approx. 12 lbs. She was a rescue I chose on July 23, 2008. No-one told me she was pregnant, meaning she could only be wormed and get the regular shots, not a rabies shot. The rescue place offered the meds being a senior on a SSI budget and because of the surpirse of her being pregnant. We gave birth to 4 puppies August 30, 2008. All puppies were place with loving families. One of the puppies came for a visit. LOADED WITH FLEAS. Needless to say I started to see a flea here and there. So I tried to handle the situation with baths of dawn dish liquid, rinsing in apple-cider vinegar, spraying my furniture with a dawn/water mixture. It helped some but I was still seeing them on her, I can't afford meds thru a vet so today 11/18/08 I went to to local grocery store and bought Sergeants flea squeeze. I put in on my dog and within 2 hours she was running all over the house, whinning, gagging, scratching and just going beserk. Then she started licking everything, baseboards, furniture, jumping on bookshelfs gnawing at the books and movie boxes. I took her outside and she ate alot of grass. When I brought her in she did start to gag again and vomit. I was getting scared. I called the 800 emergency # on the Sergeants box. The said to bath her in dawn dish liquid, give her some chicken broth or tuna fish oil to get the taste off her tongue that she probably got some in her mouth from scratching and on her bedding. They assured me that she will be fine in 24/48 hours no need to contact a vet. I did what they asked and she did vomit one more time and has calmed down some. She is still itcy and scratching and whinning off and on. Alseep right now I just checked her and where she is lying the pillow is soak and wet. Not sure where it is from. I asked the lady from Sergeants about the remainder of the product and they said to take it back to the store and gave me a case #407563 and a number 800-224-7387 to consumer affairs. Then I went online and found this site. Oh my, after reading alot of the entries I cannot beleive that this stuff is still on the market. These poor animals,the stress and angony they are going through is unacceptable. To some of us pet owners these are like our children. I really wish there was something I could do to stop this from happening to anyone else. It's just plain horrible for all concerned.
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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2008

    i put on the flea and tick gold squeeze on my 2 dogs,with in an hr they were acting crazy,hyper and crying in pain ,rolling on the floor ,my one was in a daze ,his back legs gave out .I gave them a bath in dawn deish detergant and benadrly.took them to the vet today ,they got shots and was told to watch them for the next few days it will take awhile for them to become themselves.
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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2008

    I had to take my dog Linden to the emergency vet on Saturday night then to another vet (The Marina Animal Clinic) on Sunday. I put some sergeants GOLD flea and tick on him Saturday morning (I bought at Wal-mart) and apparently vets and consumers are trying to get it off the shelf. I didnt know anything was wrong with him until about 8 hours after I applied it had I paid attention Id have noticed immediately that he was not well it is like he couldnt sit still and he kept barking and doing this low under the radar type of whine. I spent the entire day on my front porch and only took him out side for a walk once where he kept eating grass (which Ive never seen him do) apparently animals do this sometimes when they are sick. Once I sat down with him he kept laying his head on me and crying and then he would lay in his bed for 60 seconds then get up and lay on me then get up and lay on the floor. I immediately got online to see about the Sergeants and immediately came across hundreds of horror stories some going on in real time where animals were sick from this stuff. I quickly bathed him used joy (dawn is recommended) - and he really started crying - the skin on his back was pink and somewhat burned HE NEVER ONCE TRIED TO GET OUT of the bathtub if that tells you anything. I took him to the emergency vet and they thought I had gotten most of it off and he would be okay he wasnt ticking or anything with him because he was scared and shivering from the bath. I took him home and the symptoms seem to get worse I called the emergency vet again and they told me to get him benadryl to help with symptoms and allow him to sleep. They said the usual dosage is 1 mg per pound but to give him a double dose he is 12 pounds so he basically took one 24 mg tablet. The emergency Vet said to take him to the vet the next day. The benadryl made him sleepy but he still couldnt sleep - he kept twitching or ticking like something was wrong with his nerves. I was up the entire night on Saturday into Sunday morning with him b/c he couldnt sleep and would only lay still if I rubbed his neck or petted him. I gave him another bath at 7 a.m. on Sunday morning and then took him to the Marina Animal Clinic as soon as they opened. They usually hook them up to IV fluids to flush out what is in their system but that usually requires overnight stay and the alternative was a very strong muscle relaxer to get him to stop ticking and encourage him with liquids childrens pedialite, chicken broth -we took the shot because I didnt want to leave him and the vet said he would probably be okay. Linden finally fell asleep around 4 pm. Sunday and he slept until this morning.
    1. The vet gave me a FORM FDA 1932a it is a form that you can fill out for an adverse drug reaction involving an animal. The Marina told me that they see at least one animal a day as a result of Sergeants, Hartz and Bio-spot. Many of the cats and dogs dont survive there are more reactions for cats than dogs. I think the only reason Linden didnt have as severe of a reaction is because I didnt get the entire tube on him as I spilled out some of it when I cut the tube open. The vet said they have seen entire families like with three dogs where they all the dogs got sick from it. I didnt apply it wrong or give him the wrong dose either. It is poison and needs to be taken off the shelf. If you look online - just type in reaction to Sergeants flea and tick - you will come across thousands of people who have lost or almost lost an animal because of this product. I intend to send this information to every person or organization possible - it needs to be taken off the shelf.
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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2008

    On 11/13 I purchased Sergeants Gold flea&tick squeeze on for my 8 dogs of various sizes. All received the exact dosage recommended for their weight as directed on the package. Within 2 hours time all of my dogs started vomitting and running ouside to eat grass just to vomit even more. This went on for for about 24 hours by this time them just vomitting clear liquid since there was no more food to throw up in their system. At the same time they all started scratching+biting themselves like crazy and the little dogs acted like they were going out of their minds running around crying and all are shaking their heads like they would if they had a ear infection. I bathed all my dogs to try and get that stuff off but other than some temporary relief it did not seem to help much. My smallest dog has scratched so much that she has lost the hair on the front of her neck and has big welts, it looks like she has been burned. My oldest 11 year old could hardly walk and very lathargic, I really thought he was going to die. None would eat or drink for the first 2 days. Finally I went to the website JUST ANSWER and described the situation. They put me in touch with a Dog Expert and she recommended this site where I am typing now. I was horrified when I read all the complaints on this product. I did as was described in many of the complaints and rebathed all my dogs again with dawn Dishsoap and have given Benadryl. I'm on day 4 of this disaster now, and finally my big dogs seem to be doing somewhat better but there are still problems, none are acting like themselves. I just called Sergeants Hotline and they put me in touch with someone else and after taking reports on each of my dogs and the symtoms I was told to take my littlest one to the Vet right away and to open Vitamin E Capsules and rub them over the other dogs affected areas several times a day. I don't know what the affected areas are, they are scratching all over and for 8 dogs that would be about a 24 hour a day job opening those capsules and rubbing it on, not to mention the messes that will make and have to rebathe them again and again. What I would like to know is what in the world is in this stuff--ACID?? Why is this allowed to still be on the market with so many Horror complaints against it? According to all these complaints Sergeants has been called alot on this, they know the dangers, yet this product is still on shelves everywhere. Who is supposed to pay for all the vet bills that are encountered because of this obviously very dangerous product? I have used both Frontline and Hartz in the past and have never had any reactions, the only reason I bought this was because it said it works faster than Frontline. None of my Dogs seem to trust me right now, I think they think I did this on purpose and I am so guiltridden for buying this product and applying it to my beloved dogs.
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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2008

    applied sergeants gold flea @tick to my pet resulting in a toxic reaction ended up taking him to the vet in order to get him stableized.
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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2008

    applied sergeants gold flea @tick to my pet resulting in a toxic reaction ended up taking him to the vet in order to get him stableized.
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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2008

    Bought Sergeant's Gold: Flea and Tick for my two dogs, a Maltese terrior and cockapoo. We applied the correct amount to their backs just as the box directed us to. Within, a few minutues both of my dogs began to experience a bad reaction. We washed both dogs in cool water with soap, yet it seems like the Sergeant's Gold spread into their nervous system. It has been about 8 hours since we applied Sergeant's Gold and both dogs are still walking side ways, experiencing pain when they set down, rolling and scratching incontrolable and whinning.
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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2008

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2008

    I have 2 dogs about the same weight but different breeds. 1 is a aussie shepherd and the other is a terrier pound puppy. They are both about 5 years old. I applied this stuff as directed. A few hours later the aussie became restless, acted scared to death, and was licking everything frantically, she went off by herself in the other room which is unheard of. She was very uncomfortable, her back legs seemed weak and a little spastic. This went on for several hours. Suspecting the flea treatment I began to bathe and towel her and she seemed to get better. Hours later, about midnight my terrier woke me up...same thing, restless, lip smacking, licking everything, bedding, carpet, in a frenzy. She couldnt stay still. Restless. Seemed like she was having throat spasms or somethnig. We immediately started to bathe and towel to get the product off her but again it took hours for her to seem better. Now the next day, they still arn't the same but improving. The symptoms seem to come back off and on but only brief attacks. DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT. iT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT MY DOGS HAVE HAD THIS REACTION TO. I WILL NEVER USE AGAIN.
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    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2008

    My boyfriend and I purchased Sergeants Gold Squeeze at Walmart in Marietta on 11-11-08. We read the package insert and applied accordingly. With in a hour my chihuahua and his Terrior mix were going crazy, very aggitated and nervious. They were shaking there heads and digging at there ears.
    We then googled this product and found the stories of others whoes pets were having the same reactions. We bathed them several times in Dawn dish soap and gave them benadry, this seemed to help, but they are still shaking there heads. Sergeants wants pet owners to feel like they are stupid and are the ones at fault, this is not true. The only fact that remains is that this product is toxic to our pets and it needs to be removed from the shelves so that no other pet has to go through what ours did and some many others.Please save other pets and their owners from this torture. Our pets could have died from this product if we had not got this information in time.
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    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2008

    We wanted to have a more economical solution for managing flea control in our dogs and we purchased the Sergeant's Gold Flea and Tick squeeze-on product at WalMart. I applied as directed to our Akita dog. We went out for the evening and returned late. I woke up a few hours later and stepped in a couple pools of liquid. Thinking it was urine I scolded the dog. Then I noticed it had no smell of urine when I cleaned it up. I looked much more closely at the dog and saw that she was wet with saliva. I then noticed about 10 pools of saliva in various rooms in the house and drops of saliva which had dried (dried bubbles) in many, many random areas. I then understood that she was hypersalivating and very leary of me (like she knew that I had poisoned her!!). The first thing I did was get onto the internet and search for this symptom with the particular flea medicine chemicals and after twenty minutes found numerous complaint sites about Sergeants flea and tick products. Many had the same symptoms that point to a toxic poisoning. I am taking her to the vet now. There are simply way too many complaints about this product and if it was a human baby product the company would be out of business. Animals cannot speak to inform us (like babies), yet when there are sooo many people experiencing the same ill effects from the same product, some authorities should get involved to prevent that corporation from continuing to market a suspect product.
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    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2008

    On sunday night my mom put Sergeant's Gold squeeze-on her cat, a 1.5 year old siamese mix. On monday he was acting wierd, foaming at the mouth, his eyes were dialated and he was unable to control his movements and bowels. She immediately took our loving family pet to the vet's office, where he was placed in the ICU.
    Toby was in such bad shape that the vet had to sedate him in order to wash him several more times. After two days now of flushing his system with medications and fluids, Toby is getting better. Unfortunately, his treatment maxed out our credit cards and the vets estimate it will cost over $500 for the 3-4 days in the hospital as well as his medications.
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    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2008

    APPLIED SERGEANT'S GOLD FLEA&TICK SQUEEZE-ON FOR DOGS 61LBS AND OVER EXACTLY AS THE DIRECTED ON MY 70LB DOG. THE NEXT DAY I NOTICE HIM SHAKEN HIS HEAD AND SCRATCHING HIS EARS.THE SYMPTOMS GOT WORSE THE NEXT DAY, SO I TOOK HIM TO THE VET AND FOUND OUT BOTH HIS EARS WERE INFECTED.WENT ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON SEVERAL WEB SITES. IF NOTHING ELSE THIS PRODUCT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM STORE SHELVES!
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    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2008

    My sisters cat had 5 kittens, at about 7-8 weeks old they had fleas and we gave all but one a bath as directed with Seargents Gold for kittens. The one that didn't have the bath is doing fine, However, the other four are dead. We at first thought that they had a defect. (one day fine the next they were sick within 3 they were dead one after the other,). Come to find out a neighbor gave her cats a bath in the same Seargents Gold bought at the same Walmart and both her cats are dead. If there is anything that Seargents can do to compensate these women for their lost I think it only right.
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    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2008

    I want to write this to warn other pet parents. I have seen other blogs about this, but i feel it is my duty to also raise my voice and say something.
    I went to meijer (like walmart) and bought some Sergeant's gold flea and tick squeeze on for Baby Girl. I had NEVER used this product before, but i knew she needed some now. To give you just quick background, i'm a college student, and i had a miscarriage not too long ago, I got baby girl as a way of...trying to get through, and honestly she pretty much saved my life. She was abused before i got her, and i pamper her and treat her almost like a child (a spoiled child :) ) . So i bring this stuff home, and put it on her, and not too long afterward she's jumping from my bed to the floor, out of the door, back in the door (bedroom door), underneath the bed, out of the other side of the bed, to the bean bag chair, back on the bed, under the covers, over the covers...not only that but she starts drooling uncontrolably. First I thought that her drooling was due to the fact that she's hungry (she's a 10 month old boxer by the way), so i give her food. She eats, then goes back to being spastic, drooling everywhere and acting completely out of control. Although she's a puppy it's not hard to tell the difference between puppy energy and pretty much....wild out of control puppy, and she was definatly out of control. The only thing that was different was this flea and tick treatment, so I told myself to calm down and look online, just to see if anyone had any similar issues, and if it was common or something with these over the counter brands. You have no idea how scary it was to see so many web pages talking about how this stuff has made so many people's dogs sick...and some have DIED. I called my emergency vet and they told me to wash her in dish soap (which i did), and try to get her to eat and drink then let her rest, but that i should call the number on the back of the flea and tick treatment box. Well i call this number on the back of the box, and they want to charge me $10.00 just to find out what the new number is (yeah the emergency number has changed or something). So i figured a different way through (call the regular number then have IT transfer you through the emergency number). These people tell me that the dogs don't like the prickly feeling on their skin and that's what makes them spastic, then they gete it in their mouth and because it's bitter the dogs begin to salivate, and that baby girl will be fine, just to keep an eye on her but if she continues to rush her to the vet. Now really....let me tell you what i think of that....that's a LIE. If it were just prickley feelings and bitter tasting making my dog act like this why would you suggest that i take her to the vet if it doesn't stop. When i talked to the emergency vets by the way, they stated that this happens a LOT with this brand of flea and tick medication. Everywhere on the internet are PISSED people who have given this to their animals and had a horrible experience like mine. And you know what the company says? They say that we aren't reading the lables that we could be applying it wrong! THAT'S CRAP. There's no way this many people are suffering because of not reading the lable and TRUST ME i read the lable. So now, baby girl is in my lap under the blankets. It wasn't easy to get her to this point, I had to tackle her, and hold her down (firmly yet gently) after i gave her a bath, and i had to sing to her and pet her and kiss her, pretty much while crying and praying the entire time. She's sleepign now but i'm about to wake her up to make sure she continues to breath and whatnot.
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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2008

    Please forward this to all fellow dog owners! - Warning Sentrypro XFC Flea and Tick Medication
    I just want to warn everybody about a flea medication I recently purchased at PetCo - its called SentryPro XFC. We applied the proper amount to our 2 Chinese Cresteds and within hours both dogs had SEVERE allergic reactions which included vomiting, foaming at the mouth, drooling, shakes, itching, crying, and sweating. I googled the name of the product and found HUNDREDS of other people that are having the same problems! I cannot believe this product is still on the shelves! I put in calls to both corporate PetCo and Sentry. They were very helpful and documented my case which will be reviewed by the EPA. But till this is off the shelves we need to warn our fellow dog owners about this extremely harmful product. Please beware and if you happen to get this too late, other owners recommend immediately bathe your dog in Dawn dishwashing soap and give them Benadryl. This is what we did and it helps, but I am still waiting for it to get out of my dogs system as they are still in pain and itching! - Tara Strauss tarastrauss2@aol.com Link to website with other Sentry XFC complaints: http://journal.drfaulken.com/problems-with-sentrypro-xfc-flea-and-tick-medication/ PetCo Corporate -1-858-453-7845
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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2008

    I purchased Seargeant's Nature's Guardian flea treatment, both cat and dog. I applied it as directed to my cat and dog several weeks ago. The day after application, my cat began losing clumps of hair around its back right where the product had been applied, and broke out in a red bumpy rash that has lasted for several weeks.
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    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2008

    I used this product because I could not afford the usual Frontline Flea treatment that I use on my 2 year old Shitzu and my 3 years old Cockapoo. Almost seven hours later my heart was braking! My Shitzu began to cry in pain and became agiated. My cockapoo was less stressed but wasn't acting normal. My husband and I quickly searched online and found that I applied a perfectly legal but harmful poison to our dogs! So many others have been damaged by this product that I can not believe that it is on shelves! We quickly washed the dogs in Dawn Dishsoap, gave them lots of water and made them drink Chicken Broth as some of the people suggested. Since it was 11:00p.m. we called a 24 hour vet and told them what had happened and what we were doing. They said it would be $500 for both dogs to come in a get treated, but since the dogs were not vomiting, frothing at the mouth, and had use of there legs to just continue to give them the baths, and watch them closely. My Shitzu had a hot spot on the back of his neck where I had applied the treatment and it helped to put an ice pack on it. The Vet said that to the animal it feels like a needle prick everytime he moves his head! Its almost 9:00 a.m. the next morning and they are sleeping now, and we will see how the day goes.
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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2008

    Yesterday (11/7/08), I also used Sergeants Silver Flea & Tick Squeeze Poison on my 4 dogs that weigh between 10-22 pounds. Within 1 hour they were all miserable. Within 2 hours after applying this to them I realized I needed to wash it off. They started drooling and racing around the house like something was after them. They have been scratching constantly and they shake and twitch uncontrollably. The smallest one has been affected the most. She cant stop moving around and we got absolutely no sleep last night. Whenever she tried to lie down, she started kicking and flailing her legs around. It has been pure torture for all of them. They have had trouble breathing and two of them are very lethargic.
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    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2008

    PUT PRODUCT ON MY DOG AS DIRECTED, AN HOUR LATER SHE HAD A SIEZUURE FOAMING
    AND VERY HEAVY BREATHING. SEVERE CHEMICAL BURNS ON TREATED AREA. STILL IN TROUBLE AFTER THREE DAYS AND TWO VET
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    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2008

    Around 6 in the evening I applied Sergeant's Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze-On for Dogs to my dog. Thirty minutes later, she began to incessantly run around the house as if she were nervous about something. We figured fleas were simply running all over her body, and this was making her uneasy. Only a couple hours passed when she began to vomit, drool, drink massive amounts of water, and tremble. She kept motioning to go outside, and we did after she had vomited another 6 times! As we walked outside, she did nothing but seek grass to eat and eat (and eat). Finally, we went back home to where she jumped on the couch, tried to rest, and continued drooling and trembling. After reading complaints online, I tried wiping off the medicine from her back with soap and water. This might have helped some in conjunction with grass-eating as she ceased vomiting. I woke up intermittently to check on her and she trembled and drooled a little. Today, she's terribly lethargic and doesn't want to play like she normally does in the morning.
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    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2008

    My 11 lb. Yorkie is having a serious reaction to this product. I applied Sergeant's Gold Flea & Tick Squeeze On for 9-20 lb. dogs to my Yorkie this evening and within a couple of hours he became miserable. He is rubbing himself constantly trying to get the product off of himself, biting the air aroud his backside, and has reddened skin where the product was applied. I called Sergeant's consumer hotline and was told to bathe him in Dawn. I have - twice! He is still in distress. We live in a rural area with no emergency vet, so I will be praying to make it through this night. I can't believe this poison was sold to me for use on my pet.
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    Reviewed Nov. 6, 2008

    On 11/02/08, I applied Sergeants Gold Squeeze Flea and Tick Control on my beautiful Bichon, Cooper. He is 9 months old.
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    Reviewed Nov. 6, 2008

    I bought Sergeant's GOld Flea & Tick Squeeze on for Dogs at Wal-Mart 4 days ago. Within an hour of applying the product to my 2-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, he was having a terrible reaction to it. He was shaking, scratching, breathing very shallow, shaking his ears as if they were wet, and turning around very abruptly to look at his rear end as if something was biting it - every time he did this he yelped and screamed in pain. My husband immediately went on the Web and found post after post about how other dog owners experienced the exact same thing. We immediately bathed him several times in dish soap (as instructed for dogs who have had a reaction) and gave him Benadryl. It is now 4 days later and my dog is no better. He is completely lethargic, still turning around as if something is on him and when he does he screams in pain - this coming from a dog who is normally running around and playing happily. He will not walk anywhere by himself because as soon as I stand him up he jerks around and starts yelping. I became so concerned yesterday that I took him to my vet. They examined him, gave him a cortisone shot, and sent me home with a course of prednisone for him to take for the next week. Its been well over 24 hours since he's been on the medication and he is showing no signs of improvement. He is eating and drinking - but I need to physically bring the food and water to him because he refuses to walk around.
    All of this because I tried to save a few bucks buying a product that advertises on its website that its Better than Frontline at less than 50% the price. It also says on the packaging that it kills fleas in one hour they should also mention that it may kill your pet in an hour too! I used the product exactly as directed and this is what I ended up with. Instead of saving a few dollars I ended up with a vet bill over $100 and a dog that is still not well - not to mention the emotional pain I feel for doing this to my baby. I cannot believe that a product like this is still on the shelves. If you google the product's name there is website after website with people's heartbreaking stories about how this product has harmed their beloved pets. This is more than a Consumer Affairs issue, it's also cruelty to animals.
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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2008

    On 11/3/08 I purchased Sentrypro XFC flea & tick squeeze on for dogs at Petco. I applied this, as directed, to my 6 month old miniature schnauzer puppy. Within a couple of hours, Harley was scratching & biting himself in the area where this product was applied. He then began to act crazy...running around the house, continually shaking his head, drooling & not able to sit still. I checked the back of the box & read that if there were signs of sensitivity from the use of Sentrypro XFC, to bathe the dog with a mild soap & to rinse with large amounts of water. I gave Harley a bath, using a mild puppy shampoo, but this did not work. Harley vomitted 2 times before I gave him a bath. After the bath there was still no change so I went online to do some research. I was totally SHOCKED at what I read about this product! There were thousands of complaints from people who experienced the same thing as I did with their pets. How in the world can this product still remain on the shelves for people to purchase???? I immediately called the Emergency Animal Hospital and I brought Harley in right away for an examination. He was given another bath, injections of Benadryl & a steroid (Dexameth Sod Phos). I was told by the veterinarian that she had seen several cases like this. I brought Harley home and he could not sit still. We were up all night, as he was unable to lay down for a minute. I gave him another bath to see if that would help, but it didn't. This morning I went and purchased Dawn Soap Detergent as I read that this was the best thing to use to remove any oil left from Sentrypro XFC. I gave Harley his 4th bath & also gave him a half of Benadryl table (which was recommended by the vet).
    I went to Petco & asked to speak to the manager. I explained to her what had happened & she said that she had many people come in with the same complaint about Sentrypro XFC. She was genuinely concerned & said that she wished that she could remove this product from the shelves. She promtly refunded the money that I had paid for this product.
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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2008

    7:30 PM November 3rd-Nov 4ht 2008....Shortly (20 minutes)after giveing my 1 year old pit bull AKA. Honey, Sergeants Gold flea and tick squeeze on for dogs she started acting really funny..all confused and her mouth was watering profusely..she is also running around scratching and biting like a mad dog, i give her a bath imeidetly with mane and tale shampoo and gave my 6 year old dog a bath as well whom i also aplied it to. I had to call the company hotline and i spoke to Karen she got my name address and type of product i had used with serial numbers from the tubes of junk they sold me at Walmart. She referred me to their poisen control center wich i got a person by the name of Erin who acted like i was anoying her because my dog was suffering from their product..she was rude and obvious that she knew that this was common she told me to wash the dogs also my face was on fir all night and Erin told me to wash my eyes out for 20 minutes and put vitamen E-oil on my skin... i tried to tell her i had already did all that and it was not helping but she just kept getting ruder and ruder until she hung up. Yeah just hung up when i am in a crisis over my dogs acting like they were dying. so i call back and record it this time wich i have 4 minutes of her being rude as hell and at the end wich i ask politely to speak to her supervisor she tells me NO YOU MAY NOT and HUNG UP again for the 2nd time. this is all at 1:50AM NOVEMBER 4TH 2008. ive since given my dogs multiple baths and ran to the store to get DAWN and put E-oil on my face to calm down the burning sensaation of my face and eyes that has and is still burning now for almost 10 hours.... my dogs are still acting bizzar and i hope tomorow is better and am thinking about emergency care for me and my 2 dogs.
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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2008

    2 small dogs had an allegic reaction to sergants gold flea and tick product. 1 got it in her I from scratching at it. The both were driven crazy by it and Not able to rest. I am not wanting to sue anyone. I just want the producted to be taken off the market because they are not the only 2 small dogs that have had this problem.
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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2008

    I am outraged that so many stories and this is still on the market!! Our story is the same. Our pit bull after 3 days not 100% and the pug at 1:00am is now at the vet with a growing lump on its neck. This is just heartbreaking. PLEASE PLEASE REMOVE THIS FROM FOOD LION AND ALL OTHER SHOPS. Disgusted in Edgewater ,md Kathy
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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2008

    I used this product on my yorkie and about an hour after using it i noticed she was acting really strange. I got online and typed in just the product name and saw a bunch of horror stories about people using this product. Thankfully I used to work for a vet and I knew to wash her with dawn dish soap. But even after doing that twice she was still shaking, scratching, biting, had reddened skin, and restless. This was driving her more crazy then the fleas ever did. I ended up having to rush her to the hospital at six in the morning after not sleeping at all that night, because I couldn't stand to see her acting the way she was. The vet told me about how they have been having problems with this product and thankfully I got her in there when I did because this product is basically a poison. If I hadn't gotten my dog in there as soon as I did they would have had to hospitalize her and I could have lost her. She had to be given a shot to relax her muscles so she could calm down and I have been giving her Robaxin ever six to eight hours. It has been about three days since the incident and she still isn't completely back to normal.
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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2008

    I applied this formula to my dog and within 15 minutes the dog was in distress. He was running and rolling around, whinning and biting at himself. Since I had read the box before applying we immediately gave him a bath. After the first bath he continued trying to scratch himself and was losing control of his backend. We gave him a second bath and he was still in agony. All night long we had to make sure we were holding him and rubbing him. If we stopped he would jerk and whine. I was afraid he would die as his breathing was very shallow and he would stop periodically and then jerk back. It was a very long night and immediately took him to the vet in the morning. Although he had started to come back slightly. The vet said this product attacks the nervous system on the dogs. It has been two days since we used this product and our dog is not back to normal yet, although he is making headway. He continues to scratch at himself and does not play like he did before and still whines alot. I'm hoping he will come back to normal soon. This product should be taken off the market so no other unsuspecting dog owner should have to go through the agony of watching their pet suffer.
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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2008

    I used Sentry Pro XFC flea medication on my dog. He had a bad reaction which included his jumping as if being bitten, severely scratching himself, not being able to sleep because of jerky actions for about 36 hours even after product was washed off
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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2008

    Went to Petco and had this product suggested Sentry PRO XFC flea and tick formula made by Sergeants pet care products....carefully read the package looking for side effects
    (saw NONE listed). got home and re-read the instructions and applied as directed. Our dog Jackson a 13 month old Tibetan Spaniel had the most miserable night in his life (and ours too) coughing hacking scratching head shaking and just COULD NOT be still I woke up the next day was told he was airlickin and had vomited. So I and went to the web to check and see if anyone had any info on side effects WOW... so many pets (and parents) suffering needlessly. I immediately washed Jackson with Dawn a few times, have never seen my dog be grateful for a bath before. think he feels somewhat better NOW that I think he will not die I am MAD AS HELL why and how can Petco continue to sell this dog poison and how do the people at the top of SERGEANTS PET CARE PRODUCTS COMPANY sleep? after reading so many of these post they KNOW their is a problem with this product and yet for money one continues to make it and hide the side effects by not having it on the label) whilst the other company continues to sell it. MAN I am so upset I feel like I was let down by BOTH companies. We are new pet parents and just trusted that Sergeants and Petco were good companies Guess we will have to goggle all pet products and companies from now on I THINK BOTH SHOULD BE SUED FOR ALL THE MONEY THE HAVE MADE OFF OF PUSHING THIS POISON
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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2008

    I purchased Sergeants' Flea and Tick Shampoo and gave my pet a bath a few nights ago. This was a mistake!! The next day I found that my pet (trapper) was not acting normal walking very slowly like he's blind with his eyes shut, running into everthing, moaning like he didn't know what was going on, he was disoriented not eating or drinking anything. I had to take him to the vet and he had to have i.v.'s, medicines,catheter etc. I now had to pay a vet bill for $435.00. This is money I don't have, but the vet said he probably wouldn't of made it through the night. I was able to bring him home from the vet 10 hours later. Later that night I woke up to his screaming pains and he was drooling and started shaking with his eyes going crazy like he was having seizures. Sergeants Co. better hope that Trapper makes it through this. Hes the victim and didn't do anything wrong. No animal deserves this. Consumers trust products that are able to be sold and I can't believe a Co. is able to sell this with as many complaints that have been filed. Something needs to be done.I will be contacting Sergeants flea and tick Co. and submitting my vet bill in. I am very unhappy and this product needs taken off the shelves along with all the other Sergeants flea products that have poisoned these poor helpless pets that are mentioned in the other consumer complaints. DO NOT BUT SERGEANTS FLEA AND TICK PRODUCTS! THE VET ALSO SAID TO STAY AWAY FROM THEM!
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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2008

    This past weekend, my two dogs (pomeranian poodle mixes), were treated with Sergeant's Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze-On medication (the correct weight-based med). I was out of town, and they were staying with family. I had used Frontline and Hartz In Control in the past without a problem. We assumed this medication would also be safe as it was sold over the counter at a drugstore. About 1 hr after application, they both began vomiting, foaming at the mouth, crying, itching themselves, and became lethargic. After looking up information online about this medication, it seems as though many other animals have had the same reaction. From what I gather, it appears some are treated as a pesticide poisoning and some as an allergic reaction. They were bathed and then given benadryl and prednisone. One dog needed to receive intravenous fluids. They are still on twice a day benadryl and a prednisone burst. One dog actually has a burn on his skin from where the medicine was applied. The vet prescribed a spray for this, as well as a calming shampoo. They are improving now, but it angers me that this medication is still available after so many have reported terrible reactions and occasionally even death. I am a doctor, and the person taking care of them at the time was a nurse. We were therefore able to recognize what was occurring, however some might not be as fortunate to have this past medical experience. This medication needs to be taken off the market!
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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2008

    I applied flea squeese-on as directed, beginning at base of neck and stopping at mid-back. I used the correct dosage for my dog. Within hours, he was scratching, shaking his head, he could not walk properly (wobbling and falling over). He kept kicking out with his rear right leg. He also could not be still. I gave him a bath and benadryl which made him sleepy, but I had to hold and pet him all night to keep him from jerking every 5-10 seconds. Thirty five hours later he has improved considerably. I have been in the medical field 22 yrs. and know an allergic reaction when I see it. This was not. This was neurological and I want this taken off the market.
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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2008

    I used Sergeant's Flea and Tick treatment and spray and it almost killed all 3 of my chihuahuas! They started foaming at the mouth, breaking out in whelps, twitching, whining, scratching, and 1 of the chihuahua's eye was shutting. I was advised by our local vet to seek emergency care. We took all 3 chihuahuas to an emergency vet about 1 1/2 hours from our home. They were each treated with a steroid and Benadryl shot. The only saving grace the vet told me was the good sense I had to to bathe them real good to try to remove the toxin. I bought these products at Food Lion and think this poison needs to be removed from the hands of pet owners! Our vet bill was 390.00 and even though it was a lot of money to spend I am just thankful that our pets are alive 2 days later!
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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2008

    We used Sergeant's Gold Flea & Tick drops for our dogs. First month we used the drops we thought things were ok. We used them the second month and all things went wrong. My precious little baby girl, who weighs about 8#, started whinning and licking all the time. I thought it was from the fact that she did not have the teeth to bite at the fleas with. Boy was I wrong she started throwing everything up. She started becoming lathargic and very disoriented. She could hardly walk, she was very wobbly on her back feet. We would have to carry her out into the yard to go potty. We finally took her to the vet on the 3rd day, which was Wed. 10/22/2008. I was told the first dose we used did more damage to her than we could have ever known. The second dose did her fatal harm. She had a swollen inflammed liver plus she started having seizures, which she has NEVER done, well on Tues. 10/28/2008 she had a seizure that she could not come out of and my baby passed away. I wish I would have known about this dangerous product. With the economy the way it is we were trying to save money and bought over the counter drops. Trust me I will NEVER buy Sergeant's products again. I will tell eveyone I know not to either. After all of the research I have done online, this product in my opinion, should have been recalled and pulled from the shelf a long time ago. Nothing can bring my baby back. I have had her for 13 years. R.I.P. Roxie.
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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2008

    I used Sergeant's Gold Flea and Tick squeeze on and both of my dogs had a severe reaction. They were foaming at the mouth, jerking, shaking, couldn't sit still and skin was blistered where I used the product. I bathed them in dishwashing soap several times through the night and applied cortizone. They are some better. i will be taking them to the vet today. I read of many cases like this on the internet. I can't believe this product is still on the market.
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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2008

    On Monday at 6:15 I used Sentry PRO flea and tick squeese on my dog. A few hours after I applied my dog began to have a little twitch which I though was nothing. The next day on Thursday I came home from work to find my dog unable to walk. I took her the Emergency Vet and he said that she had been poisoned by the product. I followed up by calling poison contol and filed a complaint. The vet was informed that this Is not a rare accourance. I am upset that such a product is being sold. My dog went through a lot of trama as did I. I had to clear out my savings to pay the vet bill.
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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2008

    I purchased sergeant's gold flea and tick medication for dogs from walmart.I used it on my 2 pugs and within 7 hours both dogs became hyper and were scratching at themselves and did not sleep through the night. They both cried all night and ran in cricles. I bathed them the night I put this horrible medication on them to try and get it off. I took them to the vet the next morning and found out that this so called medication was harmful to the dogs.
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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2008

    I have already filed a complaint, but since then, my female Golden Retriever is now in the animal hospital and I don't know if she is going to pull through. At first she didn't show as much symtoms as my other 2 dogs, but 2 days ago, which was 1 week after I applied the sergeants squeeze on flea and tick she began vomiting and kept drinking water and vomiting it up. She became very weak, so I called my vet right away and we took her in. She was extremely dehydrated and he did bloodwork on her. He seemed to think it was a reaction to that product. I will know tommorow what the bloodwork shows. I can't tell you how upset I am. We love that little girl and if she doesn't pull through this and I find out that it was due to the sergeants product, I will find out what legal actions I can take against that company. I can't believe that something hasn't been done to make them recall this stuff.As I can see, since I filed my report, there are others who had the same thing happen to their dogs. Why don't all of us get together and stop this product from being sold to anyone else. I know they don't care, but we all love are animals and we all feel a sense of quilt for giving them something to make them suffer. Please do something to stop this product before it affects anyone else!
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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2008

    on 10/21/2008 I bought sergeant's sliver for my two dogs. I made sure that it was the right weight for them and read the directions to make sure i did everything right because i have never used it before. Well within 20min. of putting this on my dogs they started licking themselves nostop and then started foaming from the mouth and started throwing up, i rushed them to the vet's and the doctor stated that this was happening because of the product i used on them, they had to stay the night with iv's going to get this out their system, she told me that she couldn't say if they would be ok or not because it was such a strong product. I had to come home and wonder all night if they would make it or not. They did make it and now they are doing better. I had to pay $480 because of this. I called the company today (10/27/08) and told them what happened (they didnt even say sorry or acted like they even cared) they told me to mail in the rest of the product that i hadnt used and a copy of the vet's bill and they would look into it and call me when they could. I wish i never had used this on my dogs. Now i am trying to see what i can do to get this off the market! I'm asking anyone that can help me with this to please let me know what i can do about this!
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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2008

    I applied Sentry Pro XFC to my Sheltie and she began vomiting, licking at the air, and running around like crazy.
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    Reviewed Oct. 26, 2008

    10/24 Purchased a box of Sergeant's Gold Flea & Tick squeeze on for dogs 61 lbs & over, applied it noonish on 10/25 to our 65 lb rott/lab mix 10 month old puppy. Within 15 minutes of application, physical complications evident in our puppy were: EXTREME salivation/drool - his neck was saturated, eyes darting about, moderate confusion - was chewing on his own front legs. I was concerned, but did not even think it had anything to do with the flea control drops, as I have been using Sargeants Gold flea/tick dog shampoo on him since he was 12 weeks old - incidentally I use the Sargeant's Gold cat shampoo on our cats as well - with absolutely no side affects. A few hours after application, we noticed his confusion becoming more pronounced. We live on a farm, so there are several fresh drinking water sources available to him, and he would move from one tank to another, all afternoon long. Drinking constantly. We took turns supervising him all day - he was in and out of the house at least 30 times by 9 pm, which is his usual bedtime. He was restless ALL night, wandering from room to room, his neck still saturated from his saliva/drooling. Today 10/26 he was totally not normal, in any way shape or form. The drooling, confusion, and darting eyes had been combined with a clumsiness and lethargy unlike anything we have ever experienced with this dog. To clarify: he had a broken front leg when he was 3 months old, and part of his treatment was to be sedated for 8 weeks. The medication dosage had to be increased numerous times, until he was taking TWICE the normal amount for a dog of his weight (30 lbs), and the vet finally said it was the max dosage possible. This puppy's vet has affectionately nicknamed him Spaz, due to his physical inability to be calm. He is an extremely high energy animal who requires a minimum of 2 hours a day hardcore playtime - tennisball fetch with a chuckit is the most effective - to even remotely resemble a normal puppy composure. This morning however, he seemed almost comatose, refusing playtime as if he were an old man on his deathbed. At which point I decided to google the flea/tick drops. After reading several posts here, we gave him a long warm bath, scrubbing every inch of his coat down to the skin. He was in the tub for maybe 15 minutes, tops. That was at 1:30, it is now 2:30, and he is outside running with the horses and rolling in the dirt, acting alert and the confusion appears to be non existant at this point. Thank you to everyone for taking the time to report your experience, you have without a doubt saved our sweet boy from any more agony associated with this product.
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    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2008

    I applied Sentry Pro XFC to both of my dogs. They are both small 10 and 15 lbs. The negative reaction was almost immediate. Both dogs started acting crazy, would not sit still, even in my lap and could not get comfortable. Before I did anything else I Googled the product name and immediately saw this website http://journal.drfaulken.com/problems-
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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2008

    For the first time I purchased an off the shelf flea medication for my three boxers. I always buy from the vet, but the box caught my eye when it claimed it was good as frontline. Well, I thought I had killed my dogs! I put the product on them Oct. 22 2008 at 3:00 p.m. After two hours of putting this stuff on my dogs they began itching and scratching, the youngest began violently sick. From about 5:00p.m. till 3:00 a.m. he threw up and could not rest. He did not go into seizures but he sure was very sick. I called the vet and was instructed to bathe them in Dawn dish washing liquid. I had already given them baths in their regular dog shampoo prior to calling him. I called the medical hot line, they also told me to remove the ointment and call the vet if he was sick. They were not sympathetic and not very helpful. It is two days and they seem normal except for some scratching. I took product box back to store, they gave me back my money but it does not compensate for the agony it put my dogs through. Not to mention what it put me through, up all night watching him suffer and now my carpet is ruined as he threw up numerous times on it. This product needs to be recalled. I understand that the active ingredient is an insecticide and even one drop can kill a cat. I am so mad at myself for being so naive and buying a product without researching it first, it will not happen again. I hope something is done soon to prevent this from happening to some other pet.
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    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2008

    Sergeant's Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze-On for Dogs. I applied this product to my dog as directed, and within hours she was vomiting, foaming at the mouth, drooling and had no control of her legs. I was NOT happy with this product AT ALL. Thank God she is okay now, after calling my vet and doing what they told me to do. We had to immediately bathe her with dishwashing liquid, and then start getting her to take in water and chicken broth. She is very tired now and resting, but doing okay....IMMEDIATE difference after getting that crap off her. I absolutely WOULD NOT RECOMMEND this product to ANYONE !!!
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    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2008

    applied to my dog's coat and she presented with hyper-activity, drooling and twitching.
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    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2008

    Purchased Sergeant's Gold Flea & Tick Squeeze-On for Dogs on 10/20/08 around 2200. Applied it to my dog’s skin according to package directions around 2300. My dog vomited four times on the night of the application. The next afternoon around 1800, he was lethargic; his breathing was retarded and shallow and he collapsed. He was treated by an emergency vet for a topical toxin (Sergeant's Gold) for four hours followed by home monitoring. My dog was severely lethargic and required professional care for several hours. The product itself cost approximately $6. The damage incurred from the product totaled approximately $421 to date, with possible follow up appointments throughout the following week.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2008

    I purchased Sergeants Gold flea and tick squeeze on for my 3 Golden Retrievers and about an hour after I noticed my 1 year old running around the house like he didn't know where he was going and then he started drooling from his mouth and rubbing on everything. I called the hotline and they said to bath him in dish liquid, so we did. He still seemed anxious and was biting himself. In the meantime, I heard my other dog crying and I went downstairs to check on him and he was worse than my 1 year old. He had all the symptoms of my 1 year old, plus he acting like he was paralyzed in his hind leg and kept biting at his tail. My female dog was having some symptoms, but not as extreme.

    After reading all the other sad complaints, I feel it is time that something should be done. That company needs to take that poisonous product off the shelf before another innocent animal doesn't have to suffer, plus the agony that the owner has to go through watching their beloved pet go through such misery. I was one of the lucky ones. I think my dogs will recover, but I understand, some were not so lucky. Please do something to stop this product from being manufactured.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2008

    Purchased Sergeant's Gold flea and tick squeeze on, for my 2 American Eskimos, serious scratching, crying, moaning. Gave them a bath, times 2, still very nervous, all within 1 1/2 hours of administering it.

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    Reviewed Oct. 20, 2008

    I gave my pet a dose of the Sergeants Gold flea medicine and then everything fell apart in my world. On Friday night, I gave him a dose. Saturday morning, he is running around scratching, itching, foaming at the mouth, unable to rest, continuously moving. I gave him a bath twice with Dawn dishwashing liquid. He twitched as if he was having seizures. I was scared to death. Vet not in, since it is the weekend. Now three days later, he is just now getting back to normal. Why is this company allowed to continue to sell this product?

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2008

    I live with my mother. I brought along my dog when I moved in here. We were having problems with fleas and tried everything. So we decided to try the Sergeant’s Gold Flea Treatment on my dog and the three that were already here. WORST IDEA EVER. We noticed after a couple hours after we gave them the treatment they started acting weird. Twitching and biting their paws, rubbing against things. Then they became like off balance - they couldn't walk straight, foaming at the mouth. We since then bathed them in Dawn and gave them Benadryl but it is awful. Just plain sad to have to watch your baby (dog) go through the pain they are going through. Everyone please stay away from this product.

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2008

    After applying correct dosage to my dogs they started excessive drooling, twitching, crying, scratching and losing control of their hind legs. Took them to the vet and was notified of other victims of this product that they had seen, one which died. The bill was $300 for two dogs and the next day was a $900 bill since one of them got worse, huge vet bills! One of them requires overnight stay in the vet with iv and blood test, don't know if she will have long term damage because of this horrible poisonous product. This product is poison and should be taken off the shelves asap. Over $1,100 vet bills so far. A lot of money in these trying times. Had to stay up all night to monitor my pets and not go to work.

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2008

    I have 2 small dogs. I applied the squeeze on around 2000 and by 2200 my dogs were rolling around on the floor, scratching and foaming around the mouth. They could not stay still and continued to lick themselves in the genital area and they could not settle and continued to roll around like I have never seen them do before. I was up with them all night. My husband checked the site the next morning and saw all the comments about other owners having the same problem with their pets. We have bathed our dogs in hope that this will help them. It's terrible when your pet looks at you as if to say what have you done to me and why don't you do something to help me. PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT ON YOUR PETS. IT'S POISON.

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2008

    I applied the Sergeant's Gold Flea & Tick to my 20lb. West highland Terrier a couple of days ago at 11:30am and a couple of hours later, he was trying to roll as if it was itching him so I gave him a bath just trying to rinse some off so it wouldn't bother him. But then he started jerking his head back like something was on his back. I called the 800# on the box and was instructed to wash him 3 times with dish soap then apply Vitamin E oil where the product was applied. I did this but he started acting very anxious and still jerking his head. He would try to lie down but couldn't because of the jerking and he started breathing really fast. I gave him an oatmeal bath hoping it would soothe his skin.

    Then later that night after dealing with this all day, I got online to see if anyone else had this problem and found many other complaints. And thinking that it may be toxic, I decided to give him yet another bath to try and wash the Vit. E oil off so it wouldn't trap the toxins in his body. The only way he was able to sleep that night was if I messaged his muscles to relax him and had to do that 3 times throughout the night. The next day, he was able to eat and drink but was really tired and slept all day when he is usually very playful. He seems to be okay now but that was a very scary experience and after seeing all the complaints from this product, they definitely should not be selling this product. So far there does not seem to be any permanent physical damage, I think, because I acted quickly enough to prevent it. As far as economic, I'm just out $10 for Vit. E and oatmeal bath. Something needs to be done before another pet has to suffer or even die.

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2008

    My in-law bathed his dog with this 10 days ago. Two days later, she wasn't herself, she was 10yrs old but she played with our cats and smiled (yes smiled) anytime someone came. She was always happy till the bath. We couldn't figure out what was wrong, cause what one dog got (I have 2), the other one got the same. Except the last bath, one got last of normal stuff, so we ran and got SERGEANTS SKIP-FLEA AND TICK for dogs and pups. Well, like I said, she was a great dog. I NEVER guessed the shampoo till this morning after a search. After reading about dish soap, I ran to do it only to find I was too late, she passed. I advise EVERYONE to NOT use this. And if anyone has some legal info, please pass it along. I truly believe this product took her from us.

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2008

    I bought Sergeants Gold to apply to my American Eskimo. After I squeezed it on per the instructions, he started to act very strange about an hour later. He would not move from his spot on the couch, was very lethargic, and breathing funny. It turns out he could not move as his 2 rear legs were numb or paralyzed. When I tried to get him to move, he could not and would yelp when he tried to get up or walk. I figured out that it had something to do with the Sergeants Gold flea and tick application I had given him earlier. I called the Sergeant's hotline and they didn't even suggest to wash him in dish soap and said that they weren't sure what the problem was and that I should call the vet. So I had to call the er vet because it was 10:00PM. I brought him into the er and they said that his problems were caused by the Sergeants as they had seen numerous other pets have similar reactions.

    They advised that I take him home and bath him inn Dawn dish soap which I did. I had to stay up with him all night as he would not sleep and was shaking and obviously very distressed. He started to recover somewhat the next morning and by the end of the next day seemed to be back to normal. I have not seen any further symptoms since then, but it was a horrible experience as I was scared to death that my little buddy would be paralyzed or worse from a product that I bought and put on him. I would never ever use Sergeants again and am outraged that they still sell this product after seeing so many others have the same problems.

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2008

    On Sun October 12th, applied product on my almost 1 year-old dog. Within 15 to 20 minutes, she became seriously ill, thrashing around, crying & whimpering, frothing at the mouth, salivating all over the place, twitching & shaking, digging at her ears with her hind leg straight up over her head! I have given her several thorough baths and doses of Benadryl. Only within the last 6 hours or so, I have seen improvement with the lethargy & alertness, but she continues to scratch non-stop and still twitches in her hind legs!! It is now 11:30 pm, Oct 13th. I am taking her to the vet in the morning. Won't know whether there will be permanent neurological damage until the vet visit. The cost of the drops (even though cheaper than Frontline), plus the vet bills now. Bought the drops because I could not afford Frontline at the time. Now I have vet bills coming!!!

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