[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Dog stuck in crate highlights rare risk of spot-on flea treatment

  • From: Ken Tank <tanksr@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Stormy435@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:42:53 -0700

Just another reason not to put that stuff on your dog, beside that fact that
it is poison.
Ken

2009/10/11 Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx>

> OUCH!
> http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId 061
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> Dog stuck in crate highlights rare risk of spot-on flea treatment
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>  October 7, 2009
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> By: Edie Lau
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> For The VIN News Service
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> A veterinarian presented with a peculiar case of a poodle stuck in its
> crate last week traced the problem to the pet?s spot-on flea treatment.
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> Residue from the product Advantage, which was applied between the
> poodle?s shoulders, somehow came in contact with the plastic base of
> the animal?s crate, dissolving the plastic and causing it to adhere to
> the dog?s belly.
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> More at the link
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> When the dog wouldn?t come out of its crate the next morning, its
> concerned owner brought the dog, crate and all, to Dr. Tej Dhaliwal of
> North Town Veterinary Hospital in Ontario, Canada. Following two hours
> of sleuthing, Dhaliwal concluded that benzyl alcohol, an inactive
> ingredient in Advantage, was to blame.
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> Stormy Hope
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-- 
Ken Tank

"It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the
best, you very often get it."
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