Trifexis can kill your dog!

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The FDA numbers also showed 259 of the 700 dogs that died were euthanized. That was the case with Hall County resident Beth Timms’ dog, Gizmo, earlier this year.

“Her fever had gotten to 106. They had to give her an ice bath. (The vet) said, ‘We need to make a decision, nothing we’re doing is working,'” Timms said. “We had to let her go. We had to have her put to sleep.”

The FDA website still only posts 31 deaths, the number Strickland originally reported. Strickland learned that number only included complaints mailed to the FDA, and not any emailed complaints.

Complaints filed on paper include 48 deaths.

A spokesperson told Strickland the agency hasn’t updated the numbers, because it is updating systems.

The new numbers also show a huge jump in the cases of dogs reported sick after taking Trifexis.

Forsyth County resident Amy Thornton’s dog Ivan is one of them. She gave the pug two doses of Trifexis and didn’t have any problems.

Thornton said it was after the third dose that Ivan lost control of his back legs. She took video of it to share with her vet.

“Exactly six hours after I gave it to him, he started acting really weird, lethargic,” Thornton said. “I was scared to death. I thought he was dying that night.”

The FDA numbers posted online for lethargy is just above 600. The updated number Strickland got from the agency showed it’s actually nearly 8,000. The numbers on the web for vomiting is at 2,200. Updated figures revealed it’s closer to 30,000!

Like the petrol and tobacco companies, these pet chemical manufacturers have no shame.

All they want to do is make profits and are not concerned with your dog´s welfare at all.

“We have not been able to identify with all of these reports any specific trends we can link directly to the use of this product,” Connell told Strickland last month. “That said, it is an ongoing evaluation that we do and we feel it is our responsibility.”

By Jim Strickland

There are non-toxic pet products on the market which not only will they do the job of protecting your pet from fleas and ticks but also they are usually much cheaper.

My heart goes out to anyone that has lost an animal  through using chemical products like Trifexis, as a dog owner I know this must be very painful. Personally, I have been using the Pet Protector disc  (http://www.petprotector.org/opportunity?ID=16243) for over two years now on my dog which keeps the fleas and ticks off efficiently and safely.

For my dog if there is any element of risk from using chemical products I simply will not use them.

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