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Are “spot-on” flea and tick medications safe?

From NewsNet 5’s On Your Side Investigation: The safety of products like K9 Advantix and Frontline is being questioned, as pet owners have reported spending thousands of dollars to treat their pets after applying the products.

Veterinarian David Koncal, vice president of the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA), believes spot-on products are safe.

“I’d be willing to bet that 99 percent of the adverse reactions that are reported, there is something else going on in that animal that created that demise. It’s just a coincidence the flea product was used on them,” Koncal said.

He points out that billions of pets are treated with the products, yet only 34,000 have experienced problems.

You can read the whole story here, and a follow-up here.

Talk to your vet before treating your dog with spot-on products, as even the experts can’t agree on whether or not they’re dangerous.

Until next time,

Good day, and good dog!

Wednesday’s Wild, Wacky World of Dog News

Dateline: Akron, Ohio.  What do you do when a burglar breaks into your house?  Of course, you run into a bedroom, call the police, and hide.

Luckily, when this happened to an Akron resident recently, she thought to take her dog with her into the bedroom.  As the thief was gathering together the stuff he wanted to take, he wandered into the bedroom where they were hiding…and the dog CHARGED him!  The dog chased the burglar out of the home, into the arms of police who had just arrived on the scene.

Good dog!  What kind of reward can you give a dog for that kind of help?

Until next time,

Good day, and good dog!