I used a flea coller years ago....put one on my brothers dog Sparky and on one of my Chihuahuas. Within 8 hours, the Chi was standing quietly, not moving, looking perplexed....and within a couple more hours, while I was trying to find out what in the yard he may have gotten into, he started twitching and jerking...not seizures, but clearly something neurological....I immediately thought of the collar, removed it, rushed him to the vet where the vet was not real sure what the issue was.....Chi came around, and I never used a flea collar on a dog again.....thinking it affects our small dogs. But then, the next day, Sparky is walking around the back yard, like a drunken sailor.....Sparky was a beagle, a rather hefty set, well fed beagle, so those flea collars are verboten around me and anything I am in charge of, for many, many years.....This happened back in 1980's! |