I've seen several people giving out this warning:
Burns caused by Certifect Flea & Tick topical product. fb.me/1YaoXfFIQNow I'm NOT promoting the product. Everyone has to decide whether to or not to use flea & tick products.
However I hate seeing people going off when there's an obvious underlying cause of something. I
have been giving this information to the people that Tweet that info;
however, if you have a FB account, I'd appreciate if you posted this info in the next paragraph on that page link from the Tweet..
That dog is a greyhound. From a greyhound info site: "When applying flea and tick medication directly to your Greyhound's skin, make sure that the medication only contains Pyrethrins, which originate from plants and are Greyhound safe."
http://www.greyhounduniverse.com/medical.htm From what I understand, the product they used is Frontline plus one other ingredient
http://www.vetrxdirect.com/product/view/certifect-flea-and-tick-control-for-dogs?gclid=CJSfxqfPv7MCFcrItAodJHIA7g That means it should have never been used on this dog especially.
People should always do a spot check on their dogs before using the whole dose. If that person's vet gave them that medicine, that person needs to be finding a new vet, because all vets should be very aware of greyhounds special medical issues like that.
If that person ordered it off the internet or bought in a store, that poor dog needs a new owner that will pay attention to what those dogs special needs are.
SO, what caused that dog's burns was most likely the fact that someone didn't consider that it might be one of the REALLY sensitive greys, and has nothing to do with the product formulation itself. For the novice caretaker, rescuing greyhounds is a great idea because the rescue will go over issues like that, completely, with the prospective new caretakers.
Greyhounds aren't the only dogs that have these reactions to topical products though, but they're trying new formulations of preventatives because of the high incidence of "tick fever" that's going on in a lot of the western states. Plenty of dogs CAN handle the different formulations, but as I said,
ALWAYS SPOT TEST!