Our 8 month golden retriever had seizures from Simparica trio. It started 2 hours after giving it to him. We were thankful after about 3 weeks they stopped. The vet told us it wasn’t caused by Simparica, it was an underlying issue. Which I don’t believe.

Great information, thank you for posting. When my two cats were 8 months old, I treated them with a commercial flea medicine. I did it a second time, a month later. I found your page, and several others, that address putting toxic chemicals on our pets. I now vacuum frequently and spray my house with a natural flea treatment. No more chemicals on or in my cats!

Finally a channel that advocates/ or speaks facts for dogs. Appreciate it!

The reactions our pets are having from these flea/tick medications are heartbreaking! The vet sent us home from our first appointment, for our 4 month old rescue, with a "welcome bag" with a free toothbrush, a free toothpaste sample, and a free simparico trio sample. 10 days after the simparico trio our Lily began waking up 3-5 times a night with what we thought were vivid night terrors. Our vet prescribed us benedryl to help her sleep, then rimadyl in case she was in pain, then trazodone for if it was anxiety, none of which fixed the nightmares. Finally they started happening in the evening while Lily was sleeping on the couch and we could see her reaction when she woke up. We realized she had a physical response as well. Loss of balance while trying to sit up and star gazing (neck goes back and looks at the ceiling), in addition to the immense fear response crying and yelping. We immediately reached out to an emergency vet clinic (not our primary vet) and they told us to bring her in right away as she was likely suffering from complex partial seizures. 3 nights in the ICU later, after multiple attempted discharges and readmissions through the ER, Lily has finally just made it through her first night back home with us seizure-free after being put on both Keppra and Phenobarbital. We're praying Lily continues to respond positively to the medication and doesn't go back to nightly cluser seizures. During the day and when not sleeping, Lily's the most perfect, beautiful puppy. This whole thing is BEYOND heartbreak. I need to remember to thank my vet for the "welcome bag". 😭

OMG! Thank you for this significant information!

THANK YOU Rodney for publishing! Word of mouth & sharing links are the best ways I know to raise awareness.

Thank you very much for your videos! You doing amazing most needed educating job! Honest and down to point! Thank you!

Thank you SO much for doing the research and sharing this information.

Our Yorkie was on NexGard F&T and was having seizures. We then remembered they started around the time we started using NexGard. Stopped giving it to her and she hasn’t had a seizure since.

Effective for me is to keep my dog area grass extremely short and bagged up grass clippings, my theory is that the area is to dry for fleas to reproduce, not sure but I stopped using flea and tick meds 5 years ago without issue, but at the same time my house did not have any fleas either and with new carpet and tile floors. Years ago I applied flea and tick meds to a 12 pound female jack russell and she went temporarily deaf for 2 weeks from the application. We have got to find other solutions for our pets and humans alike. Chemical companies rarely do studies on the long term effects of their products. Treat your pets like family because they are❤️

you guys rock in my world! Love you and refer all of you all anytime I try to get your info out to other pet parents.

I like your explanation. Your expression truly tell that you want to help many pets owner to stop harmfull flea medication which has many bad implication. I believe you said this, it's because of love. And you love your pets so much and you don't want to hurt your pets by harmfull medication. Thank you for saying the truth. As a parent of my pet, I appreciate your great video! FYI, my cat has got seizure after take that harmfull meds to get rid off flea. I'm so sorry to my cat for making her illness. Luckily, my cat is safe now. Then, i would never use such a bad medication again! If you are pet owner, and you see this. Please find natural ingredient things for your lovely pets❤

Omg! Thank you so much!! I’m so glad to have seen this. You just saved my cat. I’m returning this product!

Your back after long time stay safe 🧿

Thank you for the effort and research done, very valuable information.

I can’t believe the unscrupulousness of these companies!😡

Thank you for sharing!

Very valuable, we have to talk about that more & more. Nobody knows or doesn't want to.

Thanks for this information!

Wow i love your video. You have done a great job. Thank You.

Thank you so much!

A huge thank you Rodney. You & Dr. B have helped SO much. I always share your videos. I have 11 dogs & lots of cats, we have no fleas, worms or ticks. I think a raw/bal diet, no toxins & a strong immune system are the key. 🥰 I live on a rural farm.

Yes - wonderful info. So what the heck do we use in place of these products???

As a retired animal control officer of 27 years on the job, I have always had Bloodhounds, and they require a mile long walk every day. I live on a farm in Virginia that has a healthy population of deer. Some years I have returned home from that walk having discovered as many as thirty deer ticks on me and or my dog. (I always wear Khaki colored pants and stop about every three minutes to take a quick look at the legs of the pants, often seeing deer ticks that I have picked up. Have been walking my dog in these fields for at least thirty years and have discovered an amazing phenomenon that has never failed. It's hard to believe I know, but it is absolutely true. My bloodhounds head (the top) is light brown, and I find that if I examine the top of her head about every three minutes when we get home I will see a/or several deer ticks that have come to the surface (on top of her hair), and can easily be picked off and killed. I look for about a half hour after we get home. Sometimes of course I find none, but I find that if she has picked up any deer ticks they will present themselves EVERY TIME. Does not work for dog ticks, but deer ticks Yes. I find that if one day I am not diligent about this process, she will have a swollen deer tick somewhere on her in a day or two. As you know, deer ticks are so small that you will not find them under the fur until they swell up with blood. But if I take the time and pay attention to her head when we get home I will spot EVERY deer tick that she has picked up. AMAZING

I have used this on my pets before but, usually, I never had to use them more than a few times because they worked so good. I did use an anti-flea product on my cat once and he went into seizures. I had to bring him to the emergency vet BUT, when I switched over to Front Line, the seizures never happened again with him or any of my future pets.

love the high speed info

thank you for this information. I will never use this stuff on my pets. very grateful for the research you put into this.

Thank you for info❤

Awesome info

Thank you for the option.

I am also of the opinion that the use of spot-on treatments depends heavily on the environment in which one lives. Here in the Bavarian Forest, we have a tick hotspot. The likelihood of the animal and the human getting infected with a tick-borne disease is much higher than the risk posed by using a spot-on treatment. It's just the way it is here. During the peak season, we find around 20-30 ticks on an untreated animal, especially after a single walk (!) in the woods. With the spot-on treatment, it might be just 1 or 2 ticks that can be easily removed from the fur. Biological remedies are of no use. It's not like we haven't tried alternatives. A friend of mine now has Lyme disease because of a tick bite like that. I try to limit the use of spot-on treatments to three times a year, but as the tick population worsens here every year, it's challenging.

It’s all about the risk/benefit assessment, and that is something that each person needs to decide on with their vet, taking into consideration their local risk factors and lifestyle choices. For us, we live in an area with high rates of Lyme disease, and a few other nasty things that we, the dog, and the indoor cats could get from any ticks brought into the house after a walk in the nearby forest. One of the dogs at the park got Lyme disease from an early season tick, before they started their nexgard for the year, so we have assessed the risk of tick bourn disease to be very high with a high likelihood of having lifelong health complications, and after talking with the vet have kept up the monthly treatments of the tick prevention medication year round so that we don’t get Lyme disease from an unseasonably warm weekend walk in the woods like that poor dog from the park did.

I found Springtime Supplements-Garlic Chews for animals. 2 dogs of my dogs eat it willingly, and 2 of them I have to put in their mouth to swallow. They keep the smell of garlic on their skin (not noticeable to me) and works as a repellent. It keeps the mosquitos off too. I do not give my pets any meds at all. I also make non cooked, dog cookies, containing DE (use like flour). Usually, a combination of DE and virgin Coconut Oil, with pumpkin or chicken broth or anything else they like as flavoring and are not allergic to. Keep in the freezer til used. I have a pond in the yard and deer and other wildlife here, Lots of ticks. Very few ticks bite and if they do, they usually die on the skin, unless they just got there. I am a big believer in Garlic. I also eat garlic daily and have had ticks on me, they have always been dead when pulled off. Good luck.

Thank you.

Excellent info. My wife and I have been making our own flea and tick for over a decade with natural ingredients. More ppl need to open their eyes to this stuff. Great job. Just make sure it's human grade oils not the diffuser oils.

THANK YOU!!!!! 😮😮😮

Just found your channel , Big pharma must hate you but I can’t help but gotta SUBSCRIBED 👍

Just before your video popped up on my feed, I went to answer the doorbell and it was a salesman riding a Segway trying to sell me lawn treatments for fleas, ticks, mosquitos, etc.... I asked for a business card or some other literature to read over beforehand...of which he had none. No thanks!

Thanks for that...

On the 29th of September, 2021, the vet gave my 6 month old puppy Nexgard for three months, and one tablet of a different product. The second product box was labelled but there weren't any information about it in the box. In the Nexgard box I can't find a list of whats in it, in the instructions. These pills were given to my puppy for Fox Lungworm, the laboratory found one larva of of it.

thank you,

I would love a video about heartworm meds. I do not use flea / tick meds and use effective natural repellants however I have been unable to find a trustworthy heartworm prevention, and heartworm disease is very scary! I would hate to have to give my dog heartworm meds but I also worry that he could get heartworms without it. Thanks for everything you do!

@Rodney Habib thanks for the information. Do you have some suggestions/recommendations as to how we can prevent and treat the fleas/ticks naturally? Also, heart worm preventatives such as heartgard also have seizures/convulsions as a side effect; are there suggestions for coming off heartgard as well? Thank You.

So what can you recommend , that's Safer for my dog , but first , thank you for all the time and resources you took to share this info great job 💯.

Do you use all of the five supplements for detoxing your dog at one time for a week? Thank you

I’m very grateful for the info, I don’t know if it’s the presentation style, but I find myself equally grateful that I don’t need to interact with this energy level on a regular basis. ITO the video as a product, it’s a no for me ITO subscription, sharing etc.

i'm glad i trusted my instinct in not buying flea treatment recently. I have used food grade diamatious earth(ground plankton) for our cat fleas. using the smallest amount,outdoors, then comb out all the dead fleas and remaining powder, before she starts self cleaning. so easy & cheap. i saw instant relief for her and no weird side effects!

All I use is Apple cider vinegar, coconut oil, pumpkin seeds, nigella seeds, diatomaceous earth and garlic. Also rosemary and sage and cedar wood oil are excellent.

Thank you for all the great information you provide. Vets have been giving me shameful advice for years, like feed your dog Science Diet, which they happily profit from. I now feel like I’m nothing more than a cash cow (pun intended). I am ashamed of myself for listening to these so called experts. And more than that, I am ashamed of all the harm I might have caused my dear friends.

Wow! And does it eventually detox or stay stored in their body and accumulate with each dosage?

Thanks for the information this is crucial.theres also the factor of transdermal absorbstion into pet owners and anyone contacting the pet with these pesticides over a prolonged exposure period and the cumulative affects of that especially for people with nervous system sensitivities as the isosasoline stuff similar to thujone from plants in its action upon the gaba

what do u recommend as a great alternative to these products? dnt want my dog to catch erlichiosis

What about the flea/tick/mosquito repellent Waggie? Whats your take on this?

I used vets best “plant base” formula on my outdoor dog. His fleas doesn’t bother him, once I applied this formula, he starts itching and biting himself. I guess I need to stop this, since it doesn’t help him anyways.

Where can I get the study copy?

What should I use then? A stray cat has just turned up and my petshop said frontline was best. It doesn't seem to have worked

I’m clicking on the “flea and tick support” link on the website and nothing is showing up? Is this one of those “sign up for our newsletter for complete access” type deals?

Yes, my poor cat immediately started foaming at the mouth with bravecto and looked confused after she stopped foaming from the mouth and moving her tongue around

This wasn't mentioned but I am using Simparico Trio on my Yorkie puppy. That ingredient is Sarolaner. Any thoughts?

So what can I use that actually works and safe?

I watched my neighbor's dog go from this sweet girl to a vicious beast. If my neighbor so much as touched her she was shoeing clear signs of aggression. He gave her bravecto every 3 months, including through our Canadian winters.. Unfortunately, she was snatched by a coyote a few years ago but I cannot imagine how aggressive she would be today. I tried telling him to stop the bravecto a couple years prior and he refused. He now has a border collie, aka dog with MDR1 gene, so I've been terrified that this dog is going to end up seizing. Luckily, he has never given this dog these treatments and finally believes me when I say I haven't had a flea problem in almost 15 years

I love this and it is intuitive to know these chemicals are awful. I am not sure how to manage ticks and fleas when they get out of hand in the summer.

My English bulldog 3 years ago started to have head tremors. They said head tremors are common in this breed, then they said is because of low sugars and bla bla... the vet wanted to send my dog to the specialist, charged me big money for any kind of tests.... I started to do my own research like I always do and most of the time is like I resolve my problems, I discovered about the fleas medicine that can cause a lot of neurological problems... so I stopped to use those medicine on my bulldog and guess what?! Never a single head tremors again!!! Plus he never got a fleas either... so when I saw the vet again and I said to her that has soon I stopped the fleas meds my bulldog didn’t have head tremors anymore, she said : “ ok I give to you a different brand then “. Of course she never saw me again! One think I learned owning dogs: I have to stay away from dog food, fleas/ticks meds and annual vaccinations. And I have a beautiful, healthy and happy English bulldog with not even allergies!

What do we use

thanks, just picked up new 15 week old pup .we have been training in back field. tics every time.

Okay I don’t see any comments from him where he said he’d drop some alternatives to use.

What’s the solution????

So can u tell me the solution?

What to use instead of these products?

Please more information regarding heartworms and treatments for them?????

I didn't catch the name/site to Google you said at the end for alternative natural options. Can you or someone comment it, please?

HI RODNEY, WHAT FLEA AND TICK TREATMENT DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR MY CAT. HE IS A MALE AND WEIGHS APPROX. 15LBS. THANK YOU. GREG

Rodney you forgot to add the resource links to the description area

You should atleast share the solution in a link

I just got my dog in a shelter less than a yr ago. They gave her those vaccines before they release her to me. I just give her fresh 1 clove mince garlic in her home made food once a day. She's no longer scratching, the sore she had in her stomach for almost a yr disappeared, her dandruff gone. Her fur is glossy. I will not resume her bravecto when it expires this year.

Great. I used selamectin twice on my puppy starting at 6 mos of age....

Does k9advantix have this in it? Anyone can answer Rodney may not

What should we do then?

I use Citus Incanus dried leaves daily in their food, during the flea season. When we go out hiking in woody/brush areas I spray with Tropiclean: Natural Flea and Tick spray. I never use pesticides, of any kind.

what is the alternative?

Can you share some alternative preventatives for fleas ticks and heart worms?

Veterinary Secrets is a you tube channel with a holistic vet. Very good information on lots of things including fleas.😊

What do you suggest is the best preventive measure to use for our dogs? Thank you

Thanks for this informative video! Did you guys know that Bravecto Plus for Cats does not contain fipronil or isoxazoline? Perhaps it’s still safe enough to use as an alternative to Frontline. Update: I just read the Bravecto insert and it says fluraner is a type of isoxazoline :(

Could a small dog loose their hair from using flea and tick treatment like Fromntline?

My 6yr old pit bull had 3 seizures and went into cardiac arrest at 1 point. I'm a Pedi RN so I started cpr and he came right back. Only common with all events was after flea treatment. Now I'm lost what to use as my vet has since retired and had stopped treatment to research event. Any suggestions? Happened to anyone else's doggo?

My beloved corgi just died of liver cancer (technically, the surgery killed him, oh the guilt) and I know of so many liver cancers in dogs over the past year or two. I am thinking it has to be the flea and tick meds.( I never put pesticides on my lawn ironicallyy) Worse? My dog still got lyme 3 times in his lifetime .

The tick problem is so bad up here in Northeast Massachusetts every time I put the medicine on the back of my cat's neck I feel wrong about it I wish I knew a better way to protect him.

It’s 5years with my corgi and so far so good 😊 Livibg in Boston and let me tell you how many ticks .

So what’s the alternative? My dog scratching until bloody during tick season is less appealing than the side effects.

My dog got a terrible cough. It was lungworm . She was treated and is now on preventative. She is a collie cross 1in 100 collies gets epilepsy from fleas pill,. In the side effect leaflets . She was given it by a VET! She fitted, it was me looked at the side effects, I told the vet as I removed to another practise.

So what is the alternative flea and tick treatment I can use for my cats and dogs?

okay I just want to let you know your video keeps cutting out I don't know if it's my phone or your video but near the middle or near the end it keeps cutting out then pops back on but then goes back on the same spot kind of like a broken record that keeps playing the same part

Can I put essential oils like lavender, or cedar wood on my dogs for ticks and fleas?

okay. I'm using nexguard spectra and I'm terrified now. This might actually why my dog has become really anxious and no behavioural modification is working. It's absolutely futile trying to talk to my vet about this issue. I feel like they're lying to me. I just don't know what to do about heartworm as that's why I'm actually using it.

Is it ok to use essential oils on my dog for ticks and fleas?

Flea pill Comfortis by Elanco killed both of my Bichon Friese dogs I still have not recovered from my stupidity as I had forgotten from 13 years ago there is a natural way to treat fleas. With peppermint oil mostly in water with a spray bottle. But my precious little boys both died from seizures and it was horrific!

I used the drops on my dog years ago and he got so sick! He just laid on the floor and looked out of it for about 30 minutes. I never used it again !

What Do you know about bravecto

This is understood and grateful to post - I agree 1000% as my dog over the years developed face seizures - eventually they went away but agree most probably due to the Frontline . I switched mostly using Revelution - . I can't go with the oils..my dog stinks, he becomes increadibly "gooey", wet looking and just unpleasant. I hike in canyons alot so the dirt just gets all over him. I still use Revelution as it is the one that came out years ago and I can't buy it in states so order it over seas. What I do do is take Becker's advice and instead of going "over the weight"..which is what I used to do..ie. if my dog is 80lb Id by the one that went up to 110lb (to cover him) - now I buy LESS his weight..new dog is 55/60 so I buy the one that maxes at 45 and I go as long as I can..for me I went 2 months last time. She mentioned that true to most Vets and medical people they want your money (not all vets but we are seeing more and more people all about money) espeically "pharma" - so the every 30 days..I stretch out. The issue I have is Im not even certain we need to keep doing it over and over ..as I sometimes let my cats go months and they are fine but they are also mostly inside. So that's my 2cents. So far so good with the Revelation..my cats and dog seem fine. I also feed raw, fresh water, NO VACCINES of any kind and recently stop spay/neuter after I watched Dr. Beckers heartfelt video on spay neuter. To this point (I realize a different topic)..my new dog (female) stressed about not spaying due to blood, other dogs coming around..very minor adjustment. Just like we women people take care and have to make adjustments for our "time"..I simply watch her more. I have never experienced any issue with other dogs (NEVER) - I do have a good private back yard (2 gates)..but even walking she never seems to have issues being attacked by male dogs at all. Since she is crated and kept in her own private area and she cleans herself good never an issue with blood either. That and she only goes in heat twice a year..easy peasy. And she is healthy, and beautiful