This was emailed through our local dog egroup. I know the source and it is true:
First, a message from my dad:
Friday on our way out of town
we stopped at our vets office to pick up some Frontline for the boys so we would
have a safe weekend camping with them. Our vet informed us he was now using a
new product called Promeris which was a better product and gave more protection.
Saturday morning first thing we applied the promeris to all three boys (between
the shoulder blades, not orally). Problems began shortly after that. Tyler began
to vomit, Teak vomited, Trav seemed to be okay at the time. By the time Kelly
got there in the afternoon, all 3 were lethargic, Tyler had vomited a few time,
Teak twice, Trav didn't vomit, but was lethargic and as the weekend progressed
became more non responsive to us when called. All three became somewhat
disoriented about their surroundings, such as they have never had a problem in
the trailer knowing the spot where their food dishes were, and they couldn't
figure out which dish was theirs, they couldn't tell which direction to head
when they were called, and just wanted to sleep. Tyler was dehydrated by the
time Kelly got there. None of them ate more than 1 bowl of food the entire
weekend, and Teak never had a bowel movement from friday until today which is
very unlike him, Tyler had problems with going all weekend also. Even though
they didn't eat normal meals, we kept giving them stuff to keep their strength
up so they did have food in their stomachs to pass. All they wanted to do all
weekend is sleep, none of them wanted to go for walks, and they live for walks,
they turned away from water and foods that they normally devoure, brats, and
other camping foods. By the time Kelly got there we ended up giving Tyler a
shower to try and wash some of the promaris off because he was the worst one, by
sunday we did the same with Teak and Trav. The smell it left on them was also
overwelming, and our trailer reaked of the smell by Sunday morning.
Our guys
had very horrible experiances with promeris and turned a weekend that they
always have a blast at into a nasty weekend for all of us. Our guys will NEVER
EVER use promeris again, and I would be very careful before you try it on any of
your best friends. Traverse, Teak and Tyler
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And then my
additional comments:
Yup, When I got to the campground Saturday afternoon I
could tell Ty especially did not look right. He didnt have anything swollen, but
his lips were tacky and pale, he was dehydrated (did the skin pinch test and it
really stayed pinched), his ears were not bright red, but pale... I could smell
the nauseating solution on him and it made his fur **nasty** ... I tried to get
him to drink G2 (new formulation of gatoraide with less sugars), but he refused,
so I rubbed some on his gums, and we did get him to drink some regular water and
eat some ice cubes. We washed the solution off of him...
Teak, who
usually gets REALLY excited to see me and Derrick just laid down, barely even
looked up at us. The only time he actually approached me was about 1 minute
before he vomited, and I think he was coming to me for comfort.
We had to
really encourage all three boys to go for a walk, which like my dad said, is
unusual... They hardly barked all the time I was there, also unusual as they
barked anytime someone walked past the "dog tent" previous years... Their eyes
looked glazed over, all of them...
So stay away from Promeris with
herding breeds is my advice...
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PS Feel free to cross post if it provides another owner with information
they may have never seen before and "saves" a dog (& human!) from
experiencing these horrid effects.