Hi, I have been giving my dog front line for 3 months. I gave hime his usual dose yesterday and he seems to have had a bad reaction. he had lumps which keep going up and down under his fur, his skin went quite pink and was very restless. it seems to have calmed down now but was wondering if he should have some antihistamines? it is right you can give dogs benadryl? if so how much? thankshttps://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,5017#msg-5017Mon, 04 May 2026 10:19:09 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,27529#msg-27529 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,27529#msg-27529 Monica Ask The VetSat, 23 Jan 2016 00:56:37 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,21161#msg-21161 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,21161#msg-21161 Bob Ask The VetSat, 25 Aug 2012 03:41:43 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,20428#msg-20428 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,20428#msg-20428 MarkRicher Ask The VetSun, 18 Dec 2011 11:54:39 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,20400#msg-20400 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,20400#msg-20400 mike Ask The VetSun, 11 Dec 2011 10:07:58 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,20344#msg-20344 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,20344#msg-20344My collie has had 3 seizures since I have given him frontline and didn't put two and two together until now and began researching. His seizure hits about 48 hours after application of the Frontline. Not sure what other product I could use, but I don't trust any of them now. Plus, the Frontline DID NOT work at killing fleas or preventing them!]]> Mark Black Ask The VetTue, 29 Nov 2011 04:13:26 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19886#msg-19886 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19886#msg-19886 Tj Ask The VetWed, 31 Aug 2011 14:49:11 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19855#msg-19855 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19855#msg-19855 willieharrison Ask The VetMon, 29 Aug 2011 14:10:27 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19687#msg-19687 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19687#msg-19687 Jocelyn Ask The VetMon, 22 Aug 2011 13:16:36 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19660#msg-19660 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19660#msg-19660npic.orst.edu]

We [on the recommendation/insistence of our vet] had been using Frontline Combi for a year or so - on our very short coated Whippet X - without any apparent problems.

However, over the past few months I have been suffering from Urticaria [hives/nettle rash/very annoying itching] which has got progressively worse each time and seemingly on a 2-3 week rotation.

The Whippet has experienced constant hair loss - which we had put down to the hot spring in the UK but now the weather has been normal [cold] for a while - it is not the weather. The once placid 4 year old whippet has also recently developed a really nasty streak whereby we cannot now let her near any other dog for fear of her attacking it. Random shivering has also been seen.

I had a nastier bout of hives a couple of days before our holiday - which cleared up in the two weeks of the heat of Rhodes [and several dips a day in the pool] - on return it flared up again but worse than ever before and all over my face too. The dog had been treated with FLC a few days before we got back off holiday.

Fipronil was only discovered [made] in 1985 - how can anyone yet know the true extent of what damage it can do to humans or animals? Asbestos was great once upon a time and so was tobacco, allegedly.

Based my own personal experience I would not recommend the use of FL on short haired dogs or cats. I had never had an allergy in nearly forty years until I came into contact with this particular insecticide.]]> ChrisHill Ask The VetThu, 18 Aug 2011 10:52:11 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19160#msg-19160 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19160#msg-19160 MarkRicher Ask The VetThu, 09 Jun 2011 10:45:36 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19145#msg-19145 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19145#msg-19145 daniwadd Ask The VetSun, 05 Jun 2011 22:55:32 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19125#msg-19125 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19125#msg-19125 MarkRicher Ask The VetSun, 05 Jun 2011 06:06:01 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19121#msg-19121 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,19121#msg-19121By the time I saw this site it was too late in the day (Saturday) to call the vets office so we'll call the vet 1st thing Monday to treat her symptoms. Meantime we'll give her fish oil which someone else said helped. I'd like to know if it also kills good bacteria; which is a bad thing! We'll NEVER USE 'FL' AGAIN!!!!]]> L&L Ask The VetSat, 04 Jun 2011 22:05:42 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,18694#msg-18694 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,18694#msg-18694 MarkRicher Ask The VetSat, 30 Apr 2011 18:40:22 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,18677#msg-18677 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,18677#msg-18677
Maree]]> Maree Ask The VetWed, 27 Apr 2011 02:44:24 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,17126#msg-17126 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,17126#msg-17126If you live in the UK, INSIST that yuor vet completes an 'Adverse Reaction Report' and sends it ti the Veterinary Medicines Directotare.]]> VetClick Ask The VetSat, 19 Jun 2010 12:47:38 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,17122#msg-17122 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,17122#msg-17122 forestchildren Ask The VetSat, 19 Jun 2010 05:57:00 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,17120#msg-17120 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,17120#msg-17120 Steve Ask The VetFri, 18 Jun 2010 17:54:04 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,17060#msg-17060 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,17060#msg-17060
If you want an alternative to pesticide flea treatment try diatomaceous earth. It is a powder made of fossilized phytoplancton. It works really well. I would strongly recommend it to anyone especially those who have a pet who reacted badly to the conventional insecticides flea treatments like frontline. Diatomaceous earth is completely natural non toxic. It is used by farmers. Just take care not to breath it in because it can cause lungs irritation.

I have been using this last month to keep my poor cat free from fleas. She is still suffering from the Frontline I applied on her. It is over a year ago now. She is still very itchy and she has to wear a cone around her head all the time otherwise she will scratch her face and neck until it bleeds all over. I told my vet that I found this product diatomaceous earth and he already knew about it. He agreed that this was the best thing to apply on her from now on.

I bought it from a website [diatomx.co.uk]. They say that
when diatomaceous earth comes in contact with the insects, the sharp edges lacerate the bugs waxy exoskeleton and then the powdery diatomaceous earth absorbs the body fluids causing death from dehydration.

I do hope your dog has now recovered from the Frontline.]]> megan Ask The VetFri, 11 Jun 2010 10:36:48 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,17003#msg-17003 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,17003#msg-17003 Mike Ask The VetThu, 03 Jun 2010 21:07:42 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16921#msg-16921 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16921#msg-16921 kel858 Ask The VetSun, 23 May 2010 18:52:15 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16702#msg-16702 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16702#msg-16702 Steve Ask The VetSat, 01 May 2010 22:13:15 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16590#msg-16590 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16590#msg-16590 deta Ask The VetTue, 20 Apr 2010 16:26:48 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16580#msg-16580 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16580#msg-16580
I have never suggetsed using garlic powder for flea control - maybe some other reader made that suggestion.
On my dog I use Advantx or Advocat 'spot-on' - I have no reports of adverse reactions to either product.

W]]> Walter Beswick Ask The VetTue, 20 Apr 2010 07:55:52 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16577#msg-16577 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16577#msg-16577
Your comment along with many others confirms my suspicions about frontline. I have been giving it to my 9-month-old Samoyed puppy for 3 months now and he has been fine until the beginning of his last treatment. I noticed he scratches all day in the area where I applied the medicine. I am now considering more organic options. I noticed you said you use garlic powder. How do you apply it? and how much of it?

Thank you so much,

Lucy]]> *Lucy* Ask The VetMon, 19 Apr 2010 17:49:45 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16489#msg-16489 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16489#msg-16489
I would siggest steroid cream or tabletts as treatment to get the sores to heal more quickly - obtainable from your vet.]]> Walter Beswick Ask The VetSat, 10 Apr 2010 14:32:04 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16488#msg-16488 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16488#msg-16488 Gillm Ask The VetSat, 10 Apr 2010 11:36:55 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16439#msg-16439 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16439#msg-16439He needs seeing by a vet as soon as possible if the vomiting continues.]]> Walter Beswick Ask The VetSat, 03 Apr 2010 13:58:34 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16435#msg-16435 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16435#msg-16435 rita Ask The VetSat, 03 Apr 2010 08:36:26 +0000 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16423#msg-16423 https://www.vetclickforum.co.uk/read.php?7,5017,16423#msg-16423 Hazel Ask The VetFri, 02 Apr 2010 12:54:54 +0000