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Auggie's breeder sent this to me. YIKES. tl;dr of the article is that the spot treatment of Advantage came into contact with the dog's plastic crate, which caused the plastic to melt, and then the dog got stuck to the melted plastic.
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.
It's used in mascaras, too? Yikes!
Auggie's breeder sent this to me. YIKES. tl;dr of the article is that the spot treatment of Advantage came into contact with the dog's plastic crate, which caused the plastic to melt, and then the dog got stuck to the melted plastic.
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.
Dhaliwal noted that the dog had been unable to eat, drink or relieve itself for 15 hours by the time he managed to free it with a tool normally used to scrape excess plaster from drywall.
The white dog had a patch of dark gray plastic about 6 inches by 4 inches stuck to its fur. Following the advice of representatives at Bayer, Dhaliwal said, he removed the remaining plastic using the contents of another two tubes of Advantage. Once freed, the dog was fine.
The white dog had a patch of dark gray plastic about 6 inches by 4 inches stuck to its fur. Following the advice of representatives at Bayer, Dhaliwal said, he removed the remaining plastic using the contents of another two tubes of Advantage. Once freed, the dog was fine.
The chemical (benzyl alcohol) is in wide use, found in hundreds of cosmetic formulations including baby toiletries, mascaras, hair dyes and skin care products, according to the article “Benzyl Alcohol Allergy: Importance of Patch Testing Personal Products,†published Feb. 15, 2006, in the journal Dermatitis.