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| - I still find the staff to be great. However, I chose to pull my dogs out because I don't like their mandatory Frontline that is required for flea and tick prevention. If you read the ingredients which contains Fipronil, and Fipronil with Methoprene on the Frontline Plus, you can read about the toxicities inflicted upon the central nervous system by these products. The package insert to these things always skew the facts. If you do enough research, you can find a couple published studies with all the side effects. I included a link to a well documented study
This stuff is stored in the fat cells and it is released over about a mean avg of a 45 day period. So then when your dog or cat grooms/licks themselves daily, they are ingesting this orally which is more toxic. Most diseases are a result of cumulative build up of toxins, whether you are a human or animal is of no difference. People don't see the results of their bad choices and thus they think there's no harm. It would be like smoking a cigarette and then arguing that because you can still breath it's not causing any damage.
Using this stuff month after month simply is not wise, nor healthy for your animal. There are other more simple and natural things you can do for your pet. And having two dogs that I took there adds up when you are shelling out extra cash every month, for a poison none the less. And as a medical provider, health always comes first and thus it is my obligation to educate the public about unknown carcinogens.
http://freedownload.is/pdf/safety-of-fipronil-in-dogs-and-cats-a-review-of-literature-6640434.html
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2011/07/14/are-you-exposed-to-this-carcinogen-when-you-pet-your-dog.aspx
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2012/05/04/flea-and-tick-control-tips-for-pets.aspx
On a different note, I brought my dog there for a foot injury. I requested x-rays be done but after examining the dog, the doctor said he didn't feel it was necessary as he didn't think anything was broken. In this day and age, with overhead expenses to meet, it is always refreshing when people can think beyond the almighty dollar. They could have easily charged me for an unnecessary x-ray. Kudos for that.
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