Hi all,

I gave Kiba his monthly dose of Advantage yesterday. I may have rushed the
delivery as he ended up with three greasy marks on his back, that he didn't
get the first time I used it. I don't know if he licked any. Anyway, later
in the afternoon, Kiba began acting, well, odd. He became very nervous and
skittery. He wouldn't come to me, no matter what, even with the bribe of a
cookie. (This dog is a treat SLUT!! "Will Work for Food" is putting it
mildly!) Kiba is a total mommy's dog, and rarely leaves my side, so I was
bewildered. He had acted the same way a few months ago when he heard
something disturbing on a DVD we were watching. I still don't know what it
was, the movie itself, or the machine noise, but when we turned it off, he
relaxed a bit, but still didn't want to come in the living room for a little
while. He was spooked, like a dog can get on Halloween, hearing fireworks.
Yesterday, Kiba was doing the same again, but waay worse. He sidled away
from me, and wouldn't stay in the house. He kept asking to go out, over and
over and over, till I thought I'd go nuts. When he was in the house, he
paced. Finally he just stayed outside, for a long time (to me). I went out
and sat on the steps, and talked quietly to him as he sat by the fence, but
he wouldn't come near me. If I had seen someone's else's dog do that, I
would have thought they had just beaten him! I didn't want to stress him
anymore, so I decided to ignore him. Completely. I didn't look at him,
talk to him or interact with him for the rest of the evening. I left the
back door open so he could come in and out as he wished, cold as it was. It
was very hard not to look at him as I moved around the house, but if I
didn't look at him, he didn't run. He stayed out of my way, but did start
to follow me around, albeit gingerly. I ignored him. (Very hard to do, but
it seemed to help calm him.) I gave him a travel calm tablet but I don't
know if it helped or not. When my husband came home from work at midnight,
I told him to try to ignore Kiba, and explained what was going on. He was
concerned, but tried to be as calm as he could. He wondered how he could
ignore that little darlin', but he didn't have to worry. Kiba didn't do his
usual, "Oh my God, Daddy's home! I can't believe he came back! I'm so glad
to see him!!" dance anyway. He approached him, and even sat on the couch
beside him, but definitely wasn't himself. I even had Paul put him in his
crate, instead of me, when it was bedtime. I let him out after I was in
bed, to see if he would come to bed with me. He did, as usual, and I
started to feel a little better. (I know, I know, it has nothing to do with
me, but I couldn't help feeling hurt). Usually at bedtime I let Kiba spend
a bit of time on the bed with me, sometimes just a few minutes, another,
maybe a couple of hours. He usually gets put back in his crate when he lays
on my head one too many times. (I need my sleep!)
Anyway, today he's totally himself, maybe even more so, full of beans and
ready for action. So, could this have been a reaction to the Advantage? He
needs the flea treatment as he's chewing his belly hairs into felt, he's so
itchy, and I don't want him to be uncomfortable. I really can't think of
anything else that might have caused this peculiar behaviour.

Thanks,
Phyrie

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Phyrie wrote:
So, could this have been a reaction to the Advantage? He
needs the flea treatment as he's chewing his belly hairs into felt, he's so
itchy, and I don't want him to be uncomfortable. I really can't think of
anything else that might have caused this peculiar behaviour.


I'll let your veterinarian answer your specific question and tell you my
experience with Cubbe.


Cubbe hates to get wet so we assume she hates the feeling of anything in
her fur. I imagine Advantage feels like a wet spot on her back that
doesn't go away for several hours. She acts like we're torturing her
when she hears the medicine come out of the package. (All dog brushes
and medicines are kept in one drawer in a bathroom. She doesn't mind
people using the bathroom, but she knows when the drawer is opened and
becomes immediately suspicious.) She scrambles under the futon, etc.


The first time we gave her Advantage, her reaction wasn't as strong as
Kiba's, but she was edgy, and she had some diarrhea. We wondered if the
medicine might sting or tingle. I asked the veterinarian about it. He
said it doesn't feel like anything except oily and that he'd never heard
of that reaction from Advantage and guessed that the symptom was some
passing diarrhea from some other reason. It went away after a day, and
we didn't worry about it.


We've taken to catching her by surprise to give her the Advantage. For
an hour or so afterwards, she watches her back.


(Some white space in the form of paragraph breaks would help me read
your posts.)


--Lia

www.malysklepik.pl

I gave Kiba his monthly dose of Advantage yesterday. I may have rushed
the delivery as he ended up with three greasy marks on his back, that he
didn't get the first time I used it. I don't know if he licked any.
Anyway, later in the afternoon, Kiba began acting, well, odd. He became
very nervous and

Maui had a similiar experience when I used K9 advantix on him. I ended up
washing it off later that day and he was fine. Now I only use Frontline
Plus on him and he doesn't have any problems. Cali is fine with K9 Advantix
or Frontline so I use whatever is on sale or cheaper (I never saw a
difference in how they work).

I believe this is a normal behavior. My dog does that too.
Advantage has a particular smell that dogs will "by instinct" try to
get rid of... and they do this by rubbing themselves against stuff....
like carpets, towels, grass etc.

Rei.
http://goodpuppy.blogspot.com/

On Oct 27, 8:26 am, "MauiJNP" wrote:
I gave Kiba his monthly dose of Advantage yesterday. I may have rushed
the delivery as he ended up with three greasy marks on his back, that he
didn't get the first time I used it. I don't know if he licked any.
Anyway, later in the afternoon, Kiba began acting, well, odd. He became
very nervous and

Maui had a similiar experience when I used K9 advantix on him. I ended up
washing it off later that day and he was fine. Now I only use Frontline
Plus on him and he doesn't have any problems. Cali is fine with K9 Advantix
or Frontline so I use whatever is on sale or cheaper (I never saw a
difference in how they wor