The following is an exerpt from an email sent to a friend of mine: "This is a very important message to my family & friends who have dogs-cats--and to alert you to the hazard of using a new Flea & Tick Preventative called *&$&*@)! This is a new product designed to be a more effective product than other flea/tick treatments that was just released this year. It is available thru a vet and not currently on-line.

I got *&@)#_$ this week for my 7 dogs (6 Huskies & 1 Golden-Airedale), and the results were debilitating for nearly all of them-including me. Since my incident this week, my vet has pulled it from distribution and alerted the manufacturer, Fort Dodge .

Here are my results: Within less than 2 hours after applying, 4 of my dogs had vomited from 2-4 times, 3 were disoriented and stumbling, 1 was dragging his back leg, 1 was salivating. I had very similar symptoms like an allergic reaction...."

There's more to this email and if you are a current newsletter subscriber and/or client than you KNOW . In our home, we have not tried this new product but we have tried many with disasterous results. The only thing that has worked consistently (&safely) for years is ____

(wanna know? )