So, I'm at Walmart...  

I haven't but I have heard stories...

I have never heard of hartz actually, but I will take the warning in case, we have to look after our pets as we would ourselves...thank you.

Harmed? No. Helped? Again, no. I bought some Zodiac brand flea treatment that did nothing except make Harmony mad at me. (Speaking of whom, she jumped into my chair when I got up to check the brand.)

Hi Elic, i did NOT know this about Hartz... thank you very much for telling us about it... I had no idea they would harm or kill our beloved pets.. I will definitly spread the word about this product....Lori

I use Frontline for my dog, and it does cost an arm and a leg although it works better than anything else I've ever tried. But I also didn't know that Hartz was bad. Maybe I've heard it and forgot it (because that is SO something I would do), but I'm glad I read your post just now. Because I have bought something from Hartz for Sherlock before. Not in a while, but I remember the brand name. You really did that guy a favor, good for you!

Elic-

Thanks for the updates hun. I had heard stories and always thought frontline was the best, but I've never used that either with any of my pets. Our kitty is an indoor gal so I've never used anything. We've never had any issues with her, and her Vet checks her out once a year. If it is this bad, why is it still on the market? It seems like if something is poor for humans they rip it right down, but when it comes to our precious housemates they'd leave anything up that is harmful.

Thanks again for the information.

Namaste-Anora

It is always good to save animals by getting people to not buy things that could harm animals and we have two chihuahuas that are both about two years old and my mother buys their flea stuff from a magazine because it is cheaper and it supposed to help the animals longer,and I do not trust everything that Wal Mart says or sales because I work at Wal Mart and it is a bad place,they do not care about the employees or the customers they only care about the bottom line which is the dollar,as long as they make money they are happy.

not that I kinow of but here we done deflea as no fleas in our yard and looks like they dont jump fences that are 6 feet high

Sounds like you did your good deed for the day. I like to give people advice to at the store if I think they need it or if they ask for it. Glad you mentioned about the Hartz. I never heard of that. I'll have to make sure my friends know about that too.

No, I have never used any flea or tick products on my cat that my vet didn't prescribe for her. The only thing I would use a Hartz flea collar for is to put it in my vacuum bag. Apparently, if you have any fleas in your carpeting and you vacuum them up, the collar will kill them inside the vacuum bag. I would never put a Hartz collar or flea drops on my cat. I have heard way too many horror stories of people's animals getting sick or dying from that stuff.