I am sharing my recent experience with Bravecto in the hope that other pet owners make a more informed decision before using this product.

After years of using a topical tick and flea treatment I made the almost fatal decision of giving my 12 year old dog the Bravecto 3 month chewable tick and flea treatment for dogs.

It was the third time I had given her the treatment and looking back I think that the adverse reactions started after the first treatment. I noticed that her back legs would shake uncontrollably however at the time I did not ma...Read more

Before I knew of all this :My dog since he was 6 months old to 4 years old has been taking bravecto, not one problem. I read the reviews and didn’t give it to him (One year, last year), frightened because my dog is my best friend, and was scared after reading all the bad. As spring and summer are nearing my dog has been getting flea bites and itching way more I noticed. He is super sensitive to a single flea bite and It makes him sick and lethargic to get them, Almost like a allergic reaction to fleas. Poor thing. he’s a house dog. Decided to...Read more

First used a year ago, my dog a border collie, did not want to eat it at all, I ended up pushing it down his throat in bits. A few days later he had fits and lost all sense of balance. Vet said it was vestibular disease. Though he is now blind in one eye and after having another bravecto in July last year he had another episode of so called vestibular disease. I have given him another tablet today, before I had read about adverse effects of the bravecto tablets. As he didn't like it I mushed it up with dog food and bacon, which he eventually at...Read more

I hate myself for giving this to my 2.5 year old Rough Collie. ONE day after giving him the medicine, he started having localized seizures. He would twitch, pant, and lick like crazy. He was scared and there was nothing I could do except wait for his episode to pass. One week later, same situation. Localized seizure with muscle spasms in the front and hind legs, panting heavily, licking me frantically. The vet put him on Methocarbamol which is a muscle relaxer. He has not had an episode since then, but it’s only been two weeks since he went on ...Read more

I was hesitant to give this product to my new puppy as I have read about dog deaths attributed to Bravecto. This was the only product offered to me for flea and tick protection by the vet. I asked if the product was really safe as it is an internal pesticide and was told that the vet's dogs all take it. I really should have declined, but figured I would give it a try. My poor 12 week old pup started vomiting hours after taking it and remained lethargic and sickly for over 24 hours. Thank god he got over his symptoms, but I felt horrible for not...Read more

My Aussie bulldog was a fit healthy pup.
After her 1st dose of bravecto at 6mths, she became very Ill after months in and out of vet clinics with no one knowing what it was even with lots of tests and a op to see if some thing was a miss and it wasnt! She slowly got better. Her second dose has been the killer! She seemed fine for first week maybe bit longer as she was at my mums. Then she became very very Ill sh seemed off so was taken to the vets where age started fitting and would not stop. .
They put her out to it and kept bringing her back...Read more

I had 3 Llahsa Apso's - 2 of them had definite neurological issues after using bravecto for up to 2 plus doses over a period of time (roughly 6-8 months). I recall discussing it with the vet in 2016 who indicated they were not aware of issues. I also recall later halving doses even though I had bought the product suitable for small dogs.
The mother of the two puppies eventually lost her ability to walk in a straight line without falling down, seemed disorientated and mostly slept.

One of the puppies died after much suffering, ie lack of or...Read more

Please take warning of all the reviews on here. I wish we would have seen this before. I trusted the vet who prescribed this to us (as most of us do) and thought this medication was safe for dogs. This medication (insecticide) is clearly going unreported. It only came out in 2014 and because there have not been undeniable links proving this to be the direct cause of death in dogs, nothing is being done about it. The company can easily state that perhaps it was something else that caused the symptoms. Large companies can get away with a lot by ...Read more