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While the ingredients in Leba III are natural, a small percentage of humans are known to have had serious allergic reactions to taking these ingredients on their own for various reasons. Apparently these rare allergic reactions can also occur in dogs. I put my Rat Terrier on Leba III twice a day. Soon after his face began to swell in the neck and cheek area. The swelling increased very quickly, and I was afraid that it was a tumor. It had grown to the size of a baseball. The vet used a syringe to get some cells for analysis, but it came back inconclusive. I went ahead with a full biopsy. During the healing period I stopped using Leba III so that it would not mix with the antibiotics. He appeared to be healing quite well. Then one day his stitches opened up fully. There had been a large collection of fluid inside that was stopping the wound from healing from the inside out. I took him an emergency vet who stitched him back up. The fluid, which we thought was serum, continued to drain, so a draining tube was added. Once the draining tube was removed, the fluid had no where left to go so it began to seep right through the skin of his neck. The first biopsy came back negative for everything except inflammation. After a few more weeks of healing, he was looking pretty good. I started him back on the Leba III, never even considering the possibly of an allergy to it. My dog's face began to swell again, and fluid began to seep through the skin once more. Additionally, the swelling had moved over his throat and he began to have trouble breathing. I took him to the emergency vet in the middle of the night, and he had nothing to suggest. I took him off the Leba III because he ended up back on antibiotics. Stupidly, once he seemed better again I put him back on the Leba III. He swelled again, back to the vet, a couple of biopsy slides were taken, they came back as inflammation. It was at this point that I was told I should take take him to a specialist. I had stopped the Leba III again and the swelling went down and finally went away. The scab healed where the seepage had been coming from, and he seemed fine so I did not go to the specialist. $2000 and lots of heartache later, I finally figured out what 2 surgeons and 3 vets could not; that all of the problems stemmed from a reaction to the Leba III. It was a painful process, and I truly thought my dog was going to die from it. I still have severe guilt knowing that it was me that put him through it by giving him the Leba III. I'm sure this product has done wonders for many dogs, but I wanted to write this review as a cautionary tale. If you see any swelling around the face or neck, stop LEBA III immediately!!