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Okvet03

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Hey Folks, with the wet weather we've had since May of 18 there's a lot more mosquitoes out there. Mosquitoes means heartworm disease. I've seen 9 cases in the last 3 months as opposed to 3 or 4 cases a year. I don't think the dog I saw today is going to make it. If your pets are not on heartworm prevention currently, I urge you to get in to your Vet, have them tested and start on some form of heartworm prevention. I've also been seeing some particularly nasty upper respiratory tract infections lately that don't seem to be covered by the kennel cough vaccine. Just a heads up!
 

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Just to clarify the advice on heartworms is pretty much statewide. The upper respiratory infection may prove to be local but the e clinic docs in my area have noticed the uptick as well.
 

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The proheart injection is a good option because you never miss a monthly dose. When it first came out 10+ years ago they had some issues with allergic reactions resulting in fatality. I'm fairly certain they got that all worked out but I don't personally stock it. The monthly preventions will usually deworm for hooks and rounds +/- whips. I don't know if proheart covers those.
 

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The proheart injection is a good option because you never miss a monthly dose. When it first came out 10+ years ago they had some issues with allergic reactions resulting in fatality. I'm fairly certain they got that all worked out but I don't personally stock it. The monthly preventions will usually deworm for hooks and rounds +/- whips. I don't know if proheart covers those.
ProHeart does NOT provide any intestinal worm prevention
 

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My wife is like a helicopter mom for our last dog. She hovers over him for all of his shots, and flea/tick meds. Our vet is getting rich.

Of course dogs are always brought up during our camping trips. When the helicopter mom starts talking about all the things she does like making eggs for breakfast, I start this background noise like WHOOMP, WHOOMP. which is the sound of a helicopter blade coming in to land.
Then explain what it's all about. Gets a pretty good laugh. After that, when dogs come up again, all I need to do is imitate the blade sound again. I get the stink eye from the wife now. It ain't funny anymore to her.
 
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I don’t give any of my dogs heart worm medicine. They are inside dogs and I have never had one get worms or heart worms. Hopefully they never do. And some of my dogs are almost 13. My Freddie I had to put to sleep last year and he was almost 15. I know it can happen but the stuff is just too dang expensive for all the dogs I have.
 

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I don’t give any of my dogs heart worm medicine. They are inside dogs and I have never had one get worms or heart worms. Hopefully they never do. And some of my dogs are almost 13. My Freddie I had to put to sleep last year and he was almost 15. I know it can happen but the stuff is just too dang expensive for all the dogs I have.
I'd still get them checked, if they are negative you could buy a bottle of Ivomec from the feed store for $30 and treat the lot of them for a long time. Cheap insurance when compared to the cost of treatment. A heartworm test at a low cost clinic would run $15. All but one of the dogs that tested positive were indoor dogs.
 

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