-=> BOB ACKLEY wrote to RICHARD WEBB <=-

 BA> Replying to a message of Richard Webb to all:

 Re> tHey say in this little note:  "We have had an unacceptable
 RW> number of dogs test positive for heartworm that have been on
 RW> pone of the preventatives listed ... "

 BA> One has to wonder how they define 'unacceptable.'  When I lived in
 BA> Plattsmouth, the local vet had a map of the city posted on the waiting
 BA> room wall - with push pins
 BA> stuck in it to indicate the locations of heartworm infected dogs.
 BA> There were a bunch
 BA> of such pins - including one at my house as one of my dogs contracted
 BA> heartworm and
 BA> it cost me right about $500 to get him cured.

My Pit Bull developed heartworm.

My girl and country farm girl she was found some kind of effectively
whitch doctor medicine practitioner giving out farm style doses of
cattle dewormers.

Stuff in a capsule 1/4 size a golf ball and ruptured smelled of turpintine.

Stuff that down a Pit Bulls mouth about 6 times and just find out
how tight they can clamp those jaws shut.

Yet eventually he'd submit on command.
Pit Bull, go figure. 


 RW> OF course heart guard is listed.

 RW> When querying our vet's office about this yesterday, we were
 RW> told the following:

 RW> IF we were to switch to this new formulation we could remain
 RW> on our monthly regimen.  HOwever, we'd still need to treat
 RW> with the frontline for tick control.

 RW> HOwever, if we don't switch then we should go to an every
 RW> twenty days cycle for the heart guard.

 RW> Anybody else hearing this?

 BA> The only thing I hear from my vets is a reminder when shots are due.

Here in Florida essential every thirty days Heartguard Plus.

The only treatment for heartworm in a infected animal is
arsenic based and it's a bit dicey which might kill first.

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