Bob Ackley wrote in a message to Carol Shenkenberger:

BA> Most people get pills from the vet for heartworm prevention.  IIRC
BA> they're a bit pricey, though, one pill a month at about $10 each. 
BA> Which is why I went the other way, I have nine dogs (managed to give
BA> one away last week) and $90/month for heartworm plus $160/month for
BA> dog food is way over budget. 
I can relate to that.  Thank goodness we've only the one young Rottweiler.
wE keep her on the once a month preventative pill.  Our last Rott we
adopted off the streets of inner city NEw ORleans had a bad case of
heartworm.


BA> BTW for flea and tick control you can use Frontline (available at
BA> the vet or at your
BA> supermarket) at about $3-4/dose once a month, you can buy a flea
BA> collar that will last
BA> 3 or 4 months for about $7 or you can put a teaspoon of white
BA> vinegar per quart of
BA> water in the dog's drinking bowl at about $2/gallon - and there are
BA> an awful lot of
BA> teaspoons in a gallon.  I've been doing that for a couple of years
BA> now and the dogs
BA> don't have fleas.
Yes the vinegar thing works, but you've got to keep up the regime or it
doesn't. We use the Frontline here.

If you live in the southern U.S. the flea collars aren't effective
according to vets I've consulted.  THe fleas have mutated to be able to
withstand the chemistry of those flea & tick collars.

AS it's been explained to me, in the south we don't get the hard freeze for
a long enough period to really kill them off, so they've been able to
mutate and evolve to be able to withstand those flea and tick repellent
collars.


Regards,
           Richard
... Just when you think you're winning the rat race along come faster rats!
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+