Hi CIndy,

Cindy Haglund wrote in a message to Richard Webb:

 > SOunds like you're on the right track with him and the vets.  They can do so
 > amazing things to help dogs get over that, but prevention is still so much
 > easier, and so cost effective.  Makes me angry with people who won't do it.

CS> Yes, my neighbors dont.  They cant afford it they say.

 RW> IF you can't afford it you can't afford to have the dog imho. IF you
 RW> have mosquitoes you're gonna have heartworm, and mosquitoes are

CH> You know how many dogs there are and have been that get on perfectly
CH> without all this drug stuff. :( ?

Yep, i never treated dogs all the time I grew up for it.  First dog i
treated with preventative was Buddy back in the '80's.  I'd heard of
heartworm before but didn't know there was preventative until then. NOt
sure if they just didn't have it or what.  My grandfather lost a dog on the
farm to it when I was a small boy, I recall that one. Grandpa's farm dogs
seemed to live to be 6-8 years old or so.  Buddy lived to be 13. COnversely
our former rOtt who had heartworm already was about 14.

I treat our rott we have now with the preventative once a month, and use
the frontline.  I tried going to the vinegar stuff, but when Kathy was
hospitalized and I spent time with her the vinegar regime went out the
window, so it was back to frontline.

Btw I say the same thing about people.  Amazing we were able to live at all
without this "drug stuff" .

Regards,
           Richard
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