[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by Brooklynn

I can't really understand why anyone would not give heartworm meds especially when you live in the Texas area where mosquitos are so abundant even if the puppies don't go outside, mosquitos can come inside when you open the door...JMHO....and again especially around the coastal area where water and humidity are breeding grounds for mosquitos! If you don't test your dogs you'll never know if they have heartworms and I've seen so many cases lately in this area where dogs are having to go in for heartworm treatments so it's hard for me to see dogs not being given heartworm meds, again, JMHO...
Ok, I'm done LOL...I couldn't let this one pass

Donna Bird
Brooklynn's Yorkshire Terriers

I very much agree with all of this. I will never not give my dog heartworm preventative while living in Texas. Mosquitos get in my house all the time! It never really gets cold here and heartworms are really a danger all year long which is why I give preventative all year. The drugs in the preventative do not act upon the dog...they only have an affect on the worms so its not poison.

I've dissected dogs in anatomy class with heartworms...you can't imagine how discusting it is..it's like pulling spaghetti out of the heart. The dog's heart was so packed with heartworms I don't know how it held any blood..and the worms were spilling out into the lungs. I will never risk that with my dog...and the treatment is so hard on them. You have to keep them kenneled for months because they can die if you don't (dying heartworms will go into the lungs if they aren't kept still). It's just not worth it...I will always give heartworm meds.