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Originally Posted by Mardelin  Jeanie I don't really do flea prevention per say. I've only had a couple. Only because I was set up at a show next to some working dog. And her dogs had them....she was using the blow dryer and guess what? They blew onto my dog. Went by the grocery store on the way back to the hotel. Picked up Dawn Orignal Formula. Bathed him in that....it was done.
I did have to deworm my group once, when I brought home a girl that had them. Even the pups at 6 weeks of age. Using NemexII. I didn't as a preventative. NemexII is very mild, no cramping, no nothing. But, again I don't do it as a preventative. I only take in a sample of the entire litter, to ease the minds of my potential families. But, have never had any litters test positive. |
I used the Dawn dishsoap once on a pregnant girl, it worked great. One bath and they were gone.
I wormed the entire bunch just one time, when one buyer said her dog had giardia, including the 6 week old litter I still had. Went through the entire program of albon and panacur.
I wondered at the time how her puppy could have it when none of the rest of the dogs showed any signs. 5 weeks later, I sold the younger pups, that had been wormed several times, and one of those buyers said the puppy had worms. So decided it really didn't matter. some vets are determined to sell worming meds.
Now, if I suspected worms, I would take in a stool sample before doing anything. But out of all the puppies that I have sold there were only the 2 that reported worms and I still question that.