[gemy]

Originally Posted by jadabug

I am just seeing this and read the whole thread, what a roller coaster ride of emotions you have been through. I am sending prayers for Zoey and for you as she goes through her treatment. You are a wonderful mom to your fur family and you and Zoey will get through this with prayers and support.

Thanks Michelle. It is so much easier to deal with what is with prayers and support.

Originally Posted by yorkieusa

Oh, Oh, my! When you know more about it than he does, it makes you wonder, doesn't it? I hope everything works out.

Yes it does, not a comfy situation.

Originally Posted by kjc

A member's dog in the Philappines is going through the slow kill treatment and giving Doxy too. I was understanding that the Doxy kills the W. Bacteria in the adult HW, which in turn renders the HW incapable of reproducing.

One question: How often do you test your dogs for Heartworm? Every 6 months, yearly or every 2 years?

Glad the xrays came out good! Keeping your precious ones (esp the biggies) in my prayers...

And really, Canadian and Alaskan dogs would be the last ones on my list of most likely to come down with HW....

(And go easy on your vet... I don't think vets in Florida are too familiar with treating frostbite!)

PS: Big Hugs for you!

Here there seems to be different protocols on the testing, out of 4 general practice vets, two want yearly testing, and two recommend every two year testing. OVMA recommends yearly. But again, city vets assume city dogs staying mainly in Toronto, so that maybe why the different recommendations. But I did suggest strongly as two of my friends with their "city" dogs, do go swimming in Lake Ontario, and love to walk the many beautiful nature paths throughout the city; that they test their dogs for HW. The reality is we were in Ontario most of last summer with only one 5-6 day trip to Kentucky.

Thanks for the hugs.