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Originally Posted by kjc  That's good news from the breeder. Just checking in to see how everybody is doing? Keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers....Hugs,  |
Thanks so much for your kind thoughts. Well Zoey is the latest news; still no word from VEC as to when the adulticide will be available. Dr Jack my regular vet called today and had talked with OVC and they should be able to get the adulticide fast, he gave me the number of the vet tech there to talk with her. I called we had a good conversation; she will check with the specialist there to see if our treatment protocol is in line with their's vs a vs to give the adulticide within the next two weeks, and to see if they will be able to get the adulticide in by then. Apparently according to her knowledge, each adulticide is specially ordered per dog, after a report and blood titers are sent in. Wow, for a life threatening condition I just don't understand this process!. However having said that, last year there was a country wide survey of dogs tested for heartworms and dogs tested positive for same. Just published in the CKC magazine that I got. 368K dogs tested and 560 dogs tested positive. Somewhere around 141 dogs from Katrina tested positive. So despite the press the numbers show very few dogs tested positive. HOw ever Canada is like the USA in the rough ratio of about 15% of the population owns dogs. That would be roughly 4.5 million dogs, ummm and only 368,000 dogs tested for heartworm? Not a huge number.
Anyhow sorting through my options as I want Zoey to get the adulticide treatment within the next two wks or so.