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Originally Posted by RachelandSadie  as a person who has worked for a vet you ALWAYS give a monthly heartworm pill. never ever ever stop it as long as the dog is healthy. it will save lives and make sure your pet doesn't need over 900 in heartworm treatment if they ever got them. getting rid of heartworms is a long and painful process full of horrible weeks of bed rest and medicines and sometimes ends up killing the dog esp little dogs. they can't run or play and have to lie still and let the worms die and go through their blood stream. if they move too much they can go to their lungs and kill them as they are dying off. it's really an awful process and i've seen too many poor dogs have to be put to sleep or die from treatments. just give that heartworm pill year round. flea and tick you can skip as soon as you get a couple hard freezes and start up at first sign of spring. |
Thanks for this vivid description, I've heard that it is painful, but didn't know exactly why.