I've seen a friend's dog go through heartworm treatment. Wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy - let alone an innocent little Boston Terrier. He wasn't on heartworm preventative - he almost died twice. He was so sick, so ill, so fatigued, so miserable. I will never increase Tibbe's chances of having to go through having his heart full of worms slowly killing him & then watching him essentially get poisoned to kill them by not having him on preventative. At least the preventative gives him a better chance of avoiding that horror. Not to mention, the vet bill was huge - but that was nothing compared to what little Winston suffered.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |