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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  Because even giveing it and not missing it there is a small chance the meds could fail. If they do fail giving the medicine could kill your dog because it would kill the worms to fast and they would shoot through the heart causing a blockage. Since all dogs should have yearly blood work to make sure everything is normal and there is no changes from the year before and for it to be a normal base line to compair it to if they get sick and do blood work it’s just a simple add on test. |
I did not realize that giving the med to a dog that has heartworms could kill him and that scares the heck out of me. If the meds do fail the odds of it happening just before the next test are only 1 in 12 (8.3%). If the meds fail during any other month of the year, which is much more likely to happen, then we could lose our baby. I hope the meds failure rate is EXTREMELY low.