Your dog's Heartworm prevention?

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Originally Posted by guineapiggy

Don't use it wonder if i should

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Heartworm prevention is a MUST if you have misquitos in your area. Heartworms can kill your dog! It's definatly not something to mess with. Yes, HW prevention may seem highly priced, but it's nothin compared to the treatment once your dog has them. You can buy HW prevention at your vet's office. It's the most reliable place to buy it.

I use HeartGuard.

Kia was first put on Sentinal but she'd throw up the pills. ProHeart 6 nearly killed her (it's now off the market). We've had great success with the HeartGuard. :)

We use Frontline Plus for the fleas and ticks. :)

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Heartworm prevention is a MUST if you have misquitos in your area

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if you have the right KIND of mosquitos in your area. we have loads of mosquitos here but heartworm is non existant as we dont have the type of mosquito that carries heartworm.

Reilly gets Heartguard.

Mister is on the Sentinal where as it protects agaisnt fleas as well. Here once I get a hard frost I stop the frontline for the winter. But I continue with the Hw. He doesn't mind it i put it in those pill pockets and he eats it thinking it is some sort of yummy treat. Jack (the foster) Is also on the same thing just a different doasge where he weighs more,

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Originally Posted by Shelteez2

Nothing. Heartworm isn't an issue here.

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same in the UK :)

I used Revolution for a while but Buddy got worms once a summer. :mad: (hook/round not heart worm)

So this was our first summer trying Interceptor and guess what.. no worms!! :D

So we're going to stick with it!

Digi is on Advantage Plus (I think its called Plus).. it does fleas & heartworm. I think it does ticks, but cannot remember.

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Originally Posted by cali

if you have the right KIND of mosquitos in your area. we have loads of mosquitos here but heartworm is non existant as we dont have the type of mosquito that carries heartworm.

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Lucky!!! HW is such a problem here! We get on avgerage 3-5 HW Possitive dogs a week at work.

ramanth, That prevention killed a lot of dogs. Kia was a lucky girl! There is another HW preventative out now that uses a lot of the same stuff in it as ProHeart 6. The vet a work for refuses to carry it.

I use Interceptor... that reminds me, I need to refill this month.

It is a big problem here, the vet my daughter volunteers with says that untreated in 4 years they pretty much have 100 percent chance of getting heartworms. I have seen him treat lots of dogs, its such an easy inexpensive treatment that can avoid such a horrible thing.

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Originally Posted by pitc9

So this was our first summer trying Interceptor and guess what.. no worms!! :D

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I used to use Heartguard until RB Mandy got whipworms! Then I switched to Interceptor. ;)

I remortgage my house every 6 months to resupply Interceptor..but it's worth it :rolleyes: :p

We don't use anything. We do have mosquitos in the area, however our temperatures are too extreme for heartworm. In all the years my vet has been in practise, she has seen only 3 cases of heartworm -- all from dogs that had just recently traveled to Ontario.

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Originally Posted by ramanth

ProHeart 6 nearly killed her (it's now off the market).

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They put it back on the market last year -- as far as I know it's still there, unfortunatly.

Heart Guard for the dogs Interceptor for the cats.............I also deworm once a month (with the rescues etc never know what is brought in) and for fleas I use totally holistic remedies.