heartwork medicine

[caseysmom]

Does anyone have problems with their dogs vomiting after heartworm medicine? Casey vomited this morning after getting her heartwork medicine last night, I think this happened last month also and I attributed it to table scraps.

[tatsxxx11]

No, I've never had this problem with my dogs. Does your pup upchuck his/her meal more than occasionally, have a sensitive stomach? Is it the Heartguard chewable formula or the pill? I'd definitely let the vet know. If he/she threw up shortly after having received the dosage, you have to assume he/she has not been covered for that month. Missing two dosages puts your pup at high risk of infection. Definitely let your vet know

[caseysmom]

She threw up about 12 hours later and really it was mostly grass that she ate while I was walking her. She gets the chewable. She has a sensitive stomach for sure I have to get california's natural from a feed store because there are only 4 ingredients. She had no table scraps last night. She had her dinner right before the medicine and kept that down. I will mention it to the vet. Although when I first rescued her he treated her with an antibiotic (I can't remember the name) for a parasite and she got swollen cheeks and violently ill and online I found those all to be classic symptoms of side effects from the meds and he discounted it said he never heard of it.

The other vet in the office is great I'll make sure I deal with her in the future.

[tatsxxx11]

Is your pup (what's her name???) a Shep, Shep x? They have notoriously sensitive stomachs! After 12 hours, she should have absored the medic., so no worries there As for the side effects of the other med, those are classic minor side effects to a host of medics, in humans and dogs. I'm glad you have a good vet on hand that you can trust and speak with Hugs to your poochie!

[caseysmom]

I am not sure of her breed she looks like an entlebucher mix to me, I will try to maker her pic part of my signature. She is 36 pounds tri color very smooth coat.

[tatsxxx11]

Looking forward to seeing her pic; she sounds lovely! Now I have to go look up that breed!!! A new one for me

[caseysmom]

Its the smallest of the swiss mountain dogs, she's a bit small I think they start at 46 pounds but she looks quite a bit like one. I have sent a pic to this site for help...I'll work on it tomorrow if that doesn't work out.

[tatsxxx11]

We have one Swissie mom that will be especially happy to see her! (Me too of course!)

[ramanth]

Kia threw up the Sentinel pill only a few minutes after I gave it to her. I called the vet and he told me to give her a new pill. I did and she threw that one up too.

He said the medicine can be too strong for some dogs, so we switched her to Heartgard and she was okay with that.

Kia was real sick after getting the ProHeart6 injection.

She's back on Heartgard now.

Did you give the medicine to Casey after he had a meal or was it on an empty stomach? I can't remember if that would make a difference or not.

Hope your pooch is feeling better!

[caseysmom]

She ate her dinner about an hour before I gave her the hearguard...I believe it is heartguard its a chewable...she is fine now....finally almost mastered fetching at the dog park last night.

[ramanth]

Oh Casey! You're a girl. My appologies. Welcome to Pet Talk btw.

Yep, Heartgard is a chewable. And I'm happy to hear she's almost mastered fetching! Kia isn't very interested in fetching.

[caseysmom]

No problem...the name casey can be either....I finally attached an avatar with her pic...having trouble with the signature pic though!

[Pam]

Originally posted by tatsxxx11
We have one Swissie mom that will be especially happy to see her! (Me too of course!)

I am the 'grandmom' of the Swissie that Sandra mentioned! LOL! I would love to see a larger picture of Casey! She looks precious! My daughter (Mom of Dale, the Swissie) has recently moved and her computer hasn't been set up yet, but I know she will love your girl!

Here's my "granddog, Dale." He weighs about 100 lbs. now and is about 11 months old.

[caseysmom]

Casey definitely has that swissie look but is obviously mixed with something smaller. I have a bigger pic just can't figure out how to add it to my signature....any hints??? tips....etc...thanks...

[Pam]

You will have to re-size it for a signature. There are several people here at PT that are excellent at making signatures and I know they would be happy to do it for you. You may send them a PM. KayAnn (Kfmr) did mine and Anna (Dogz) also has done some beautiful ones. I know they would be happy to help you!!

For right now you can attach a picture to you post in one of two ways. You can put it right in the body of your post by doing it exactly as you have in your avatar, with the [ img] and [ /img] surrounding the URL, or you can click on "Browse" and locate it in your computer and upload it from there. I hope one of these will work for you since I would love to see and hear lots more about Casey.