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Guys giving their labs the heartworm pill. You better get them checked.
Posted on 2/15/12 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 2/15/12 at 4:24 pm
A buddy of mine just called and his lab has got heartworms again. The pills just aren't working against these mosquitos. You need to get them the twice a year shot.
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Posted on 2/15/12 at 4:28 pm to GonePecan
your scaring me now! 2nd time i saw this in the past week! My labs are 2 n 3 and been on pill since i had them
Posted on 2/15/12 at 4:37 pm to VolsFan24
My lab has heart worms right now. She was on once a month pill. We are going for slow kill treatment b/c we have no way to confine her, which is what you have to day when killing heart worms with the injections.
Posted on 2/15/12 at 4:41 pm to klewis
I had a lab that was on Heartguard. She got heartworms and the vet said that Heartguard would pay for the treatment to get rid of them. It took six months for them to agree to that. We took her to the vet and one broke lose and caused her to have a stroke in the waiting room of the vets office and we had to put her to sleep. The really sad thing she was only 3 and 1/2
Posted on 2/18/12 at 3:02 pm to big Tiger 1885
I know of several people who's labs have gotten heartworms while taking the pills.
Posted on 2/18/12 at 3:09 pm to VolsFan24
Unless you are counting my thread, make that the third time. My male has them.
Posted on 2/18/12 at 3:09 pm to GonePecan
Stop giving them pill and go get some Ivermectin from you local vet supply.
Posted on 2/18/12 at 3:15 pm to GonePecan
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I know of several people who's labs have gotten heartworms while taking the pills.
We started giving ours a heartworm treatment for cows & hogs. The vet recommended this it's called Ivermectin worming. We get it at a feed store.
This post was edited on 2/18/12 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 2/18/12 at 3:18 pm to GonePecan
Same here. Our lab was getting the pill and still got them
Posted on 2/18/12 at 3:19 pm to klewis
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My lab has heart worms right now. She was on once a month pill. We are going for slow kill treatment b/c we have no way to confine her, which is what you have to day when killing heart worms with the injections.
We have also starting spraying around the house with Listerine. Works great when having people over for a cooking.
Posted on 2/18/12 at 5:39 pm to Nascar Fan
My oldest gyp has them. Same story with the pill. My youngest has been on the 6 month shot and she is free and clear. Both will be on shot as soon as I get the worms out of the older dog. My dogs are 3 and 2.5
Posted on 2/18/12 at 6:21 pm to GonePecan
with the mild winter we had the mosquito's are gonna be horrible this year
Posted on 2/19/12 at 7:37 am to GonePecan
I had to get my dog treated also! Vet told me that these worms are getting immune to the heartguard! I've had mine on the shot since we got him cleared up and had no problems. It's cheaper and you don't have to remember to give it to them every month! Heartguard didn't offer to pay for my treatment! Cost me about $700 
Posted on 2/19/12 at 1:33 pm to GonePecan
Ivomec is the good shite IMO.
Posted on 2/19/12 at 2:00 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
What hartworm medicine are people having trouble with?
I use comfortis and it's not cheap so I'm hoping it's not one of the problem ones.
I use comfortis and it's not cheap so I'm hoping it's not one of the problem ones.
Posted on 2/19/12 at 2:52 pm to Nascar Fan
Listerine? How does this work?
Posted on 2/19/12 at 3:21 pm to JasonL79
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What hartworm medicine are people having trouble with? I use comfortis and it's not cheap so I'm hoping it's not one of the problem ones.
Our vet told us to take our dog off of heartgard. He said there is a strain of heart worms that is resistant to ivermectin.
Posted on 2/19/12 at 3:26 pm to JasonL79
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What hartworm medicine are people having trouble with?
I use comfortis and it's not cheap so I'm hoping it's not one of the problem ones.
Comfortis is not related to heartworms at all...it's flea/tick medication.
So yeah, that's gonna be a problem for you.
One of my dogs became positive on Heartgard. I've switched them both to Trifexis and no issues yet.
This post was edited on 2/19/12 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 2/19/12 at 3:42 pm to GonePecan
Solid heads up. Gotta keep treat them pups right.
Posted on 2/19/12 at 4:02 pm to Schwartz
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Comfortis is not related to heartworms at all...it's flea/tick medication.
So yeah, that's gonna be a problem for you.
Oops, think he is on heartguard. Comfortis is for his fleas. Mixed the names up. A night on bourbon st. drinking can do that to you.
I'll have to switch the medicine for his heartworms it looks like.
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