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Heartworm questions
Posted on 10/7/13 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 10/7/13 at 1:55 pm
My buddy is 7.5. He's a boxer so they typically don't live past 10-11ish. I'm at work and got my mom to bring him to the vet this morning for his checkup. He has heart worms and the treatment they recommend will consist of 3 pills in the morning, 3 pills before bed as well as a liquid medicine applied to the back of his neck daily. This would be for 30 days and then repeated 3 months later for an additional 30 days. This would be 360 pills 60 doses of the liquid. I couldn't care less about the money. I just feel that it isn't worth it as the vet said it would take about 1.5 years to kill them off after treatment. My buddy is fine, he doesn't wheeze or cough and is as healthy as can be and is very content. I want to do every thing I can for him, but I'm trying to be realistic about it as well. What say the OB? Anyone with any experience with this? TIA
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Posted on 10/7/13 at 1:58 pm to braindeadboxer
Did you have him on heart worm prevention?
Posted on 10/7/13 at 2:06 pm to LSUsmartass
Yes I did. I was told he got them as a pup from his mothers milk by the vet. Since he was old enough to be on Heartguard we've never missed a dose. The vet at the time told me that if I kept him on Heartguard he wouldn't get any new ones and that eventually the old ones would die off. I know very little about vet medicine so I naively believed them. After a while the vet gave me an option for treatment that would require giving him a pill daily for a while and keeping him confined to a small enclosure where he could barely move for a month as moving too much could kill him. Of course if you've ever had a 1.5 year old boxer you'd know that you may as well just kill him yourself as that would be impossible for him.
Posted on 10/7/13 at 2:15 pm to braindeadboxer
My dog got heartworms while on Frontline. They were liable for the heartworm treatment, because I had all my receipts. It was three shots over a three month period. My dog was the sickest ever after the shots. She is now heartworm free, but has urinary incontinence since then. Piss just leaks out of her while she sleeps. You don't want to be around when she gets up and wags her tail! I would not do it again.
Posted on 10/7/13 at 2:29 pm to braindeadboxer
I have a mutt who is 16 1/2 years old -- was told she had heartworms about 6-7 years ago. No treatment and she is still around!
Posted on 10/7/13 at 2:31 pm to braindeadboxer
Research Ivermectin use for dogs
Posted on 10/7/13 at 2:35 pm to braindeadboxer
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After a while the vet gave me an option for treatment that would require giving him a pill daily for a while and keeping him confined to a small enclosure where he could barely move for a month as moving too much could kill him.
I had a similar treatment done to a german shepherd I had. It was two injections into/near the spine over three weeks and 30 days of rest. A vet in New Roads did it. She was almost two years old when I had it done.
It was tough and I had crate her anytime I wasn't home. Walks were very short and on a leash in the backyard.
It worked though and she lived to be 11 years old.
Just relaying my experience with dogs and heartworm treatment. Best of luck.
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My dog was the sickest ever after the shots.
I had to put peanut butter on the roof of my dogs mouth to make her drink. It sucked. I felt terrible.
This post was edited on 10/7/13 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 10/7/13 at 2:39 pm to Choirboy
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Research Ivermectin use for dogs
Heartguard is just ivermectin formulated as a chewable for a dog.
The problem with going and buying it at the local feed store is 1. It is not formulated for a dog, therefore it may not be affective 2. It is not buffered so it is very harsh on the liver of dogs because it is not formulated for a dog.
I would just stay with the heartguard and not do the treatment. It will keep the infection from getting worse and shorten the life of the already existing worms. The treatment is very harsh and can also kill them through anaphylactic shock or stroke.
Posted on 10/7/13 at 2:44 pm to AHouseDivided
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I had a similar treatment done to a german shepherd I had. It was two injections into/near the spine over three weeks and 30 days of rest. A vet in New Roads did it. She was almost two years old when I had it done.
Did this with our very active lab. It was tough, but not as hard as I expected.He lives in the house, so most of the time, we just kept him nearby and calm, rarely had to crate him. And of course leashed whenever outdoors. The first 7-10 days are the critical time, after that you can begin to relax just a bit.
Some people have good results with the "slow kill" method, but I would be wary of that unless it was an older or sick dog that would have a problem with the shots.
The shots get it over with quick, then no more worries. The slow kill still has the problem with dead worms throwing a lung clot, but spread out over a longer period of time you have to worry about.
Posted on 10/7/13 at 2:56 pm to pointdog33
I've always had good luck with Ivermectin for heartworm prevention. Just get the dose right.
Posted on 10/7/13 at 2:57 pm to AHouseDivided
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A vet in New Roads did it. She was almost two years old when I had it done.
Likely the same vet I use. A lady vet? I started going to her after the first vet I used was giving me questionable answers. I've been pleased with her thus far.
Posted on 10/7/13 at 3:04 pm to braindeadboxer
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A lady vet?
No. It was an older guy. The clinic is right there near the new Wal-Mart in New Roads.
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