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Posted by Deerhounds on October 09, 2002 at 20:28:39:

In Reply to: Heartguard question.... posted by faustcorpus on October 09, 2002 at 01:45:12:

:I would like to keep any medication for my dog to a minimum. But we are coming up on the time to get heartguard. I did read the previous message regarding a two month window. Just wondering if this is something that is a necessary evil or not needed. I do know that I am in a fairly high level for heartworm, but from what I understand it is a mosquito borne illness and well we had a frost already which usually kills them. So I have like 1 week before month is up and 5 weeks before 2 month window is up. Any suggestions and comments are welcome.

Cindy, this is pretty much always a judgement call. If I lived in a high heartworm area, I would give the Safeheart dose of Interceptor (Safeheart) to my dogs once every 7 weeks. This would leave me a one week window in case I forgot. I would give it and keep the dog with me for several hours, to make sure he or she did not throw up.

That's just me. Your mileage may vary.

Christie Keith
Caber Feidh Scottish Deerhounds
Holistic Husbandry since 1986
http://www.caberfeidh.com

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