Took the little brown dog to the vet Saturday for a blood draw. Doc found only 3 or 4 larvae in her blood! Two months ago she had over 300!! I know it is in part due to the ivermectin and also the doxicycline sterilizing the adults. Even though she is down a pound, weighs 25.5lbs, her fur is softer, her eyes are brighter, she eats, has normal poop, goes for walks, so I think her life is good.
As we were leaving, a woman coming in with her overweight Lab mix said to me that my dog was too skinny. I said that she was very old, had been very sick, and "if you'd seen her two months ago you'd think she looks great". She repeated again that Ags was too thin. I bit my tongue to stop myself from saying "what, in comparison to your dog a lot of dogs must look too thin!" Oy