The term "heartworm preventative" is confusing. The "preventative" prevents adult heartworms by killing any existing young baby heartworms. If a dog gets baby heartworms from a mosquito bite and a "preventative" is given within a month, those baby heartworms are killed....

[quote user="Luvntzus"]Janet Rose- What do you recommend for flea/tick control?  [/quote] First, a high quality diet with garlic.  Second, a spray or vest with herbs and essentials oils - like Sentry Natural Defense .  The biggest problem with that product is the...

If it turns out to be Ehrlichiosis , note the treatment suggested by tick experts. http://www.minden.com/nowhereelse/canine_tick_disease.htm [quote] Doxycycline, a semi-synthetic tetracycline, is the drug of choice, the most effective against Ehrlichiosis and Lyme. It is given at 10 milligrams per kilogram...

[quote user="rexandbaby"]Okay, so if we can't use Frontline Plus, and this new stuff can be harmful? What do we do? [/quote] Fighting fleas & ticks is a four-step process . You avoid the pests you can, repel the pests you can't avoid, kill the pests you can't repel, and remove...

[quote user="TheDogHouseBCMPD"]We have 5 dogs and 3 cats so I can't afford to "test" all the different products available. I was hoping to get some opinions on what works best. [/quote] There have been some lively discussions on this lately (see below). Most folks seem to prefer...

This was in my inbox this morning from another group! This is very important!!!! Important medical info, please read and pass it on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We recently had a very strange event which I think we should share around the rescue-community: Young (~2 years) M Lab-mix, came into our program with a...