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R.A.T.T. said...
You might really want to look at that. What are you doing to fix it? I rarely take my dogs to the vet anymore because it's overpriced BS. I honestly mean that. If you go to Tractor Supply Co. you can get exactly what the vets give your dogs for about 20% of the price. My wife's sister is a vet from out of state but she told me that her office buys their stuff from Tractor Supply Co.
If your dog has worms go in and get you a $40 bottle of Ivermectin. Your probably going to need a little more than that and need to see a vet for heartworms but that is the best worm prevention medicine you can get. Look at the active ingredient on the heartworm box that will cost you $80 for six months for a dog your size. The $40 bottle of straight Ivermectin will last you damn near three years if you don't let air get to it for half the price and is more potent than the shit the vet sells you. It also works on any other type of worms your dog can get.
Also for others that are struggling to provide the shots for their dogs or whatnot because the vet will charge you $50 just to check your dogs heartbeat and clip their nails, Tractor Supply also sells all the shots you need. Now that I breed them I have found this will save you hundreds per dog if you keep them. First shot is a 5-1 shot and the next three given in three week integrals will be 7-1 shots. After that you can take them to the vet to get a rabies shot that will cost around $16 if you tell them to skip the physical. All they do is check your dogs pulse, clip their nails and weigh them. They charge you serious money for that.
P.S. The ivermectin will say it's for cattle and swine but it doesn't take much. It will also come in a package that will make you think your supposed to inject them with it but don't do it with dogs. All you have to do is literally give them, depending on weight, about 0.2 mL a month and you won't have worm issues. If you go over it's really not a huge deal. Pits and Bull Staff's inherently have issues with mange and I have had to give them over 1 mL or more a day for over a month so it's not going to kill them. There are a couple of breeds that don't do well with Ivermecting but can't remember them so check that out as well. I believe they are the Lassie type dogs but don't quote me on that.
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R.A.T.T. said...
It would be part of what the vet would have to give you to clear up the heartworms. Regular worms would bite the dust on Ivermectin but heartworms are tricky. I haven't had a dog get them in over a decade. Your probably looking at a stout antibiotic and one or two more prescriptions as well for heartworms. I hate to tell you that but it's probably a fix that will take a few months and a grand if not more to clear up.
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bamadvm said...
What did you get right? -You do need to see a vet for heartworms -Ivermectin is the best medicine for worms. Its a very good medicine for worms, but the best, that's debatable and depends on the type of worm that is the issue. -don't inject ivermectin -don't give ivermectin to Lassie type dogs
Thats about the extent of it
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R.A.T.T. said...
I said that I got my dogs checked for heartworms when they get their rabies shot annually
Outside of heartworms what type of worms won't Ivermectin take care of? Would love to hear this one.
I do not inject ivermectin into my dogs. I actually put it in the syringes that they give you to feed it to them orally. That one came straight from a vet hoss. Actually got the syringes when one of my dogs got mange and he treated the dog with oral implementation of the ivermectin daily.
I stated that I wasn't sure of the breed that Ivermectin is really bad for but there are a couple. Of course you could look it up if you don't believe me.
Anything else?
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Hskr4Life23 said...
those of you with English bulldogs, have you had any medical issues? I want an English Bulldog, but I keep reading that the medical costs of them are just outrageous, and since I'm still a student I can't afford to have a dog in and out of the vet.
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R.A.T.T. said...
Go fvck yourself. You like talking like I don't know anything but this comes straight from my sisters wife who is also a vet. I'm assuming that your one as well and pissed that I'm telling someone that Ivermectin is good for worms. Shocker!!!!!!
Let me guess? You don't give your puppies 5-1, then 7-1 shots three times in a twelve week process once every three weeks do you? I would say after 30 or so dogs being fully healthy and a vet as a sister in law giving me the thumbs up would prove I'm not completely retarded. Keep ripping people off though.
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R.A.T.T. said...
I don't want to touch on a hot button issue, and as long as she's not in real pain it's not that bad, but would you put her down if it got real bad? Again before the dvm over here wants to talk smack for the sake of talking it, I'm not real familiar with hip dysplasia in dogs. I've heard it only gets worse though. I wish your dog the best all the same and hope she lives the next few years relatively peacefully.
Have they put her on any type of painkillers?
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bamadvm said...
You are making ivermectin out to be a much safer drug than it is. There are literally tons of toxicity cases out there from people just like you that took it on themselves to dose their dogs with ivermectin. "Lassie dog's" are hypersensitive to ivermectin but so are australian shepherds, whippets, some spaniels, etc... Ivermectin also is dosed in several different concentrations so .2mls per dog isn't always the same depending on the formulation. Also no studies have been done on large animal formulation ivermectin on the prevention of heartworms. Ivermectin clears the body in approximately two days when formulated in that manner.
"Your probably looking at a stout antibiotic and one or two more prescriptions as well for heartworms."- there is only one drug that can kill adult heart worms and that is melarsamine. That is not a really stout antibiotic.
I do give puppy shots in 3 week intervals not integrals.
Why is it that the most ignorant are often the most vocal.
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Man I really wish your dog the best. I'm sure dvm really does know what he's talking about so I would take his advice when it comes to the hip dysplasia. I've heard those vitamins for joint pain can do wonders but I've never had a dog with the problem so I wouldn't know. It certainly makes sense and I'm sure he does know more about that than I do.
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Ivermectin Toxicity in Dogs. Ivermectin is used as a de-womer, a heartworm preventive and a treatment for infections and mites. It appears in medications such as Ivomec, Heartgard and Heartgard Plus, and Milbemycin. Although a relatively safe medication, some dogs and some breeds are sensitive to it and toxicity can occur which can lead to death if...
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