There is a whole group of us dedicated "lab" lovers that have dogs test positive for heartworms over the past few years. As Ducktricster stated, the monthly preventative by mouth has not been successful for some reason. I, along with him, and Duckaholic, all had dogs that tested positive, even with a strict monthly regimine. As explained to me by Dr. Ned Fruge of Eunice, the lab experts can not figure out why these dogs are testing positive, but the numbers are horrible in the breed of the LAB. At one point, the ProHeart and others were paying for treatment but you had to sign a waiver if the dog died from treatment. I think they have stopped paying all together now. Dr. Ned personnally knows me and some of the guys listed here, and occasionally hunts/fishes w/ us so he knew how our dogs were cared for. He really went to bat for me, but sometimes he doesn't know if it was an oversight on the owners part.
I think the lab is missing something to allow this one breed to be more at risk than the others. I now give all my dogs the 6 mos shots at the vets office and so far, knock on wood, have not had any more problems. The dog that was positive successfully made it thru treatment, only to break out of his kennel 5 months later in search of love and was hit by a car. SUCKS!!!!!!!
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07-07-2011, 02:10 PM
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