Heartworm Treatment Protocol

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by davidkyle323

My dog was on heart guard and never missed and got heart worms, they did pay for the treatment though. When I asked the vet after the treatment what I should give him she wouldn't recommend anything to me!! So I told her all the other dogs I ever had got Ivomect and never had a problem, she said that is the best drug on the market they just cant recommend it because it has not been tested on dogs, she said that's what her dogs get, so that was good enough for me. you just have to get the regular ivomect and not the plus, the plus can kill them. Oh yea and when the vet told me he had to be in the A/C while the treatment process was going on and he had to be penned up for 10 weeks I told her she was crazy!! I was not going to share my house with a 100 pound rottweiler!! He turned out just fine though I put a fan on him.

It has been tested on dogs and it is the same ingredient used in Heartguard (Ivermectin). There was a fatality involved with the testing and it was a Collie, so it is advisable not to use on those breeds. I personally believe the delivery method Heartguard uses is the weak link in their product. The large breed dose is good for 51-100# dogs which makes me believe they don't get the full dosage past the half way point. 1/10 cc per 10# of body weight is the standard dosage I use and some use that twice a month but I believe it to be overkill. I have two on ProHeart and Ivermect each month since they are different drugs and vet said it would not hurt. So far, in the 15 years I have been at this ivermect has been all I have used and it has done well for me.

[geralddct]

Originally Posted by Raymond

It has been tested on dogs and it is the same ingredient used in Heartguard (Ivermectin). There was a fatality involved with the testing and it was a Collie, so it is advisable not to use on those breeds. I personally believe the delivery method Heartguard uses is the weak link in their product. The large breed dose is good for 51-100# dogs which makes me believe they don't get the full dosage past the half way point. 1/10 cc per 10# of body weight is the standard dosage I use and some use that twice a month but I believe it to be overkill. I have two on ProHeart and Ivermect each month since they are different drugs and vet said it would not hurt. So far, in the 15 years I have been at this ivermect has been all I have used and it has done well for me.

I'm sure when this is all said and done I will me be double dipping him also

[Raymond]

Not sure if this has any affect on the absorption but I always give my ivermect after they have been fed. If they have a the runs or or puke, I give it again two days later. Have had dogs puke the chews and crap them on occasion.