Guest Anonymous Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 Hi all I a new member and would like some input or any one who has experience with treating a dog with Heart Worms. This is what has happened: We lost our best Freind Roscoe "Elk Hound, Lab, Chow mix " he was my buddy, at the first of the year to Cancer. After a few weeks my wife and I could not stand it any longer not haveing Rosce with us so we found 2 Red Healer pups Frosty & Myrt which are 5 months now. We live in the country and take well care of our Dogs anything they need its done. 3 days ago an Alaskan Husky showed up at the house the first day we did not feed it hopeing it would go home but she stayed. So we started feeding her. We talked to our Neighbors and they had seen herroaming around for the past 2 weeks. We called Animal Control to come get her ,they said it would be a week before they could come pick her up. Well today we talked about it keeping her and took her to the Vet , she has Heart Worms . She is about 2 years old and very nice seems like Frosty and Myrt might get along with her. Monday we are taking her to the Vet and Xray to see what stage she is and If things havent went to far start treament. Hoping maybe someone can tell us what we are up againist . I wish I could get my hands on whom ever dumped this dog, Vet said they had her spayed and did not do anything eles for her. Thanks Ron Quote
Lokipups Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 Hi Ron, welcome to the board :) ! I have treated quite a few dogs with heartworm, I actually have one right now who is being treated (I do Siberian rescue). The treatment is not as bad as it used to be, up until several years ago most vets were still using Caparsolate to kill off the worm, today they use Immiticide, a much milder drug. And if caught really early, Heartguard preventitive (Ivermectin) can also be used to slowly kill off the heartworm. The most important, and probably hardest, part of treatment is to keep the dog very quiet for 6 weeks after the treatment, which means no playing or running. Any hard activity could cause a dead or dying worm to clot , enter the bloodstream and cause a stroke. Rare, but possible. If she's not stage 5, by all means treat her, especially if she's young and healthy, the odds are very good in her favor :) . Quote
Carolk9s Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 Just a few months ago my sister adopted a dog, found out he had heartworms. He has been treated and came through just fine. I presume he did not have a heavy load. She was supposed to keep him quiet, knowing her AND knowing the dog, I doubt she was 100% successful. He's a zippy little fella and thinks he's a BIG dog! Her vet told her to wait a little over a month after his heartworm treatment was done to have him neutered to be safe. Kudos to you for taking this dog in, she is one lucky girl! Hope her infestation is light and her treatment goes well. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0UAAtA7sY3PCZ4aDtv9Rkjpy!sYTKxtytikgHnA2XIsWrr9JVhDXwY8zMk!kwM*un6gDWYBkrsfyaYVH5g29BBWDGpaMzu5EacjMa1hhO0CJ9jKF1159WpXSCChsAcAob/Happy.JPG?dc=4675473276206886350 Thanks for the info. We have not named her yet but we have been calling her Happy. I have been reading about Heart Worms and the treament I hope we can get her over it. She is a great dog - and easy going I was afraid that she would not get along with Frosty and Myrt , but they get along Great. http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0hgAfA0AqVlMa9U6Hj050ehnKkCUB4bJc7bLExOwGmmQy78mCBK**gwjUS3B!nik!TNOdIfU3nI5Xtw5gKeHCTq6oTgReWppOWL8*5qmnYJPBCfmfeMWFVlDnJ!Ji5p67zSmSK2hJ3LF07uoDkDLixyvujNGuMg3kgnG9sShPHpf0aj17HUoqcFViDb8QcCDu/Frosty%20and%20Myrt%20working%20over%20their%20new%20Buddie.JPG?dc=4675473276161800328 We cant let Frosty and Myrt play with her to much Vet told us it may be hard on her utill she is over the Heartworms and the damage they caused. Vet told us she is maybe 2 years old , Its a shame that her owner let her get in this condition. She will have good life for long as she is with us. Ron Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted May 22, 2004 Posted May 22, 2004 You have a perfectly purebred Siberian, what a face on her :D ! She looks like one of my boys, I'd treat her and keep her too! Quote
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