On Oct 08, 2010 05:29pm, FRED BURGESS wrote to BOB ACKLEY:


 FB> On Aug 24, 2010 06:11am, BOB ACKLEY wrote to RICHARD WEBB:

 BA>> Replying to a message of Richard Webb to all:

 RW>>> DRug companies are finding that with *all* heartworm
 RW>>> preventatives there seems to be a 2-4% failure rate.  drug
 RW>>> companies are paying to treat dogs who contract heartworm
 RW>>> while on their preventative anyway, but this is with *all*
 RW>>> preventatives, this two to four percent failure rate.

 RW>>> I was told by somebody else, and started using when my heart guard ran
 RW>>> out a product acquired from the local farm store. Can't think of the
 RW>>> name off top of my head Bob A. but will get it if interested. DOc
 RW>>> told me only disadvantage of using this stuff is that if my Schotzi
 RW>>> contracts heartworm the drug company won't back me on it.

 BA>> Several years ago I was paying for Iverheart tablets but the things are
 BA>> just too
 BA>> expensive if one has several dogs.  I explained that to my vet (who has
 BA>> since retired for medical reasons) and he made up a solution of
 BA>> preventive for me, I squirt 1/2 cc of the stuff into each dog's mouth
 BA>> once a month.  The bottle lasts about two years (with 10-12 dogs) and
 BA>> costs about $65.

 BA>> So I don't have to lay out $120/month for Frontline or about the same
 BA>> amount for heartworm preventive - and the dogs don't have fleas, ticks
 BA>> or heartworm.

 BA>> I do have to find a cure for ear mites, though.

 A little ointment may help there.  Not sure, as my dogs haven't had
 mites since I got them (whew!)

 Now for your preventive that you use for heartworm/flea sounds like it
 would work wonders for my beasties ... the beagle is allergic to just
 about everything I give her (it seems that way), and frontline,
 Advantic, Hartz, etc all make her break out.  She has to wear her party
 hat on a daily basis now because she chews herself raw.  If I leave her
 outside for too long she finds something and scratches herself to where
 she's bleeding, doesn't seem to mind that she's bleeding, just stands
 there smiling like she did something good.  I don't know what to do
 with her.  Allergy drugs don't seem to help her (benadryl, what I was
 told to use) seems to make it worse for her.  Help?!

Fred

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