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I am only familiar with Revolution as a heart worm treatment Shirley, I have no experience of a dog that has already contracted the disease. I checked into the archives of my Golden group and one of the treatments that some warned about is Proheart6 which has had some tragic effects on dogs. But maybe some of the sites below might have some interesting and helpful information for you.
I just wanted to say how I think that the concern you have shown and the action that you and your husband have taken for this girl is wonderful, I hope that you can help her become healthy again.
http://myaccount.home.mindspring.com/BanditHeartworms.htm
http://www.preciouspets.org/heartwormprevention.htm http://www.theherbsplace.com/heartworm.html http://www.nbwi.org/holisticheartworm.html http://www.bullovedbulldogs.com/heartworm.htm Jo, Toby and Hannah
-------Original Message------- From: Shirley McGreal
Date: 05/29/05 12:24:54
Subject: [pyrnet] Health: care of heartworm positive dog At 8.15 a.m. on Friday I received a call from a former employee named Ginny
who works for the Charleston SPCA. She has the sad job of performing
euthanasia among her duties. When working for me she helped with the care
of our first Great Pyrenees Sebastien and on Friday morning, she checked
the work list for the day and found a Great Pyrenees was to slated for
euthanasia. The animal had heartworm and there would be no reprieve. Ginny
was frantic and asked us please to get her out, so within half an hour my
husband was on the way to the SPCA and came back with a very sweet scrawny
and very dirty girl named Zoe. Definitely a Pyr, supposed originating in
New Mexico, no breeder's name on file. We contacted Rescue in case things
don't work out for her on our animal-full property here but she is so sweet
and stays busy scampering around trying (successfully, to date) to score
brownie points with us all.
Zoe's main health problem is the heartworms which is why the SPCA did not
plan to put her up for adoption. She is also not spayed. She was an outdoor
dog which means certain heartworm here for an unprotected dog. The owners
signed her off as they were moving to Arkansas.
Has anyone any information on whether there is currently any treatment that
does not require keeping a dog totally quiet for a long period? I have not
had any experience with this disease. A vet suggested giving her a
Heartguard pill as it would prevent new worms forming and would kill off
existing ones within a couple of years. I also heard of a two-shot program.
Another vet said the cost would be over $600 and that the animal would have
to stay in the hospital for three days.
Zoe is 5 and unspayed, and I'm also wondering if it is safe to spay a
heartworm positive animal?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dr. Shirley McGreal, Chairwoman
International Primate Protection League
POB 766, Summerville SC 29484-0766, USA
Ph. 843-871-2280 Fax. 843-871-7988
E-mail: smcgreal@ippl.org, Website www.ippl.org
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in
a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW.... WHAT A
RIDE!!!!"
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