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I got a rescue dog from Northern California who we later found out to be
heartworm positive. The treatment consisted of two shots about one or two
weeks apart. It is a very painful shot but works. There is no restriction
of activity afterwards, although she wasn't about to run around afterwards
anyway. She recovered nicely. After the treatment we put her on
Revolution, which we give yearround. The vet said that once a dog has been
treated for heartworm, it can never be done again, so it is important that
you maintain the monthly preventative.
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> [pyrnet] Health: care of heartworm p smcgreal@ippl.org
> Re: [pyrnet] Health: care of heartwo jsmiller@newmex.com
> Re: [pyrnet] Health: care of heartwo standingoak@sympatico.ca
> Re: [pyrnet] Health: care of heartwo janices@austin.rr.com
> Re: [pyrnet] Health: care of heartwo rnjhodgson@eastlink.ca
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> Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 11:22:53 -0400
> From: smcgreal@ippl.org
> 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!!!!"
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 09:44:12 -0600
> From: jsmiller@newmex.com
> Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Health: care of heartworm positive dog
>
> On 29 May 2005 at 11:22, Shirley McGreal wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Do you know where in New Mexico Zoe came from??
>
> I believe there is a protocol now of treating Heartworm positive dogs
> with Heartguard, rather than the expensive treatment. Check with
> several vets for opinions. In any case the spay will have to wait until
she
> is in better health. If you have info on Zoe's breeder email me privately
> please. Bless you for helping this girl.
>
>
>
> Judith
> Taos, New Mexico
> jsmiller@newmex.com
> http://home.earthlink.net/~ksane/judy/
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 11:51:08 -0400
> From: standingoak@sympatico.ca
> Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Health: care of heartworm positive dog
>
> Hi Shirley
> There is a holistic or herbal remedy on the market that might work for
you.
> I don't know how well it works but it's called "heartworm free" it's been
> formulated by Amber Technologies. I know that people have used their
> "Parvaid" product successfully when treating Parvo in their dogs. Their
> email addy is www.ambertech.com
> Hope this might work for you.
> Ciao
> Heather Shakespeare and Mushu raw fed pyrs
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shirley McGreal" <smcgreal@ippl.org>
> To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 11:22 AM
> 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!!!!"
> >
> >
> > To unsubscribe, send a message to esquire@pyrnet.org with
> > unsubscribe pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> > as the BODY of the message. The SUBJECT is ignored.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 11:08:14 -0500
> From: janices@austin.rr.com
> Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Health: care of heartworm positive dog
>
> On 29 May 2005 at 11:22, Shirley McGreal wrote:
> > 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.
>
> The 2 shot treatment it's a good idea to restrict exercise activity. I
don't think have to
> keep them totally quiet. It's not like the older treatment. We've had
quite a few
> heartworm positive newfs done in our club rescue. Information here on the
treatment:
> http://www.marvistavet.com/html/heartworm_treatment.html
>
> > Zoe is 5 and unspayed, and I'm also wondering if it is safe to spay a
> > heartworm positive animal?
>
> I think most vets like to wait until stabilized after heartworm treatment
is over.
>
>
> Janice, janices@austin.rr.com
> Brooke & Lana (newfs), Sonny (pyr)
> http://home.austin.rr.com/janices
> Hutto, TX
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 13:20:03 -0300 (Atlantic Standard Time)
> From: rnjhodgson@eastlink.ca
> Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Health: care of heartworm positive dog
>
> 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
> To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
> 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!!!!"
>
>
> To unsubscribe, send a message to esquire@pyrnet.org with
> unsubscribe pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
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