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That's a great question. Having your dog vaccinated for grooming is essential on a couple of fronts....

Great question. Yes. All the dogs should be current on their vaccinations for that area in Maryland or wherever you are....

Is it painful in the sense like you stubbed your toe?...

Great question....

The biggest one is that heartworm disease can kill your pet....

It's a little bit of blood that we take from your dog, sometimes out of the front leg and other times out of the neck....

If your dog spends a lot of time outdoors by water sources, such as rivers, ponds, lakes, things like that versus desert areas, that could increase...

So there have been studies and some of these studies have shown that even 25% of pets that are indoors can get heartworm....

One type of heartworm prevention that we have here is an oral Interceptor, which is an oral dewormer....

I think if you have a short coated dog and they just need a good bath and their nails trimmed a little bit, that's certainly something that you can...

That really depends on the groomer....

Dogs that are outside or in pens all of the time can be inundated with mosquito bites compared to a dog that's more indoors....

We test with blood, so we draw a couple of drops of blood from your pet. Many of them don't tend to mind it one bit....

Every dog, especially in Texas, should start heartworm prevention by eight weeks of age....

There are many products out there. They're called macrocyclic lactones, that's the class of medication, and they're very safe monthly pills....

They definitely can die from heartworm disease....

I probably see, on average here, at least between 10 and 20 cases a year. So that might not seem like a lot, but to me, it's significant....

Death is one of the most significant complications. These dogs can go into respiratory distress syndrome. Also, these worms are 12 inches long....

It’s hard to say in pets whether it is painful....

So that's your comfort level....