No prevention is 100%, but the ones prescribed by your veterinarian give you your best chance of preventing something like heartworm disease....
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Heartworms are on the rise, and it depends on the area. In the Southeast United States, they're pretty common in dogs not on preventatives....
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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...
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So it's really dependent on each and every groomer. I would encourage you to select a groomer that does require vaccines for your pet....
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Fleas don't discriminate. They don't mind getting on your other dog and start biting them. Or sometimes, if they're bad enough, they'll bite you....
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Surgery is certainly not warranted in any, or in very many emergencies, or certainly not all of them. It depends on what the emergency is....
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Fleas go through stages....
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There's a difference between pink eye and cherry eye....
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It depends on the product you are using....
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We find ticks on dogs just the same way you guys do. Many times, we're looking for the tick themselves....
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That's a great question....
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Just like in humans, you need to have them be up and active to keep everything going....
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They can, especially here in Kentucky—it's not like Alaska, where it gets super cold, so we see fleas and ticks all year round.
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Again, start with the call. Talk to your veterinarian and their staff there and find out....
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Fleas are dark brown, fast, and like to jump. They're smaller, maybe around the size of a pinhead....
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It depends on what you call a test....
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That’s a critical question because there are times where you might walk in with an emergency, and your veterinarian's already in surgery....
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It's possible. Ticks don't discriminate....
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That's a great question. So to get rid of that 95% of the population, daily vacuuming is essential....