This is another good question that we often run into. Some dogs get very nervous or anxious in those situations....
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The signs can vary pretty significantly. It varies from mild to moderate to severe to worst cases, even death....
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It’s not painful, per se, but they feel sick, uncomfortable, and they're likely having difficulty breathing....
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The risks are pretty significant because if heartworm disease is left untreated and essentially unprevented, it's probably not going to end well fo...
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Typically, yes. We recommend a heartworm test every year for monitoring. We want to make sure our products are continuing to be effective....
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The actual components or the medical components of it may differ, depending on the type of prevention that you're giving....
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It is a parasite that is transmitted through a mosquito. The mosquito will have the larval or the microfilaria stage....
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That's a great question. Having your dog vaccinated for grooming is essential on a couple of fronts....
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Great question. Yes. All the dogs should be current on their vaccinations for that area in Maryland or wherever you are....
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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....
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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....
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Great question....
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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....
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So there have been studies and some of these studies have shown that even 25% of pets that are indoors can get heartworm....
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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....
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We generally do a series of three injections....
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One type of heartworm prevention that we have here is an oral Interceptor, which is an oral dewormer....
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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...
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That really depends on the groomer....
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There are many products out there. They're called macrocyclic lactones, that's the class of medication, and they're very safe monthly pills....