Replying to a message of Richard Webb to all:   
      
    RW> DRug companies are finding that with *all* heartworm   
    RW> preventatives there seems to be a 2-4% failure rate.  drug   
    RW> companies are paying to treat dogs who contract heartworm   
    RW> while on their preventative anyway, but this is with *all*   
    RW> preventatives, this two to four percent failure rate.   
      
    RW> I was told by somebody else, and started using when my heart guard ran   
    RW> out a product acquired from the local farm store. Can't think of the   
    RW> name off top of my head Bob A. but will get it if interested. DOc   
    RW> told me only disadvantage of using this stuff is that if my Schotzi   
    RW> contracts heartworm the drug company won't back me on it.   
      
   Several years ago I was paying for Iverheart tablets but the things are just   
   too   
   expensive if one has several dogs.  I explained that to my vet (who has since   
   retired for medical reasons) and he made up a solution of preventive for me,   
   I squirt 1/2 cc of the stuff into each dog's mouth once a month.  The bottle   
   lasts about two years (with 10-12 dogs) and costs about $65.   
      
   So I don't have to lay out $120/month for Frontline or about the same amount   
   for heartworm preventive - and the dogs don't have fleas, ticks or heartworm.   
      
   I do have to find a cure for ear mites, though.   
      
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    * Origin: Bob's Boneyard, Emerson, Iowa (1:300/3)